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Old March 16th 06, 12:44 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Lesley" wrote in message
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Smokey's never sprayed in his life. Never once. I was preparing
myself for SEVERAL sprays, with Smokey being adult, male, unneutered,
feral...but from the day we brought him home, he's never sprayed.

He knew he was onto a good thing!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

I've heard they only spray if there are other males around, and they feel
the need to 'mark' to warn the other male off. Perhaps this is why he
doesn't...it's safe, so to speak.


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Old March 16th 06, 02:29 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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I've heard they only spray if there are other males around, and they feel
the need to 'mark' to warn the other male off. Perhaps this is why he
doesn't...it's safe, so to speak.


Or maybe it's that Nocturne so totally whipped his ass in the first few
days that he knew better then to attempt to claim any of the territory.

It took him a few months to settle in and stop acting like we were
going to throw him out without warning/shove him off furniture/not feed
him.

Incidentally, we DID neuter him, but it took about 2 months. I was on
military service, DP was working, then after I came back from the base,
we went away for three weeks and left Smokey in my dad's care. He was
neutered soon after we returned.

--Fil

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Old March 16th 06, 03:16 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Tue 14 Mar 2006 03:41:07p, Kreisleriana wrote in
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Well, over the past couple of days the boxes have been smelling
especially evil, and there's been higher than normal litter
turnover. I changed the boxes today, and as soon as I refilled
the upstairs box, Stinky stepped in, lifted his tail, and deftly
sent a jetstream right into the corner of the box, scampered
out, and was off.

I was stunned! My Stinky! My very NEUTERED, very well-mannered
little boy!

And it hit me. He has been spraying, but only in the boxes.


Shamrock does the same thing. He also doesn't spray anywhere else,
but I have seen him spray the corner of the box, especially right
after I've put a new one down (I have spare boxes so that when it's
time to clean one, I can soak it in bleach and just fill up one of
the others while it's soaking). Good idea about the Feliway. Now
that Dante is becoming a man-cat (snicker) Stinky might consider
him a threat to his place in the home. I'm sure Dante is still a
clowny boy-cat!

--
Cheryl
 




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