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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2004When should we neuter our tom cat?
We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. When should we have him neutered? 1) He hasn't started spraying yet 2) He has gone very hyper (don't know if this is connected) 3) The vet says neutering will stunt his growth and we don't want a tiny cat! TIA Chris.... ChrisG (UK) wrote: > We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. > When should we have him neutered? now's not a bad time > 1) He hasn't started spraying yet he will > 2) He has gone very hyper (don't know if this is connected) no idea > 3) The vet says neutering will stunt his growth and we don't want a tiny > cat! The testosterone (or whatever it is for a cat) causes some males to "bulk up" noticeably, develop jowls and become quite aggressive (not dangerous to you but occasionally quite disconcerting). It's up to you (and I'm getting this word in edgewise before the bandwagon rolls in), but intact males do spray (and it is very time-consuming to train them not to), are prone to fights with other males and tend to wander off in search of pussy. pat "ChrisG (UK)" <news@nospam.thegrahams.freeserve.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:cog4c4$rtb$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... | We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. | When should we have him neutered? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | | Chris.... 6 months is the ideal time - and - my toms have turned out big. If he's outdoors he'll start to wander if he's not neutered, so don't wait. Carola > We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. > When should we have him neutered? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Chris.... Strange, our neutered males are bigger than the non-neutered male that visits us from time to time. Much bigger in fact. And both our males were fixed at around 5 months old. >We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. >When should we have him neutered? Oh, about two months ago. >1) He hasn't started spraying yet >2) He has gone very hyper (don't know if this is connected) >3) The vet says neutering will stunt his growth and we don't want a tiny >cat! Nonsense: in my experience, tiny cats are all females and the very largest are neutered males. My Fleagor is so big that when the intact toms come around spoiling for a fight, he just sits down a fair distance in front of the tom and gives the tom time to look him over. The tom leaves and Fleagor goes about his business. I have eleven cats, plus a lodger - eight of them are neutered males; of that eight, one is about average and the rest are fairly to very large cats.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) > We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. > When should we have him neutered? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Chris.... In UK, vets will generally not neuter before 6 months old, so NOW is the best time really. In the states, I think they do it MUCH earlier, I think 3-4 months, but that is unnecessary. All mine were done at 6 months exactly and are fine sweet playful boyz, with no stressing themselves or anyone else with all the extra unnecessary hormones :) So just go book him now, its perfect time. Gee .,^-~^, Your cat should calm down after he's neutered. { ?o? } He probably won't get as big as a non-neutered cat but ..'~`~' it won't be much smaller > We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. > When should we have him neutered? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Chris.... > We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. > When should we have him neutered? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 3) The vet says neutering will stunt his growth and we don't want a tiny > cat! He will spray. Neutering is likely to make him a much more chilled out cat and neutered males usually row much larger than intact ones. Between us (neighbours) we have 6 neutered males who are all huge, next doors are too big for a standard catflap now. SignatureI.P.Freely Agreed that neutered cats grow larger than intact. I think intact males are so consumed by their hormones and "needs", that food and exercise take a back seat to breeding. > He will spray. No no he wont. My 3 boyz that were nuetered at 6 months old never ever sprayed. Charlie who was a stray for at least year or two of his life, and who then moved himself in, started spraying the flat once he decided to move in. After the op, he stopped spraying indoors, and only sprays outdoors still. But he was a stray, and that was the way he learned. In any case, all of my 3 nuetered boys are smaller then Charlie, Sparkie is almost half his size. I dont think it really depends on nuetering I think it simply depands on genetics. Every cat is a different size, just like we humans are. Some cats eat more, some less, some like to run more some less. Lots of factors are involved, I have no evidence spaying is one of them. Neutering is likely to make him a much more chilled out cat Id say chilled out in a sense that he wont be looking for a shag 24/7 and his hormones will not drive him crazy and make him leave home. But my boys are still active and run around and playfight with each other, so I dunno if Id say they are more chilled then an unnueterd boy, apart from in the sexual sense. > > He will spray. > > No no he wont. He will if not neutered, which I think was the point. 4 neutered males over here. One is 16lbs (ok 17). Most neutered cats don't have to spend their time dealing with hormones, so the calories they consume turn to fat if you let it. Intact males will "bulk" up a bit, having a broader nose, and wider jowls, but its really not worth it. It isn't that much of a difference. It wont make them a schwarzenkitty Tiger was neutered at 5 months. At his last vet visit (JUNE), He weighed 25 pounds. ---MIKE--- > > > He will spray. > > > > No no he wont. > > He will if not neutered, which I think was the point. I understood she meant he will spray even if nuetered which of course I explained shouldn;t be the case :) So we agree :) ChrisG (UK) wrote: > We have a rescue tom who is about 6 months old. > When should we have him neutered? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Chris.... I have 3 brother kitties who were all neutered at 3-4 months of age. They weigh 13, 10, and 9 pounds. One is real gentle, one is pretty nice and the third comes home with scabs from tussling all the time. |
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