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- From: lianne@bcarh17e.BNR.CA (Lianne Barre)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Question about female's way of pissing
- Message-ID: <18644@bcars664.bnr.ca>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 16:39:00 GMT
- References: <1993Jan15.195417.655@cine88.cineca.it>
- Sender: news@bcars664.bnr.ca
- Reply-To: lianne@bcarh17e.BNR.CA (Lianne Barre)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
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- In article <1993Jan15.195417.655@cine88.cineca.it>, villa@sparrow
- (Ferdinando Villa) writes:
- |>
- |>Excuse me for this odd question. My girlfriend has two female cats who
- |>use to piss just like males in love, i.e. they lift their tail and spray
- |>urine here and there. I was quite astonished. The cats live together
- |>with around 30 cats, with many males who piss this way. Is it a common
- |>observation or maybe they have 'learnt by example' of male cats?
- |>
- |>I promise no more questions of this kind. Cheers, Ferdinando
- |>--
- |>Ferdinando Villa, dr.
- |>
-
- Actually, all cats can spray like toms do, including neutered males, and
- queens or spayed females. I'm not sure if the females actually spray urine,
- but the males spray from scent glands. Situations such as introducing a
- new cat to the household, or even if your cat looks out the window and sees
- "intruders" in the yard, can cause such behaviour.
-
- It's territorial behaviour, and I'd guess that living with 30 cats, these
- two females are simply marking their territory.
-
- - Lianne -
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