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My unspayed cat is suddenly aggressive. Is it because she's in heat?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Manx | Female | unspayed | 7.2 lbs

Hello, does preventing my cat from mating (getting pregnant) affect her in anyway? Because she's been aggressive for the past few days.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 19th, 2019

It doesn't affect Samra in anyway, but her in heat behavior will be extremely annoying until her heat passes. Unfortunately cats cycle quickly in heat during certain times of the year, and this will happen over and over. I recommend having her spayed so you don't have to deal with this behavior anymore.

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