Cat is Supposedly Fixed but....
Hello I'm not sure if I've posted here before so I will give a little background before I ask any questions.
I am currently living in a four bedroom town house with three other people. We are all either college students or former college student. I am a former college student who will be moving back to my home town after the grad ceremony. One of my roommates has had two cats for quite a while and she will be moving out at the end of this month as well. My other roommate recently adopted two cats from the Humane Society. So at the moment there are four cats in this place. I love cats but I could never own one myself since they trigger my asthma. The only way I've been able to live with my roommates' cats is by keeping the door to my room shut so that they can't come in. I go out and pet them sometimes, briefly but I can't stay near them for too long.
As far as my question, I want to know if it is possible for a spayed female to experience heat-like symptoms even though she can't actually have a litter of kittens. One of the new cats, a calico named Texas, has started showing signs of being in heat and trying to present her herself to my other roommate's bobcat mix Twitwi (who is neutered). I talked to Texas' owner and told her that her cat's been cooing, lifting her rear, licking herself, and rolling a lot. I also told that I caught Twitwi trying the mount her. I asked her "Are you sure she's fixed?" She told me that she has to be since she came from the Humane Society and that maybe what I saw was just Twitwi trying to play with her.
Needless to say, I was a little insulted that she didn't take me seriously but I want to know, are there any circumstances in which this could still happen to a spayed female? Should I encourage my roommate to call the Society? Should we just not worry about it?
Thanks in advance for any information you guys can give me.
>>>Update<<<
My roommate took both her cats to the vet today and was able to verified that Texas is in fact an intact queen. So she will need to revisit the vet in the near future to be spayed. My roommate has opted to contact the Humane Society and have them take the cat in for the procedure since they messed up and gave her an animal hat had not been fixed (which is illegal here in California). I hope they don't give her a hassle.
I am currently living in a four bedroom town house with three other people. We are all either college students or former college student. I am a former college student who will be moving back to my home town after the grad ceremony. One of my roommates has had two cats for quite a while and she will be moving out at the end of this month as well. My other roommate recently adopted two cats from the Humane Society. So at the moment there are four cats in this place. I love cats but I could never own one myself since they trigger my asthma. The only way I've been able to live with my roommates' cats is by keeping the door to my room shut so that they can't come in. I go out and pet them sometimes, briefly but I can't stay near them for too long.
As far as my question, I want to know if it is possible for a spayed female to experience heat-like symptoms even though she can't actually have a litter of kittens. One of the new cats, a calico named Texas, has started showing signs of being in heat and trying to present her herself to my other roommate's bobcat mix Twitwi (who is neutered). I talked to Texas' owner and told her that her cat's been cooing, lifting her rear, licking herself, and rolling a lot. I also told that I caught Twitwi trying the mount her. I asked her "Are you sure she's fixed?" She told me that she has to be since she came from the Humane Society and that maybe what I saw was just Twitwi trying to play with her.
Needless to say, I was a little insulted that she didn't take me seriously but I want to know, are there any circumstances in which this could still happen to a spayed female? Should I encourage my roommate to call the Society? Should we just not worry about it?
Thanks in advance for any information you guys can give me.
>>>Update<<<
My roommate took both her cats to the vet today and was able to verified that Texas is in fact an intact queen. So she will need to revisit the vet in the near future to be spayed. My roommate has opted to contact the Humane Society and have them take the cat in for the procedure since they messed up and gave her an animal hat had not been fixed (which is illegal here in California). I hope they don't give her a hassle.