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I've been offline for some time and am just now reading the threads, but thought I would address the length of heat times in cats that's mentioned in this topic. Cats are prolific breeders, unlike dogs. A female cat can go into heat repeatedly, back to back within one year, until she's bred or spayed.

An estrous feline's first heat of her life is usually a couple of days; thereafter, the heat cycle gets longer and more frequent. A female in heat may not show estrous behavior at regular intervals. Often they exhibit continous heat cycles in early spring - averaging 14-21 days of one cycle to the beginning of the next - followed in late spring by cycles that may become farther and farther apart. As with human females, each female cat establishes her own normal rhythm.

The mating season in cats is determined by a number of factors - length of daylight, temperature, and the presence of other cats. When there are 12 hours of daylight and other conditions are optimal, the hormonal system is activated, and the intact female begins her reproductive cycle. The mating season in the northern states of the USA, for example, is usually from March to September. In the deep southern states, however, the mating season can be year-round.

Let us know, masonchard, how your little females are after their spaying. Good luck and give them mega scritches for us.