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My female cat is mounting my male cat. Is she in heat or mating?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Persian | Female | 1 year and 2 months old

i hv one male cat and one female(Mano) and Mano is older than male cat.and male cat have about 8 month age.and mostly i see mano is coming over male cat,as like male come on female..but mostly i see my female cat(Mano) is coming over a male cat,,like a mating position??what is this??and what thay are trying to show??plzzz answered me m confused after seeing this so many times...

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on August 6th, 2018

It could be that Mano is in heat and she wants to mate with your male cat. That would be a reason for her to adopt a mating position. If you do not want kittens, I suggest keeping them completely separated, and having Mano spayed and the male neutered. Best of luck.

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