question on male cats

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 02:04:11 -0600, "Laura"
wrote:

So basically I was wondering what are the odds that a male cat would spray?

I'm on my 5th male cat. The only ones that sprayed were the first two
I had when I waited too long to fix them. They never sprayed after
they were fixed. None of the others have sprayed.

In , Relish
wrote:

| My cat was neutered young at the shelter (2 months) and he sprayed
| only once, on an old dog pee stain in the rug (which was so faint, I
| couldn't even see it) from a previous owner. After cleaning that spot
| with Nature's Miracle, he hasn't sprayed again, and it's been two years.

That wasn't spraying, it was peeing. Spraying is always on vertical
surfaces (the cat backs up to it, lifts its tail and sprays backward.)

He smelled a "midden" and used it, smart fellow! Good thing you got rid
of the opportunity to repeat the performance. :-)

In , Relish
wrote:

| My cat was neutered young at the shelter (2 months) and he sprayed
| only once, on an old dog pee stain in the rug (which was so faint, I
| couldn't even see it) from a previous owner. After cleaning that spot
| with Nature's Miracle, he hasn't sprayed again, and it's been two years.

That wasn't spraying, it was peeing. Spraying is always on vertical
surfaces (the cat backs up to it, lifts its tail and sprays backward.)

He smelled a "midden" and used it, smart fellow! Good thing you got rid
of the opportunity to repeat the performance. :-)

I've had only one male cat, the rest females. My male cat was a
neighborhood stray whom I adopted when he was a large kitten - under 1 year
old. I have noticed no difference in temperament between him & the female
cats - it's more the personality of individual cat than the sex of the cat,
IMO/E. He's affectionate, but then my female cats have been, too. If you
get him neutered early, spraying isn't likely to be a problem. If he
contracts a UTI then he may be peeing in comfy spots - not spraying (marking
territory) as such, & as you say a trip to the vet would help that sort of
medical problem.

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

"Laura" wrote in message
...
hi
I presently have 2 female fixed cats and 1 8-10 week old female kitten
whom
i rescused from a lady with at least 35 other cats and kittens. My mother
wanted a part persian or hym but she felt so sorry for the kitten we have
that she got her, and we are all happy for her. Well now she still wants
her part persian or hym kitten, or purebred, as long as it looks like a
persian or hym she doesn't really care. Anyway there is an ad in the
paper
for blue point and flame point kittens with no papers (doesn't really
matter
since they are cheaper with no papers and the kitten would be fixed
anyway).
Problem is they only have one kitten left and it is a male, my mom doesn't
really like males since she thinks most spray, since in the past we have
had
ones that sprayed and everyone my mom has known had males cat's that have
sprayed, while none of the females have. I personally could care less
which
sex the kitten is. My mom also wants a lovable kitten, I have heard that
males are supposed to be more lovable then females. I know my mother is
picky, but that's just the way she is, she annoys me with her pickiness
but
that's just her.

So basically I was wondering what are the odds that a male cat would
spray?
I don't think they would spray that much if the litter box was clean and
if
he did spray he would get checked by a vet and the accident would be
cleaned
up with an enzyme remove (none of the people we know with male cats that
spray have used one to clean up the accident, just normal soap and water,
or
febreeze maybe). Also are males more lovable?

thanks

I've had only one male cat, the rest females. My male cat was a
neighborhood stray whom I adopted when he was a large kitten - under 1 year
old. I have noticed no difference in temperament between him & the female
cats - it's more the personality of individual cat than the sex of the cat,
IMO/E. He's affectionate, but then my female cats have been, too. If you
get him neutered early, spraying isn't likely to be a problem. If he
contracts a UTI then he may be peeing in comfy spots - not spraying (marking
territory) as such, & as you say a trip to the vet would help that sort of
medical problem.

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

"Laura" wrote in message
...
hi
I presently have 2 female fixed cats and 1 8-10 week old female kitten
whom
i rescused from a lady with at least 35 other cats and kittens. My mother
wanted a part persian or hym but she felt so sorry for the kitten we have
that she got her, and we are all happy for her. Well now she still wants
her part persian or hym kitten, or purebred, as long as it looks like a
persian or hym she doesn't really care. Anyway there is an ad in the
paper
for blue point and flame point kittens with no papers (doesn't really
matter
since they are cheaper with no papers and the kitten would be fixed
anyway).
Problem is they only have one kitten left and it is a male, my mom doesn't
really like males since she thinks most spray, since in the past we have
had
ones that sprayed and everyone my mom has known had males cat's that have
sprayed, while none of the females have. I personally could care less
which
sex the kitten is. My mom also wants a lovable kitten, I have heard that
males are supposed to be more lovable then females. I know my mother is
picky, but that's just the way she is, she annoys me with her pickiness
but
that's just her.

So basically I was wondering what are the odds that a male cat would
spray?
I don't think they would spray that much if the litter box was clean and
if
he did spray he would get checked by a vet and the accident would be
cleaned
up with an enzyme remove (none of the people we know with male cats that
spray have used one to clean up the accident, just normal soap and water,
or
febreeze maybe). Also are males more lovable?

thanks

"Arjun Ray" wrote in message
...
In , Relish
wrote:

| My cat was neutered young at the shelter (2 months) and he sprayed
| only once, on an old dog pee stain in the rug (which was so faint, I
| couldn't even see it) from a previous owner. After cleaning that spot
| with Nature's Miracle, he hasn't sprayed again, and it's been two years.

That wasn't spraying, it was peeing. Spraying is always on vertical
surfaces (the cat backs up to it, lifts its tail and sprays backward.)

He smelled a "midden" and used it, smart fellow! Good thing you got rid
of the opportunity to repeat the performance. :-)

That's some of the problem for boy cats. Everyone thinks that any kind of
pee outside the box is "spray".

Karen

"Arjun Ray" wrote in message
...
In , Relish
wrote:

| My cat was neutered young at the shelter (2 months) and he sprayed
| only once, on an old dog pee stain in the rug (which was so faint, I
| couldn't even see it) from a previous owner. After cleaning that spot
| with Nature's Miracle, he hasn't sprayed again, and it's been two years.

That wasn't spraying, it was peeing. Spraying is always on vertical
surfaces (the cat backs up to it, lifts its tail and sprays backward.)

He smelled a "midden" and used it, smart fellow! Good thing you got rid
of the opportunity to repeat the performance. :-)

That's some of the problem for boy cats. Everyone thinks that any kind of
pee outside the box is "spray".

Karen

In , "Karen Chuplis"
wrote:
| "Arjun Ray" wrote in message
| ...

| That wasn't spraying, it was peeing. Spraying is always on vertical
| surfaces

| That's some of the problem for boy cats. Everyone thinks that any kind of
| pee outside the box is "spray".

Makes me wonder about the 10% statistic cited elesewhere in this thread.
How much of that could have been based on mistaken reporting?

I've yet to see reliable evidence that neutered toms *will* spray (i.e.
that some of them are incorrigible.) Even if the 10% figure is reliable
it's still a small percentage, which leads me to believe that some kind
of unchangeable predisposition is unlikely to be the root explanation.

More likely, the behavior is triggered by something in the environment,
so that properly addressing that undesirable external stimulus is a
sufficient answer for the problem when it occurs. JMHO.

In , "Karen Chuplis"
wrote:
| "Arjun Ray" wrote in message
| ...

| That wasn't spraying, it was peeing. Spraying is always on vertical
| surfaces

| That's some of the problem for boy cats. Everyone thinks that any kind of
| pee outside the box is "spray".

Makes me wonder about the 10% statistic cited elesewhere in this thread.
How much of that could have been based on mistaken reporting?

I've yet to see reliable evidence that neutered toms *will* spray (i.e.
that some of them are incorrigible.) Even if the 10% figure is reliable
it's still a small percentage, which leads me to believe that some kind
of unchangeable predisposition is unlikely to be the root explanation.

More likely, the behavior is triggered by something in the environment,
so that properly addressing that undesirable external stimulus is a
sufficient answer for the problem when it occurs. JMHO.

"Arjun Ray" wrote in message
...
In , "Karen Chuplis"
wrote:
| "Arjun Ray" wrote in message
| ...

| That wasn't spraying, it was peeing. Spraying is always on vertical
| surfaces

| That's some of the problem for boy cats. Everyone thinks that any kind
of
| pee outside the box is "spray".

Makes me wonder about the 10% statistic cited elesewhere in this thread.
How much of that could have been based on mistaken reporting?

I've yet to see reliable evidence that neutered toms *will* spray (i.e.
that some of them are incorrigible.) Even if the 10% figure is reliable
it's still a small percentage, which leads me to believe that some kind
of unchangeable predisposition is unlikely to be the root explanation.

More likely, the behavior is triggered by something in the environment,
so that properly addressing that undesirable external stimulus is a
sufficient answer for the problem when it occurs. JMHO.


I think that is very true.

Karen