I have a female cat a little more than a year old or so. She has been gaining weight recently in the past month or so. But today she seems to be acting really werid. She id constantly meowing kind of under her breath and lays on her right side or lays on her stomach with her butt in the air. She is also rubbing her head on everything and wants to stay under me at all times. She isn't really entergectic as she noramlly is but has little spirts of energy. I am really worried and don't know if I should take her to the vet.

Has she been spayed? If not, then she is in heat.

If you have not had her fixed, then she is surely in heat!

It is really freaky the first time you ever experience it.

Sounds like she's in heat.heres the simple easy solution... get her spayed.

Your cats in heat if you get her spayed this will get rid of the problem

you said she's spayed so it's a possibility for the weight gain. (or so that's been a common thing among other cat owners i noticed) Also, female cats seem to be emotionally independant more so than male cats so when they do become unusually affectionate, it can catch you off guard.


my female cat has always been a bit crazy too so random change in personality is nothing new for her. Sometimes i think she's playing behavioural experiements on me. Mine tries various ways to notify me she wants to play, be petted, hungry or wants to go for a walk outside. They even practice different pitches of "meow" to see which one piques your interest when one type of meow doesn't get you to do what they want.
Maybe she's using this new found method to get your attention for any of the above.

Or if you're cat is exceptionally tempermental, perhaps she senses a cat has moved in next door and wants reassurance that you love her. Some cats even trip out over something as simple as rainy weather.

A vet will ask if any change in cat behaviour:
have you changed her food?
has anything changed in the house?(moving around furniture, her food, her litterbox, new furniture)
any new pets?
new people moving in(aside from regular visitors)?
Any changes to her routines?(not going outside as often anymore)


be most cautious if she starts acting funny around the kitty litter box, if she's squatting or peeing strangely and starts making loud "meowls" consistantly, that is a potential emergency.

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Originally Posted by Abarnhill25

I have a female cat a little more than a year old or so. She has been gaining weight recently in the past month or so. But today she seems to be acting really werid. She id constantly meowing kinda under her breath and lays on her right side or lays on her stomach with her butt in the air. She is also rubbing her head on everything and wants to stay under me at all times. She isn't really entergectic as she noramlly is but has little spirts of energy. I am really worried and don't know if I sould take her to the vet.

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If your cat isn't spayed then she is in heat. Female cats will become very friendly when in heat. You can actually go on line and get a certificate to get her spayed for pritty cheap. Just do a search for Friend Of Animals. You fill out a quick little questionairre and they will send you a certificate. Just be sure to call around to your local vets and see which ones accept the certificates. Good luck!

My cat is doing exactly what was said in the question, and I found out that she was in heat via my mam... but here's my problem she seems to be doing it a lot... going back to normal then acting strange again and my mam said that sometimes when it's there first time coming into heat it the cycle is abit weird... but she's gone back to normal and then acting strange again about 5 different occasions within the last 1 or 2 month?

Haha I've just noticed this question is from 2007 LOL