A girl that lives in our building found a cat outside her apartment door and took it in but her roommate wouldn't let it stay, so of course we took the cat in.
She is very thin, probably only 5 months old, and in heat. She has a small scab under her neck. I have heard that males will latch onto the scruff, so I thought this may have been the cause of the scab. However the scab is underneath the chin/neck, and I also read that cats will no longer stay in heat once they find a male cat to mate with.
We're getting the cat to the vet tomorrow for shots and a checkup, but I thought I'd see if anyone may be able to fill me in on whether or not the information I've read is accurate. I'm worried I may have another cat that is pregnant (or has mated with a male recently) but I'm not sure if everything I read was correct.
Also, this cat seems very aggressive. I'm keeping her in the bathroom for now, but I understand that cats are more aggressive when in heat.
She loves rubbing her head against me, but she doesn't seem to like being held at all. Is it likely that a cat that has been outside for it's entire life (even if only 5 or 6 months old) will never get along with other pets?
They are curious about her, but haven't really shown any aggression. She growls and hisses when she hears them on the other side of the door, and she loves me but doesn't like being picked up, which makes me wonder if she is feral and will not be capable of being a housecat. Especially with a small dog and 2 other cats. The one has never been around a cat that tried to hiss at it because I raised it from 1 week old and she probably wouldn't even try to defend herself if another animal got too rough with her. She has spent a lot of time outside the bathroom door trying to talk to the new cat, making her squeek/beeping noises like when she talks to me. The new cat hisses and growls, but Teddy just keeps trying to scratch through the door to meet her and keeps trying to talk to her. I'm also very worried that this new cat will not understand why Teddy is so intent on coming to her to meet her, as Teddy was raised by me and has no fear of anything (she has no idea how scared a new cat must be in our house, and just keeps trying to scratch through the door to meet her).
She is very thin, probably only 5 months old, and in heat. She has a small scab under her neck. I have heard that males will latch onto the scruff, so I thought this may have been the cause of the scab. However the scab is underneath the chin/neck, and I also read that cats will no longer stay in heat once they find a male cat to mate with.
We're getting the cat to the vet tomorrow for shots and a checkup, but I thought I'd see if anyone may be able to fill me in on whether or not the information I've read is accurate. I'm worried I may have another cat that is pregnant (or has mated with a male recently) but I'm not sure if everything I read was correct.
Also, this cat seems very aggressive. I'm keeping her in the bathroom for now, but I understand that cats are more aggressive when in heat.
She loves rubbing her head against me, but she doesn't seem to like being held at all. Is it likely that a cat that has been outside for it's entire life (even if only 5 or 6 months old) will never get along with other pets?
They are curious about her, but haven't really shown any aggression. She growls and hisses when she hears them on the other side of the door, and she loves me but doesn't like being picked up, which makes me wonder if she is feral and will not be capable of being a housecat. Especially with a small dog and 2 other cats. The one has never been around a cat that tried to hiss at it because I raised it from 1 week old and she probably wouldn't even try to defend herself if another animal got too rough with her. She has spent a lot of time outside the bathroom door trying to talk to the new cat, making her squeek/beeping noises like when she talks to me. The new cat hisses and growls, but Teddy just keeps trying to scratch through the door to meet her and keeps trying to talk to her. I'm also very worried that this new cat will not understand why Teddy is so intent on coming to her to meet her, as Teddy was raised by me and has no fear of anything (she has no idea how scared a new cat must be in our house, and just keeps trying to scratch through the door to meet her).