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Females in heat

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Fat Freddy - 07 Mar 2004 10:09 GMT
Do females in heat come looking for males even if the males have been neutered?

I would think that the females could tell by the scent that those guys
didn't have what they were looking for, but one of my neutered males
never lost his Tom Cat Odor and he sprays all over the yard. But, when
the horney girls come looking for action, Smokey doesn't know what to
do except to fight and run them off his territory. It could be that the
females come aound to eat the food that I leave out for the coons, or
maybe they are just looking for a new place to live, like our new cat
Fluffy.
frigamia - 08 Mar 2004 03:00 GMT
As far as I know, it is the males going to find the females, and not the
other way around... But I could be mistaken.
It would be nice if you tried to find where the female lives.
If you do, try to convince owners to have her spayed.
If you don't find owners, and if she doesn't have a colar, You should try to
trap her and bring her to vet to have her spayed... keep her AT LEAST until
she is healed from surgery... (then find a family, yes? :)

There are too many stray cats... and no body takes care of them and what
happens is that before you know it, there are tons of cats in your
neighborhood mating with eachother making yet other homeless kitties....
Those eventually either die from diseases, from accidents, or are picked up
and put in shelters where most of them are put down because they have way
too many :(

Please, help reduce the number of homless cats.
Thank you
Mia

> Do females in heat come looking for males even if the males have been neutered?
>
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> maybe they are just looking for a new place to live, like our new cat
> Fluffy.


Sunflower - 08 Mar 2004 04:57 GMT
> Do females in heat come looking for males even if the males have been neutered?
>
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> maybe they are just looking for a new place to live, like our new cat
> Fluffy.

I would be concerned if he never lost that tom cat smell and still sprays.
It's possible he was cryptorchid and still has an undescended testical
floating somewhere in his abdomen where it's still producing hormones.  If
so, that's a pretty high risk of cancer, not to mention he still has some
undesirable tom cat traits left.  Check into the vet who did the surgery and
ask him if he found both testes. You can also extrude his penis and if it's
spined, he is still producing hormones.  If is smooth, he's been castrated
and is just incredibly stinky. I think there's also a blood test that can
tell if hormones are still being produced, but the only cat cryptorchid
experience I've had is from the vet I work with having to open them up and
find them during regular neutering surgery.
Fat Freddy - 08 Mar 2004 08:42 GMT
> I would be concerned if he never lost that tom cat smell and still sprays.
> It's possible he was cryptorchid and still has an undescended testical
> floating somewhere in his abdomen where it's still producing hormones.

I always suspected that he probably had an undescended testicle, but
the last time I had him at the vet we closely examined his penis and it
was smooth. I suppose we could do a hormone activating blood test, but
I think the lack of penile spines is pretty conclusive.

I guess it's just his personality.  He is a territorial, stinky sprayer
who likes to fight. If he was human he would probably be in jail or
ride a motorcycle.
Mary - 09 Mar 2004 16:19 GMT
> > I would be concerned if he never lost that tom cat smell and still sprays.
> > It's possible he was cryptorchid and still has an undescended testical
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> who likes to fight. If he was human he would probably be in jail or
> ride a motorcycle.

LOL! James Dean reincarnated?
Willows - 08 Mar 2004 15:54 GMT
> I would think that the females could tell by the scent that those guys
> didn't have what they were looking for, but one of my neutered males
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> maybe they are just looking for a new place to live, like our new cat
> Fluffy.

I'd be concerned about having kittens in your garden soon if you really
have females in season out there.  Do they have owners?  Have you asked
the neighbours who they belong to?  Would you be willing to try and help
those cats which are coming into your garden?
 
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