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My female cat is yowling and arching her back. Is she in heat?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Scottish Fold | Female

My female cat keeps making this pose and making noise is she hurt or something been two days

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Published on August 13th, 2018

It's hard to tell in a photo, but I suspect that Waffle is not yet spayed. If Waffle is yowling more than normal, and arches her back when you pet her, and raises her tail/rear end area especially if you scratch her back there, then she is likely in heat. If you let her outside, she will get pregnant. I would recommend having her spayed (OVE or OVH procedure) as she is now reproductively mature, if you don't want to have successive litters of kittens. Hope that helps!
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