What are the characteristics of female cats and male cats in estrus? What characteristics are manifested?

 9:12am, 8 July 2025

The female cat will develop estrus symptoms after sexual maturity. A female cat in estrus means that it can mate and reproduce offspring. Of course, female cats will also have unique characteristics when they are in estrus, and the owner can use these characteristics to accurately determine whether the female cat is in estrus and the specific stage of estrus.

female cats will have estrus once every 14-21 days, and the duration of each estrus varies from 4-6 days, while the duration of female cats allowed to mate is generally around 2-3 days. When a female cat first starts to estrus, it likes to rub between its owner's legs and often holds its tail high. When it encounters cats of the opposite sex, it will make a "screaming" sound. At this time, the female cat is willing to get along with the male cat.

The female cat will flush and swollen when in estrus, and a bloody viscous liquid will flow out when it is guided. Female cats in estrus especially like to play and chase with male cats, and will actively raise their tails to let the tomcats mate.

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Domestic pet cats will scratch the doors and windows violently, and often sneak out of the outdoors to find their ideal cats of the opposite sex. During the estrus, the female cat is sexually impulsive and in an excited state, her appetite will be greatly reduced, and she may even refuse to eat.

When the female cat is in estrus, the owner must strengthen the management and dietary care of the female cat. A breed that prevents female cats from going out at will and mating with other cats of the opposite sex outside, affecting the breeding of offspring.

When cats are sexually mature, they will have estrus characteristics. For cats, their physiological instincts rather than desires when they are in estrus. When a male cat is in estrus, the most obvious characteristic is enuresis, and he keeps howling loudly in the middle of the night.

Male cats are in estrus and like to urinate everywhere. This so-called enuresis behavior is essentially not related to excretion. It is not to control the empty bladder urine, but a behavior that divides the field. When male cats are in estrus, they will stand, raise their tails high, and spray urine on vertical objects. While spraying urine, their tails will tremble. They spray their urine everywhere to leave their odors in a wider range, so that they can find themselves smoothly.

Unlike female cats in estrus, male cats have a congestion in their reproductive system without bleeding mucus. At the same time, the male cats will become anxious. They will try their best to run away from home and go outdoors to find their mating partner. They also like to howl loudly in the middle of the night, which will make the neighbors unable to fall asleep peacefully.

When a cat is in estrus, if there is no chance of mating, the cat's estrus will be intermittent and continuous. The estrus may last for about twenty days, while the interval between them will be shortened, and the cat's estrus will become more serious every time.

The owner is ready to take the cat to the pet hospital for sterilization after the estrus period, which can also prevent the male cat from having estrus and estrus.

In the estrus period, some cats have serious symptoms, and there is one possibility that the characteristics are not that obvious.