Author Topic: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue  (Read 3154 times)

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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2009, 19:14:28 PM »
None of my cats tails quiver at meal times.....there food must be a total bore to them!  :(

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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2009, 17:10:36 PM »
Some of my cat's tails have quivered when I have been chatting to them and they have been getting lots of fuss  :)
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2009, 16:09:39 PM »
do you know her?  :evillaugh:

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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2009, 16:08:24 PM »
Until you serve up the wrong food  :evillaugh:


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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2009, 12:05:17 PM »
that is what I had assumed about Amber - she does get very excited at dinner time!

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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2009, 11:23:35 AM »
Neutering cant physically stop cats spraying, the few botched spays iv heard about leave the queens showing signs of heat but none sprayed with it! Incomplete neuterings are pretty unusual, a stressed cat for whatever reason will spray as it feels it has a point to make, i believe that spraying is much more likely to be caused by a behavioural factor rather than a piece of missed tissue.
Simon rarely marked the garden until he had beef with dexter, he now has several spots he regularly pees on, i expect he will stop when dexter goes

Tail quivering so im told is a sign of excitement/anticipation so getting a quivery cat at food time is no surprise  ;D I expect the same tail movement happens when emptying their bladders upright is down to muscle movements in squeezing it out


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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2009, 17:21:41 PM »
That's what Willow does - but there is a 50/50 chance of her spraying then  :scared:
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2009, 16:56:41 PM »
amber does the tail quiver and back legs paddle when she is waiting to be fed

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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2009, 12:44:57 PM »
Tiffany has always turned her back to me and quivered, tail up, in the classic spray position, but nothing has ever emerged

do some cats have better control than others, I wonder? - and does that control diminish with age?
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2009, 12:39:49 PM »
I am going to take him to the vets tomorrow to rule out any medical problems but I am convinced it is hormonal - it must run in his family because his Dad is one of the most "active" studs that the breeder has got  :rofl:


Well Willow must find art exciting as she did it up against one of OHs paintings yesterday. Luckily she was grabbed before she decided to follow-through  :evillaugh:

At least Willow has got taste  :rofl:
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2009, 11:24:08 AM »
Well Willow must find art exciting as she did it up against one of OHs paintings yesterday. Luckily she was grabbed before she decided to follow-through  :evillaugh:
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2009, 11:07:28 AM »
she also seems horny with her tail quivering etc

Macey does this its when they are excited, I remember Susanne posted some pics from my beastie (?) before showing tail positions and what they can relate to  :)
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2009, 10:03:01 AM »
As far as I know, it isn't just the testes that produce testosterone?  Small amounts can be produced elsewhere in the body which is why neutering doesn't always stop them spraying.   Of course, testestorone or not, stressed cats of either sex may spray.  On the odd occasion when Jaffa has sprayed, it's been because he was  :censored: off with Mosi.

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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2009, 09:13:31 AM »
My eldest, Bear, gets horny and shags teddy bears  :evillaugh:

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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2009, 08:03:02 AM »
Very interesting, although I wouldnt have thought it that easy to leave anything behind in a male. Sam has been known to spray in the past, although I doubt anything has been left behind with him, he has practically nothing there, bless him.
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2009, 06:26:57 AM »
Willow is a girl and she also sprays - she also seems horny with her tail quivering etc - so different to the way Kylie squats to pee on things (I am trying to work out which one peed on my new slippers yesterday  :tired: )
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Re: Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 04:47:17 AM »
It does sound as if some has been left!  :shify:

My Baz is a horny devil but he dont spray, Gizzy is quite the opposite....so that may just be coincedence!  ;) :hug:
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Neutered Males Spraying - Testicular Tissue
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2009, 22:53:17 PM »
I have just read an interesting article which says that neutered male cats sometimes spray because when neutered some testicular tissue has not been removed which causes varying levels of testosterone to be produced.  I had never heard of this before and found it really interesting.

Teeko occsionally sprays but also gets really "horny" at times so I think I will mention this to the vets - in cases like this surely it must be down to the neutering op not being carried out correctly?
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