VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

SIGNS OF ESTRUS

• The female in estrus can be identified by the ‘calling’, although this can be more like shrieking or wailing in some breeds such as Siamese. Some Persians content themselves with dainty little mews and miaows.
• The female displays some brazen behaviour, rolling and dragging herself around the floor, flicking her tail and raising her rump to expose the reddened vulva.
• She may also lose interest in her food. Picking her up by her neck folds (as an interested tom would do) and stroke along her back may show positive response with pleasure, pads her feet and raises her tail.