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Singinficance of tail flicker in tomcat?
You make me feel guilty
I'll call the vet to schedule him for ballcutting. Maybe he'll stay home at night after that. |
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Singinficance of tail flicker in tomcat?
"223rem" wrote in message news:qSiCf.735730$_o.476033@attbi_s71... You make me feel guilty I'll call the vet to schedule him for ballcutting. Maybe he'll stay home at night after that. Thanks! I wanted to make you "feel guilty" only in the sense of motivating you to do this. Many people simply are not aware of how enormous the cat and dog overpopulation problem is -- and how many completely healthy animals are euthanized as a result. Here is the article I was quoting from, in case you would like to read it. It actually concentrates on the psychological toll this takes on shelter workers who must carry out this terrible (but necessary) task. http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/co...NDSanimal.html MaryL |
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Singinficance of tail flicker in tomcat?
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:59:37 -0600, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-LITTER yodeled: "223rem" wrote in message news:IsgCf.735157$_o.36917@attbi_s71... Karen AKA Kajikit wrote: is there a reason why he's not neutered? No. As a fellow male, I probably identify with him...poor guy. He's only 14 months old. But I will have him fixed once he grows fully (he needs his testosterone for that) No, that's a myth. He should be neutered as soon as possible. As Karen indicated, your neighbors could become annoyed (no, *angry*) if he starts marking their home. Much more important, the likelihood is that he has already contributed to the overpopulation of cats because he is old enough to be a "father." Our local newspaper had an excellent article this week on euthanasia. The article concentrated on the psychological toll that is taken on shelter workers who must carry out this horrible (but necessary) task. This shelter has a staff who work very hard to find homes for animals that are under their care. Even so, statistics for 2005 show that they euthanized *73 percent* of the animals that were left at the shelter. So, please don't attribute your own feelings about this to your cat -- and opt for immediate neutering, which is the responsible thing to do and does not have the type of adverse psychological effect you seem to be considering. MaryL And even if you subscribe to the theory, 14 months old is well past the point where they've reached their full growth, except if it's a Maine Coon. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War |
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Singinficance of tail flicker in tomcat?
Thanks. The funny thing is that he is not spraying (if he is) anywhere close to the house (thank god). He is spraying on a perimeter roughly 50 meters away from the house (on a neighbor's porch, for example). Is that normal? He's establishing a perimeter, I believe. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita |
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