kitty who adopted me being neutered today

My boyriend and I have been lucky enough to have two ferals become friendly enough to adopt us as parents. The oldest, Mouser, was neutered shortly after he adopted us 2 years ago. The second PD, took longer to become trusting and was older when he showed up, hence he's an older neuter than Mouser was. Mouser adjusted very well, but I'm worried about PD. He's never stayed all night in the house, so I'm guessing tonight might be a sleepless night for us.

Any ideas on what to expect from this shy little boy after such trama? I've not had a lot of experience with cats so I"m worried about keeping him happy and safe as he heals. I'm hoping that in a while he's going to stop spraying and getting into fights (which from the looks of it, he always loses!)

At the very least he shouldn't increase the neighborhood cat population. We think both he and Mouser were dumped at a barn down the street from our subdivision. New folks have moved in and there are at least 2-3 HUGE unneutered males roaming around. PD will be getting a collar & tag shortly, so at least it's known someone's responsible for him.

I think I'm just a very nervous cat lover who's worried about her furry one ~ thank you for bearing with me!

I ask my vet not to keep my strays and ferals overnight, and instead release them back to me. But, I have been in this game a long time and I know how to make them comfortable in a room to lessen their stress.

He should be fine with this once you get him home. Thank you for caring for him enough that you are getting him neutered. You just increased his life by a large measure!

Although he was probably very frightened by the surgery, he will recover quickly. I doubt it will slow down his taming at all. In fact, as his hormones go away over the next few weeks, his urges to fight and to mate will fade, too. Then he will quit being beaten up.

Please post an update on how it went for PD!

hi there
when i got alfi done hes a feral as well he had no stitches but maggie his sister did .
the vet told me males start healing within hours he was kept in overnight at the vets but within 2 weeks hes a changed cat now from a semi feral to a wee puppy /kitty he follows me around everywhere you will see a big diffrnce in him all the best cheryl xxxx

Originally Posted by SNOWIS MUM

hi there
when i got alfi done hes a feral as well he had no stitches but maggie his sister did .
the vet told me males start healing within hours he was kept in overnight at the vets but within 2 weeks hes a changed cat now from a semi feral to a wee puppy /kitty he follows me around everywhere you will see a big diffrnce in him all the best cheryl xxxx

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Wow, that is great about Alfi!