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Why is my kitten meowing? When will she go into heat? Raw food?

Updated on September 23, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 month and 21 days old | 3 lbs

Savannah will be 9wks old on Wednesday how soon will she go in heat and also shr is a bengal and Savannah mix i feed her grain free food am i really suppose to feed her raw chicken as well? I do give her the juice and some tuna for a nice taste. Dont know why she keeps meowing for no reason

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Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on October 8, 2017

Savannah won't go into heat for the first time until she is at least six months of age. If you don't plan on breeding her, I recommend having her spayed before then. Cats in heat are very annoying. No, I do not recommend feeding her raw chicken; in fact, I never recommend a raw diet. You can occasionally give her some boiled white meat chicken (no bones) as a treat. Be sure to be feeding her a kitten formulated food so she can get all the nutrients she needs to be healthy. She could keep meowing because she's hungry, and it may be the grain free food isn't satisfying her. I never recommend feeding grain free unless there is a proven allergy to grains, which is actually very rare. You can try feeding her a high quality kitten food such as Royal Canin, Hill's Science diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. I hope this helps!
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