Will neutering a male cat change its behaviour? - Page 2

Beetree, we just happen to have one of those rare orange tabby females :) Spayed of course. It's not that horribly uncommon. Actually,
finding a male that is calico is much more rare then an orange female.

My cats will bite for many reasons... pay attention to me! Feed me noms! Feed me noms! (LOL) If you scratch them certain places they
will flea bite.

Neutering will absolutely not curb spraying either. I have had many male and female cats over my life and every single one of the males
sprayed (neutered as kittens or adults) and have had 2 females that will spray as well. The only change in behavior I have seen from
neutering is they tend to stay home more and not chase "tail".

I believe the Tom's biting is either a cry for attention or an affection thing.

Melissa

Gee, Melba,

You really have had a bad run of cats.  One of the main reasons to neuter a cat is to curb spraying, not just population control. If neutering did not curtail or eliminate spraying, very few people would own cats.

I have had 20 cats, 15 of them male and 5 female. All 15 males spray(ed) (a few not until after they were neutered) and 2 of the
females. Some were neutered/spayed as little bitty kittens, some as adults depending on when they adopted us. I know that
neutering is "supposed" to curb spraying, but we have not seen it!! Curbing wandering, yes, absolutely but spraying no.

Melissa

Some of my neutered male cats sprayed, too, but NEVER inside the house. THAT'S what I was worried about with this cat, especially since the previous owners of the house bred Rag-Dolls, and the scent probably still lingers.

Anyway, he's gone home now with his owners, and I'll leave it up to them to try to rehome him.

I just got my rehomed husky back today, and that's enough to worry about. He's got quite a few medical problems that need attention. He's in good spirits, and jumped out of the SUV as soon as I opened the door. But he is on antibiotics for an abscess on his tail, needs a rotted canine tooth pulled, and may have some small cancerous tumors around his anus.

Luckily, the former owner is still alive, though in a nursing home, and her daughter will be picking up the tab for the medical treatment.

The guy I gave him to split from his wife, and was no longer able to keep him. 

Melba,

You caught me in a slight exaggeration, it is just more rare for a female orange tabby to be born, I believe the correct percentage is about only 20% of Orange tabby's are female. 

Now, on the biting issue, we will have to agree to disagree, even though I provided documentation of a common cat defensive trait. You see, to be sure, I would have to observe the previous owners and how they usually interact with the cat to be 100% adamant in my determination. If they were rough and tumble, or had a teasing kid, well, I would stick to my side of things even more.

I'd bet a weeks worth of lunches, that cat did not suffer from a LACK of attentiion, no siree, only the WRONG kind of attention. 

And your experiencing continued territory spraying indoors could be related to the number and dispositions of your other cats. At this time, I only have the one, and he does go outside and he never sprays inside. He absolutlely continues to pick fights with the local feral cats, he never learns about that. 

And that's how it is in my Cat World, this present day. 

He he he... I didn't mean I've had 20 all at once LOL, just 20 over my 30 years of kitty ownership :) Currently only have 2, the only kitty
left at my parents is 16 and still going strong. Surplus (the orange tabby, 3 yrs) and Pepe (11 yrs) both spray. The male will spray inside
if given half a chance and has been neutered since he was 6 months old. They are the bestest of friends and active producers of the
elusive "kitty crunchies" that all of the canine denomination are raving about <sigh>

One of the males that I had liked to pick fights with raccoons :( He was a very expensive stray. Honestly, Max was more like a dog then
cat.... I love Maine Coons :)

I wouldn't necessarily say Lack of attention, but maybe he doesn't feel like he's getting ALL of the attention, or as much as he feels he
should be getting.

Melissa

Sorry but my old ginger (orange) lad, also neutered @ 6 months, used to spray indoors very occasionally.
Fortunately he didn't make a huge habit of doing so.  He was an 'only cat', until he was quite advanced
in age, then for the last part of his life he shared me with my adult GSD bitch ... trying to remember back
to whether he ever did it before I brought her into the picture, or if it was only after that ?
Sunsilver : was that the husky that featured on here (the one where we weren't sure whether he was a
Sibe or a Malamute, or whatever) ?   Sorry to hear about his return, and his medical condition. Too sad.
 

Yes, that was the dog. Don't worry about him: his extended family is determined to do right by him. He will be here for about a week, then he goes for a recheck on the abscess on his tail.

They have a home lined up. There's a lady who used to look after him when his owner went away on vacation, so he will be going to someone he knows.

What pisses me off is the guy I gave him to was told he was to come back to me if he could no longer look after him. Instead, his (now ex-) wife gave him to someone who already had 4 huskies, plus snakes, turtles, rabbits and cats all in a run-down townhouse. They would let the dogs out on the balcony to pee and poop, and needless to say the inside of the home was pretty dirty, too.

The wife of this couple was going to give him a 'spa day' (bath, brush, nails, etc.) and the groomer found all the issues he had, the worst of which was the abscess. I reimbursed her for the veterinary treatment, and the nephew of the original owner has now made good on what I paid her, as well as giving me a week's board up front.

He's bright eyed and bushy tailed, and I'm sure he'll come through this okay. Although he has arthritis, he jumped out of my SUV last night before I could open the door to help him.

The husband of the latest 'owner' is really in to huskies, and says he is definitely a Siberian. His oldest female, whom I met last night, looks enough like him to be his younger sibling.

Oh oh oh... trying to quit smoking so thinking about anything and everything else and I came up with a reason for the tom's biting........

"Catitude" Ha ha ha ha

Sorry :)

Melissa