Delicate question about neutered tom cats

[flamingyouth]

Has anyone had any problems after they've been neutered?

Papa is four and he was neutered at age two. I have had him a year now. He has exhibited some, er, sexually aggressive behaviors which I'd rather not detail.

Is it possible that the vet who neutered him didn't finish the job? He's aggressive with my spayed female and my neutered male, but he's actually worse with people (of both genders). It's getting embarrassing.

Any advice would be most helpful...

[demnan]

1. One sexy guy, huh?

Unfortunuately cats neutered late tend to still exhibit behavior of male cats. The brain is one area of the body that's hard to fix. I'd go back to the vet and see if he has any suggestions. They do a lot with therapies these days.

And a cat like this should have his "special blanket" some cats will make a blanket the object of their affections.

[bertha katzenengel]

3. "special blanket" -- absolutely

Make it plush. Daddy LOVES plush things. He makes biscuits on them.

[bertha katzenengel]

2. I don't know, FY

Our Petey has been attempting to satisfy the two foster kittens (they went into heat before we could get them spayed). He mounts them and, uh, thrusts, but of course there is no contact. After he's "done" the kittens act out the rest of the mating behavior, rolling around, etc.

Then there's Daddy, who has never exhibited sexual behavior at all, but he is extremely aggressive toward any other animal who ventures into his territory. He also goes looking for fights.

But I've never heard of anything like what your Papa does. Have you talked to the vet?

[flamingyouth]

4. Update - just talked to the vet

They haven't seen him before, as I adopted him not long before my husband's death last year, and really, his only health problem was his bad dental situation.

So, he's going in tomorrow at 11. I just had a long talk with the vet. Most of the conversation consisted of me talking and her going, "Really?" and "Wow" and "Hmmm...that's bizarre."

Thanks for all the advice and I'll let you know how the appointment goes tomorrow. :hi:

[underseasurveyor]

5. OK Let me throw this into the mix of knowledgable minds.

About a year and a half ago I noticed our fluffy mutt cat Mister~M~ losing his fur down the length of both his sides, his belly, around his anus and to a lesser degree on his forearms. But he wasn't "losing" his fur, instead he was licking and chewing it off. I also noticed about this same time very aggressive tendancies emerging that are more characteristic of how intact toms behave and ~M~ has never behaved like that in his previous 4 +/- years. He's still great with people so that hasn't changed thank goodness.

~M~ was born in this house 6 years ago, his mommy is my cuddly Nudgie babygirl:loveya: just had to throw that in there;-) And when he was old enough to be neutered, before he had the chance to know or experience those tom cat urges, he got fixed.

The vet diagnosed his hair loss due to a hormonal imbalance that sometimes happens in neutered male cats (never heard of that before but hey it's not like I'm a vet either:dunce:), gives me 10 or 12 days worth of pills to cram down his throat everyday (fun:eyes:) to balance out his poor wacked out hormones.

The pills seemed to help, but very minimally I thought. I also thought "neutered" meant far fewer hormones to get 'imbalanced' in the first place :crazy:

So here are two cats, Papa neutered in adulthood, and ~M~ neutered in kittenhood, and both are similarly aggressive ala Tomcat style..?
:shrug: ?


However in ~M~s case the more I read and learned about so called "quality" pet foods the more I'm convinced ~M~ has developed some terrible food allergies which in turn (possibly? probably?) triggered off any hormonal imbalances he might currently be experiencing.

So I'm tackling ~M~s problem from a food allergy stand point and for now only time and continued TLC will tell.


Good luck with your Papa kitty. Maybe some kitty dope = catnip might help mellow him out :smoke:yahmon