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I would never in a million years have expected that Ferris would have an almost immediate change in personality as a result of his neuter on Friday!
I expected that he would be pretty much the same in behavior, and that he would be angry with me for DAYS for tricking him into the carrier and taking him off to the vets, but he's so NOT!
In fact, he began acting mellower almost immediately, and while he is still a little bit skittish as you would expect from a now semi-feral, he's nowhere near as jumpy as he was. Instead of running from me like he usually does, he actually walked down a hallway WITH me yesterday!!!
And last night was the icing on the cake: He was curled up on the floor at my feet, watching TV (he is SO into watching TV!) and purring up a storm. I reached down and gently slid two hands under him, and veeerrryy carefully lifted him up onto my lap.
Not only did he NOT resist and try to leave my lap right away, he calmly settled in, cuddling up to me with some head butts against my hand, and stayed on my lap for a full 20 MINUTES! He even fell asleep for a few minutes!!!
This would NEVER have happened prior to his neutering!
Can I chalk this all up to the immediate stoppage of testosterone, or do you think he's afraid that if he isn't nicer to me, the next trip to the vet might be worse than this one was?
I'm just SO pleased!!!
I expected that he would be pretty much the same in behavior, and that he would be angry with me for DAYS for tricking him into the carrier and taking him off to the vets, but he's so NOT!
In fact, he began acting mellower almost immediately, and while he is still a little bit skittish as you would expect from a now semi-feral, he's nowhere near as jumpy as he was. Instead of running from me like he usually does, he actually walked down a hallway WITH me yesterday!!!
And last night was the icing on the cake: He was curled up on the floor at my feet, watching TV (he is SO into watching TV!) and purring up a storm. I reached down and gently slid two hands under him, and veeerrryy carefully lifted him up onto my lap.
Not only did he NOT resist and try to leave my lap right away, he calmly settled in, cuddling up to me with some head butts against my hand, and stayed on my lap for a full 20 MINUTES! He even fell asleep for a few minutes!!!
This would NEVER have happened prior to his neutering!
Can I chalk this all up to the immediate stoppage of testosterone, or do you think he's afraid that if he isn't nicer to me, the next trip to the vet might be worse than this one was?
I'm just SO pleased!!!