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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2008Do spayed cats go out and come back days later?
Our dear "Ceniza", an indoor-outdoor cat, has been missing for three days - have any of you had *spayed cats* that disappear for days and then come back? --jose no > Our dear "Ceniza", an indoor-outdoor cat, has been missing for three > days - have any of you had *spayed cats* that disappear for days and > then come back? > > --jose My Shiloh used to do that. Later found she was hanging out a few blocks away. > no > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> --jose > My Shiloh used to do that. Later found she was hanging out a few blocks > away. Is Shiloh a female? Usually it's the males that do that kind of thing. And even more often when the cat doesn't really have 1 owner. My Big Mama's "boyfriend, Romeo" was abandoned by tenants on the property here about 7 years ago. He has at least 4 places he regulars...one of them being about 1/4 mile away and across a stream. Aside: Romeo is the dominant cat here and the only one that Mama tolerates. Last February he was in a horrible fight with something that left a huge gash in his shoulder. This wound was bad. I could even attribute it to another cat. I gave him a month to live before infection set in and killed him without veterinary care. I honestly didn't think he would survive more than a month. I felt bad because I couldn't take him, because I had my own medical problems, plus I just don't have the money for other cats. Somehow, someway, he survived...and he even continued to fight other cats that would claim his territory viciously even with his terrible injury. I really don't understand how this cat lived through it with no medical help. > Aside: > Romeo is the dominant cat here and the only one that Mama tolerates. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > I really don't understand how this cat lived through it with no > medical help. Around here, if you can't afford to take a cat to the vet, you can bring him/her to an anuimal shelter where they will take care of him and adopt him out when he recovers. This is far preferable to letting him suffer without getting any medical attention. >> Aside: >> Romeo is the dominant cat here and the only one that Mama tolerates. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > him out when he recovers. This is far preferable to letting him suffer > without getting any medical attention. I wish they all would do that most just put them to sleep instead of medical care >>> Aside: >>> Romeo is the dominant cat here and the only one that Mama tolerates. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > I wish they all would do that most just put them to sleep instead of > medical care There are "no kill" shelters.....You just have to do a little research to find one in your area. But even if they have to put a cat to sleep, it's better than letting them die of some disease and/or severe injury without getting any help. > My Shiloh used to do that. Later found she was hanging out a few blocks > away. > > >> Our dear "Ceniza", an indoor-outdoor cat, has been missing for three > >> days - have any of you had *spayed cats* that disappear for days and > >> then come back? Thanks Karin. ¿Was Shiloh spayed? If it was then I have some hope that Ceniza might come back... I had the idea that only "unfixed" cats went away -mainly to have a wider choice of mates... Yes she was spayed. Neko, my husband spayed female cat, also tried to stay out a few times. When she did come back he would not let her out for a few days. On Jul 28, 1:30 pm, "Karin Gillette" <karing...@cox.net> wrote: > My Shiloh used to do that. Later found she was hanging out a few blocks > away. > > >> Our dear "Ceniza", an indoor-outdoor cat, has been missing for three > >> days - have any of you had *spayed cats* that disappear for days and > >> then come back? Thanks Karin. ¿Was Shiloh spayed? If it was then I have some hope that Ceniza might come back... I had the idea that only "unfixed" cats went away -mainly to have a wider choice of mates... let me rephrase that some cats do go away but if he has never done it before yes be worried after 24 hours I would be worried after After 24 I would be out looking for the furball But me I keep my inside > no > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> --jose > Our dear "Ceniza", an indoor-outdoor cat, has been missing for three > days - have any of you had *spayed cats* that disappear for days and > then come back? > > --jose We were feeding a feral cat.....He disappeared for three months, and then one day, he appeared at our front porch while we were sitting out there (it was summertime) enjoying the evening breeze. We found out later that he had been staying at a house about a block and a half away. They had a hot tub, and he was spending a lot of time on its cover, enjoying the radiated heat. They had moved away, so he came back to us. We got him fixed, and now, he seldom leaves our property anymore. Whyen he does, we think he is probably going back to the hot tub to see if it's turned on again......:^) > We were feeding a feral cat.....He disappeared for three months, and then > one day, he appeared at our front porch while we were sitting out there (it > was summertime) enjoying the evening breeze. We found out later that he had > been staying at a house about a block and a half away. They had a hot tub, > and he was spending a lot of time on its cover, enjoying the radiated heat. Clever! so if sex parties are not posible, they may still go away for other fun reasons... >> We were feeding a feral cat.....He disappeared for three months, and then >> one day, he appeared at our front porch while we were sitting out there [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Clever! so if sex parties are not posible, they may still go away for > other fun reasons... Yes. This particulat feral male was lucky enough to have been born in geezerville, where there are lots of old couples who will feed a feral cat......He was very afraid of people for the first couple or three years of his life, but we were able to completely domesticate him in about 4 years without ever trapping him inside a house. Today, he is fixed and well taken care of, and seldom leaves our property. But like most feral cats, he kept his options open during the early years..... > Our dear "Ceniza", an indoor-outdoor cat, has been missing for three days > - have any of you had *spayed cats* that disappear for days and then come > back? Some do; some don't. Snowball goes away for a couple of weeks at a time; Millie and Fluffy are at least seen every day. Among my 11 neutered males, one stays away for up to three days; the others stay out no longer than a day. I'm pretty sure mine go on hunting trips: there isn't any other source of food in the directions they go for half a mile or so.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). >Our dear "Ceniza", an indoor-outdoor cat, has been missing for three >days - have any of you had *spayed cats* that disappear for days and >then come back? > >--jose Yes, both are female and male does this and they both been fixed. |
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