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I recently adopted a cat from a county animal control that is female and estimated at about age five. She was found abandoned on some rural farm property with two other cats, and animal control states that she has not been spayed. My vet is very hesitant to spay a cat unless 100% sure it has not already been done and would like to wait until after the cat goes into heat to know for certain. I have never had experience with a cat in heat and was wondering if I should anticipate for this to be very loud for long periods of time. I have some shared walls with neighbors and worry about noise complaints. I was wondering if she would likely be disruptive to neighbors, and if I should consider an alternate route such as trying to have an ultrasound instead of waiting for her to go into heat. (I do not currently know much about the ultrasound route short of it being quite expensive and am not sure if it tends to be conclusive or not.) I want to avoid getting into a situation in which there would be noise complaints and a demand from my neighborhood association to rehome the cat for disruption.