Re: Can a tomcat be "re-neutered"?
- From: "Pat" <pdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:56:20 -0600
"Tish" <tsilberb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> Spock sometimes behaves like this and it is usually a response to
> stress - in his case visiting children or noisy dogs. He is neutered
> too (at 6 months old).
>
> With cats, I don't think it's possible to be "half neutered" unless the
> cat had an undecended testicle - which the vet should have checked for
> during the proceedure (can the vet count to "2"? - LOL). I've watched
> vets neutering male cats a couple of times and, at the risk of grossing
> people out, the vet makes a small incision in the scrotum and kind-of
> pops the tescicles out and ties and cuts them at the "neck" near the
> body. That should ensure that the entire testicle is removed.
>
> My father used to have an extremely aggressive cat, a desexed girlcat
> called Diamond. Dad and his family (including a girl who was 5 years
> old when Diamond arrived) lived with it for years until a knowedgeable
> vet diagnosed an inborn, internal medical problem for poor Diamond. I
> can't remember the details of the problem, but the upshot was that
> Diamond was in a lot of pain most of the time, which accounted for her
> behaviour. After the confirmation of the diagnosis and information
> that it was incurable, Dad thought the best thing was to have Diamond
> PTS and to end her life of painful misery in the most humane way
> possible.
>
> I doubt this is the problem with Eli - it sounds as though he really
> needs to have some "me" time, but it might be worth checking with a vet
> once your house-buying and moving are finished.
He gets his fair share of "me" time but too little of "get rid of everyone
else" time.
.
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