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Offline midgecat

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Re: more foster problems!
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 17:49:32 PM »
thanks.  i suspect he was neutered some time before august when they went into the dog pound.  so that should be time for his hormones to settle down.

spoke to vet nurse this afternoon but she wasn't sure what to make of it.  we've got an appointment on monday to talk to the vet about though.

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Re: more foster problems!
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2011, 08:46:36 AM »
With sooty (animal madhouse) they did blood tests. They take a blood test, inject with something or other then do another blood test an hour later to see if any testosterone has been produced.

Offline Gill (sneakiefeline)

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Re: more foster problems!
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011, 21:05:55 PM »
I wonder if the vet can do some sort of urine test to see if he is properly neutered?


I think a vet discussion at the least is needed

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Re: more foster problems!
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2011, 20:11:12 PM »
If he was neutered fairly recently then some of the testosterone could still be lingering. I'm sure someone on here mentioned it can take up to 6 weeks for it to me completely out of the system. It may have been Pinkbear but I'm sure its been mentioned more than once on here. Is there anyway of finding out when he was neutered?

Very occasionally Bourneville will try to hump Marble (both neutered) and again occasionally Esco the dog with try to hump me and even sometimes my partner (he is also neutered)!!! Blooming randy animals LOL!
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Offline midgecat

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more foster problems!
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2011, 20:02:57 PM »
Sorry - but it seems like every foster puss I take in has some sort of issues.  We've done urine infections, fleas, bad teeth, tummies and itchy skin all in the last 3 months.  But Jango beats them all.  He's a lovely lovely big neutered ginger tom possibly about 3-5 years old.  He's so affectionate and gorgeous that I've been (and still am) tempted to adopt him myself.  However he's been trying to hump me every time we cuddle.  He's quite persistent and comes back again if I push him away.  I don't like it (not surprisingly) but I can put up with it and move away when he starts, but I'm anxious if I do adopt him he'll do the same to Mog (my resident cat).  She's a gentle, slightly timid cat and obviously quite a bit smaller than him - she's been spayed. 
 
What's happening?  will it settle down if/when he settles in?  Should I take him to the vets?  He had a very brief health check at the vets when he first arrived but he'd only been here a day or two then and this hadn't started.  I don't know how long ago he was neutered.  He came from the council dog pound and i think he'd been there several months.  I don't think he'd been neutered whilst there ..... not least because when it came to sorting the paperwork out to take him to rescue they had him down as a ? pregnant female. 

 


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