Neutering and its effects

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~*SooZy*~ being of bellicose mind
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"Philip ®" wrote in message
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Rachel being of bellicose mind posted:
Hi, I had my five month old kitten neutered last Tuesday,
everything went great and he has recovered extremely well from
his "ordeal". My question is how long is it usually before you
might see a difference in the cats personality? I think there
are some changes already such as he doesn't seem to do the
mock spraying thing (he hadn't started spraying but would back
up and pretend to) as much, also I think he seems a little
calmer. I am hoping that he becomes a little more affectionate
with time as he matures coupled with the neutering.

Thanks in advance.

Rachel

What's a mock?
--

~~Philip
could it be standing stamping his feet, bottom up against the
wall, tail shaking with no spray coming out ;-)

I was joking when I asked what a "mock" was.

Rusty does that arched back, rubbing a leg or furniture, and then
stick his tail straight up and pretend he's about to spray ... all
with a silly smirk on his puss.
--

~~Philip

"Never let school interfere
with your education - Mark Twain"

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
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"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB

Sandra Loosemore wrote in message
...
"Ollie Burger" writes:

I've also noticed this 'mounting' behavior between
neutered males as well... since "gay cat" is likely
not the answer, I assumed this behavior to be
simply a cat's way of expressing dominance.

My guy Nerf tries to do this to Slinky once in a while, but on the
rare occasions when he actually manages to get her pinned down, he
seems to think that the natural thing to do is just give her ears a
thorough washing! Which Slinky utterly hates, of course. :-P

-Sandra

That's interesting... I have been under the
impression that all cats like to have their
ears/face washed... with 10 cats, that's a
normal event around here, of course...

OB