Sorry, I wasnt sure whether this should go in behaviour or here, I'm concerned that it's a health problem so I decided here would be the best place.
My cat (I guess kitten, around 6 months old) has been rolling on the ground alot, and when she walks she crouches and meows excessively. Like, all the time constant meowing. When she isn't meowing she does the half-meow-half growlish thing? (I dont want to say purr, cause it doesnt exactly sound like a happy sound)
She was just playing with my dog for a minute but after that she just went back to laying on the floor.
I'm not sure if she's in pain or not, last night I picked her up and she instantly began purring but this morning when I did the same thing she wailed like I had hurt her.
She also hasn't been eating as much as she used to, she usually comes running to the food bowl but she's left it untouched since last night.
She's unspayed so I was wondering if these were general symptoms of cats in heat, I've heard they're pretty loud.
I'm really worried, if someone could get back to me on this I'd be really thankful, I'm going to a vet but I'd like to get a second opinion before I blow all my cash for them to tell me something like "She's in heat.".
Thanks for reading the long post..
tl;dr: Cat's rolling on the ground and meowing alot.
My cat (I guess kitten, around 6 months old) has been rolling on the ground alot, and when she walks she crouches and meows excessively. Like, all the time constant meowing. When she isn't meowing she does the half-meow-half growlish thing? (I dont want to say purr, cause it doesnt exactly sound like a happy sound)
She was just playing with my dog for a minute but after that she just went back to laying on the floor.
I'm not sure if she's in pain or not, last night I picked her up and she instantly began purring but this morning when I did the same thing she wailed like I had hurt her.
She also hasn't been eating as much as she used to, she usually comes running to the food bowl but she's left it untouched since last night.
She's unspayed so I was wondering if these were general symptoms of cats in heat, I've heard they're pretty loud.
I'm really worried, if someone could get back to me on this I'd be really thankful, I'm going to a vet but I'd like to get a second opinion before I blow all my cash for them to tell me something like "She's in heat.".
Thanks for reading the long post..
tl;dr: Cat's rolling on the ground and meowing alot.