Poorly chicken

[Daphne]

A new cat has appeared, it looks a bit well fed to be feral. It keeps yowling, either in middle of night, loud enough to wake you up, or in broad daylight, like just now, for long enough to make me type this question! Anybody know?

[Cinnamon]

Could be a female who is on heat & crying for a mate?

That would be my best bet....and they can make one hell of a racket!

[Grandmashazzie]

Yes we had one some years ago and I was convinced someone had abandoned a baby in a nearby field. OH was despatched to investigate and it was a cat.

[Grandmashazzie]

Just remembered having heard it was that were a banshee originated. It is a figure in Celtic tales of someone wailing prior to a death. What I heard certainly fit the description.

[Cat tails]

Probably female in heat. We had one here this spring... it kept pestering poor castrated Red.

[Egzandra]

Yes, I agree it is probably on heat. Let us know if you find out any more about it! My cat was an older kitten when we got her, and after a month or so with us she started yowling - also rolling around as if in pain. I feared she must at least have a twisted bowel to give her so much discomfort. My son did some googling on the internet and wisely informed us that he suspected she was on heat! luckily we had not let her out at that stage. The neighbourhood toms were all waiting in the garden. She was fine after she had been "done" although she is still quite a vocal cat, bless her.