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Sent to Cat Experts July 7 2006 at 2:44 PM
   

Our female cat, Precious, gave birth to five kittens seven weeks ago. Yesterday, we let her out (as we always do); however, it has been 36 hours and she has not returned. We suspect she may be in heat, and may be mating. Is it normal behavior for a female cat to disappear for a day or for several days while she is mating? What is the longest we would expect to wait for her to return, before assuming she is missing?

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July 7 2006 at 2:57 PM (13 minutes and 13 seconds later)
         
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This can be normal if it has been seven weeks but a day and a half is a long time for even a cat in heat. If she is not home by the morning at the latest you need to start a search and put up some flyers, being out all night could be possible but this is getting a bit long even for a female in heat. Unless she has done this in the past, I would start being concerned by morning.



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