circa 14 Feb 2004 09:12:09 -0800, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Sean
Hotaling (atlow8@yahoo.com) said,

Neutered males can still spray and can still obtain erections. Was he
neutered at an older age? Sometimes the spraying behavior is a result
of that. To the best of my knowledge, nobody performs vasectomies on
cats- neutering is castration (removal of the gonads).

Laura

As strange as it may seem, its possible your cat was vasectomized.  You said
the problem cat came from overseas.  Some European countries strongly oppose
neutering.  I may be wrong, but I think neutering animals is actually
illegal in Germany - at least that's what I've heard.

Easy enough to determine whether or not your cat was vasectomized ...
although you might feel a little nuts (literally) checking... ;)

In the US,  vasectomies are usually performed only for  catteries and
research colonies.  Vasectomized males are used to induce ovulation in
cycling females -- which  reduces the number and duration of estrous
periods.  We've  used vasectomized males in an experimental program in a
feral colony with some success.

Since vasectomy doesn't produce the behavioral changes associated with
neutering (decreased roam?ing, aggression, and urine marking), vasectomy
provides no benefit  for privately owned pet cats.

Phil

The youngest member of my family, Pirate, had one testicle that was
slow to descend. Fortunately, it did descend completely when he was
about 6 months old and I was able to have him neutered with no issues.

However, my vet said that, had the second testicle not descended, it
could have been VERY difficult to locate and remove. The "hidden"
testicle would then have then been producing testosterone and would
have caused him to act like an unneutered male.

I don't know that this is the case with your cat, but it is a
possibility. From what my vet said, I don't think there's a lot you
can do about it.  :(

Peggy L.

A house with a cat needs no art -- Japanese saying

I have seen neutered males having an erection and even trying to
copulate with a female in heat. Sexual behavior is not dependent
exclusively on ovaries or testicles. A neutered animal can respond to
sexual stimulus, for instance, the call of a female or licking his
parts. Just check to see if he has his testicles. If he does, he was
vasectomized. If he doesn´t, he was neutered.

Neutering is a barbaric and totally unnecessary procedure. Another
example of what the abortion-minded hypocritical left will do in the
name of science and 'good will'.
You people are all monsters, I tell you. Hideous monsters.

                              IBen Getiner

Cruel beast. Listen to the alarming nonchalant way that this person
reels off the details of the horror. You people are insane. You claim
to love your pets but just listen to yourselves! Just think about what
you're doing. You're twisting a cat royally in the worse conceivable
way and you're keeping your Vet vacationing in the Caribbean during
the summer. That's what you're doing.

                           IBen Getiner