I found out why Daddy the Neutered Cat still acts like a tom!

[bertha katzenengel]

Probably, that is.

My vet said it's probably because his neutering wasn't completely successfully. If the vet takes just the testes and fails to get all of the epididymus (a thing in there), the cat will remain aggressive, because testosterone is created in the epididymus.

Now: If I could only calm the furry little bastard down.

Sigh.

[Orsino]

1. Ooh. Have fun going after the epiDaddymus. n/t

[bertha katzenengel]

3. LOL

:thumbsup: Good one! :rofl:

[Critters2]

2. My first cat, Moses, had this problem

Kept trying to mount his little brother, Ari. Ari was completely freaked out by it. The vet gave Mo a shot of depo-provera, and the problem went away. He needed another shot--7 or 8 years later. Depo-provera. Ask for it by name.

[bertha katzenengel]

4. LOL I will!

Thank you!

[1monster]

5. I had two female cats spayed and one male cat neutered the same day...

The two females were in the same carrier and the male was in one by himself.

When the appropriate time came to let them out of the carriers, I let the females out first. They were pretty sore and moved slowly... until I opened the carrier door for the male cat.

I swear to God, that cat (who had been kept separate from the females when they became able to become pregnant) was on one of the females in a flash. That neutering didn't stop him at all.

While it is not as bad as it was in the beginning, I still have to stop him from annoying the heck out of two cats by trying to "try it on" with them. And he is agressive with our other male cat...

He must have the same condition as your cat does.

[bertha katzenengel]

6. Yikes!

Yeah, and I'm sure our two boys aren't the only ones, either. :(

[Kali]

7. it takes a while for the hormones to clear from a freshly sterilized

animal (and live sperm too) so the immediate behavior wouldn't be surprising, but the ongoing signs might.

[1monster]

8. Well, yeah, but I thought he would be a bit sore so soon after the operation...

If he was, it certainly didn't slow him down any.

Or as the vet chuckled when she called, "He's obviously not feeling any pain."

[KT2000]

9. Females have that problem too

The vet explained that the ovaey is attached to someething and if any of it is left behind, it still generates hormones.
I have a spayed female and there are male cats all over my yard in the spring.

[intaglio]

15. Our old cat Annie had an opposite problem

She used to spray but not stinky - again probably the fault of a lazy speying opperation where if a portion of the ovary is left behind it generates testosterone. Weird

[flamingyouth]

10. Our cat Papa was always really aggressive like that too.

We suspected his neutering didn't really "take" either.

[Eurobabe]

11. Would that cause some neutered cats to continue to spray?

My mom has a nutso male cat who is 7 and he still sprays urine to mark. We think the vet missed something. Poor kitty, he's very high strung, but not agressive.

[marzipanni]

12. Not exactly related to your cat but I found this an interesting concept-

A veterinarian who gave advice in the S.F. Chronicle years ago suggested that if a feral tom cat could be given a vasectomy rather than removing the testes, he would be able to mate with the females, but they wouldn't be producing kittens. If he was the big tom that kept the other guys away, that might be pretty good birth control in a feral colony.

[hickman]

13. My first cat(Oreo) was neutered at 7 months.

A month later my son brought home a kitten who was too young to be separated from his mother but the family was going to throw them in the river or give them away. The little one tried to crawl into a closet probably to die. After two days of me dragging him out and trying to get him to drink some milk, the older cat took over. Flipped the squealing little one one his back and licked him from head to toe. The Vet said that Oreo saved the baby's life by licking his butt and getting him to excrete. After couple years Oreo started trying to mount him. He got his face slashed a lot by Unkas but never seemed to know when to quit. RIP Unkas. Sweetest, toughest cat that ever lived. 4 years gone and I still miss him.

[Skittles]

14. now tell me why the name TOM is so maligned

Tomcat, Peeping Tom, Uncle Tom, Tom Delay........