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From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Neuters don't spray, WRONG!
Message-ID: <463@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 00:45:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 10 00:45:54 1985
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Reply-To: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
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In article <389@enmasse.UUCP> mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy) writes:
>[unneccessary but very net-hip bug feeder]
>
>> Neutering should help, though not immediately.  The old behaviors
>> hang on for a bit.
>
>Uh, I don't think so. Once your tom starts marking his territory, he
>will do this no matter how many of his balls you cut off. It is rumored
>that if you clip the poor critter before he starts doing his thing, he
>never will.
 
That simply isn't correct.  The spraying behavior hangs on for a bit, as
I said, but it does eventually go away.  I have had more than one tom
neutered and have had many friends with neutered toms.  Unless the litter
box is unclean (mea culpa on occasion) there is seldom a problem with
random urination if the cat is healthy.  Even immediately after neutering,
the spraying is considerably less noxious because of the reduced pherome
content.  

>I get the feeling that the neuter first ask questions later folks don't
>understand that some people might actually want to breed their pets.

What does this have to do with unwanted urination?  I have some very
definite ideas on breeding cats.  First, the cat should either be of
a known breed or if trying for a transient breed (like Himalaya) have
been chosen of good breeding stock.  Second, cats for breeding should not
be allowed to run loose.  Good breeders have kennels and runs so that
their stock doesn't get out and mate with the neighborhood alleys.
It is up to every cat owner, whether they want to breed their animals
or not, to keep the current overpopulation of kittens down as much as
possible.

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						Byron C. Howes
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