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Expert: - 3/18/2011


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hi, i have 5 female cats, 4 have been spayed and still to get the last one done, for about a week now ive noticed my youngest cats nipples have been pinking up and that her stomach has gone abit bloated, i have wormed her so its not worms, but also the past week tom cats have been hanging around my house and fighting at night and waking me up, also i caight one inmy kitchen once and when i was out i came home and could smell tom cat spray, how would i be able to keep the tom cats at bay? also im not certian my youngest cat is pregnant so i dont want to get her spayed untill im definate shes not pregnant. the tom cats are also fighting with my spayed females, especially if they are alone.

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Paigen,

You have not told me your whole female cat's age! I would get her to a vet immediately to see if she was bred.  Nipples can pink up when they come into season, which may be the case since you found a male in your house. On the other hand, if she were bred 3 weeks ago, her nipples could have pinked up.

There is no reliable way I know to keep the male cats at bay.  Thus, your best defense is to have everyone a spay. Males, ordinarily show no interest in a pregant female and she would fight him off!!!!!!!!!!

Please let me know what your vet says.

Concerned regards... Norm.

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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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