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I have an issue. My cat was fixed 9 months ago (she is a female) and she has been going into heat ever since. It is annoying and terrible. I cannot imagine going the rest of her life listening to her yowl and rub. We are losing sleep. I know having her fixed was necessary for her health...but it is also necessary to not have to listen to her going nutso in heat.

She has also taken to all the sudden peeing and pooping outside the litter box!!!

Any advice??? We are, quite frankly, so annoyed that we are thinking of getting rid of her. It is not optimal, but....

Usually when this happens there is some ovarian tissue that got left behind. The cat will need an exam by the vet who did the spay. Hopefully if further surgery is needed s/he will not charge since the proceedure didn't work the first time.

Good luck!
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Smile, it will make them wonder what you are up to!

My female cat Skitty was spayed at 6 months and then went into heat at around 8 months. It was crazy, she'd go into heat for 5-6 days yowling and spraying everything, and male cats were decorating the outside windows since she's an indoor only cat. When the heat would end, she'd be exhausted. She didn't eat or sleep much during that phase. She'd be out of heat for about a week and then it would start again. The cycle was about 5 days on 6 days off. When I took her back to the vet he said it was "behavioral" and that she was "just vocal". He implied that I didn't know what a cat in heat acted like. She was treated with antibiotics though no urinary problems were uncovered. I continued to take her to the same vet who performed the spay who continued to say there was nothing wrong with the cat. This went on for nearly a year before that vet left the practice and a new vet agreed to do blood tests. The tests showed unusual levels of hormones (not normal, not pregnant, not in heat but somewhere in between and definitely not spayed). The vet began giving her injections (daily for the span of a week) of a folicle developing hormone and the blood tests showed active tissue responding to the injections. She agreed to perform exploratory surgery and discovered some folicle tissue in the left side of the abdomen and removed it. She did not charge me for the additional surgery, though I did pay for all the tests. Skitty has been a neutered cat ever since, though she still has major litterbox issues.
Hope that helps! It was a very frustrating experience for me and I'm sure Skitty's rapid cycling was creating a health issue since she wouldn't eat or sleep during the heat phase.
Lora