how neutering impacts on cat's behavior

i've arranged my tom to the vet coming thurs to be spayed..
am checking with those who have neutered your tom/cat at bout 1 yr of age..
how does it impacts on its behavior?
kiki is now a very affectionate boy.. sleeps next to me everynite..
comes up to me for a good back rub every now & then..
wld any of these be changed with the surgery??
will it also curb his spraying bad habit??

many thanks!!
kiki's mummy

Originally Posted by kiki+koko

i've arranged my tom to the vet coming thurs to be spayed..
am checking with those who have neutered your tom/cat at bout 1 yr of age..
how does it impacts on its behavior?
kiki is now a very affectionate boy.. sleeps next to me everynite..
comes up to me for a good back rub every now & then..
wld any of these be changed with the surgery??
will it also curb his spraying bad habit??

many thanks!!
kiki's mummy

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A spayed or neutered (sterilized) animal is better behaved. Neutered male cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. Unsterilized, unsupervised males roam in search of a mate, risking injury in traffic and in fights with other males. They mark territory by spraying strong-smelling urine on surfaces. Indoors, male dogs may embarrass you by mounting furniture and human legs when stimulated. Don’t confuse aggressiveness with protectiveness; a neutered dog protects his home and family just as well as an unneutered dog, and many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering.

Spaying or neutering will not alter your pet’s personality. Any slight changes will be positive. Neutering will reduce the need to breed, and that has a calming effect on many animals.

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Behavioral advantages of neutering

Decreased Aggression: The (male) androgen hormones, of which testosterone is the most important, are responsible for the development of many behavioral patterns. Testosterone greatly affects aggression in cats. One of the most important behavioral advantages of castration is that as adults, these neutered cats will tend to be less aggressive toward other cats.

Decreased Spraying: Spraying urine is a normal sexual behavior of uncastrated male tomcats. Anyone who has smelled tomcat urine will quickly agree that spraying is a very unwanted behavior. Some unspayed and spayed females, and some castrated males, will spray, but it is much more common in unneutered males.

Decreased Roaming: Another behavioral advantage of neutering is that neutered cats are much less likely to react when they sense a female in heat. Male cats can sense females in heat through pheromones. These are airborne chemical attractants that are liberated from the female when she is cycling. They travel through the air for great distances. Male cats neutered at an early age will generally not sense or respond to pheromones, and would certainly be less stressed and tend to stay home if they are outdoor cats.


Katie

He will stay affectionate.. And I think even more loving.. Well mannered wont be skirt hunting

thanks all for e replies..
but i still have concerns if kiki would be angry with mummy for taking one of the most important part of his manhood away..
apologies if i sound anal.. but am wanting to understand wat goes thru him during & after surgery..
would we also experience less of then positive behavioral changes as we are neutering him at slightly over a yr old now..
btw, i've adopted kiki from e last owner who did not spay him dats y e delay..

heaps of thanks!!
kiki's mummy

Originally Posted by kiki+koko

thanks all for e replies..
but i still have concerns if kiki would be angry with mummy for taking one of the most important part of his manhood away..
apologies if i sound anal.. but am wanting to understand wat goes thru him during & after surgery..
would we also experience less of then positive behavioral changes as we are neutering him at slightly over a yr old now..
btw, i've adopted kiki from e last owner who did not spay him dats y e delay..

heaps of thanks!!
kiki's mummy

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He will not be angry. I've had five boys neutered. All were very happy to be home and remained as lovey as they were before surgery. The only difference was that they were calmer got a lot less agressive within a month. They don't know you've taken away the hormone/kitten factories. They just know that you're there again, instead of the vet, vet techs, and weird unfamiliar smells.

Actually he might love ya for it... He wont have the desire to get it and not be able to get it done ... Sorry trying to be clean...

Originally Posted by momof3rugratz

Actually he might love ya for it... He wont have the desire to get it and not be able to get it done ... Sorry trying to be clean...

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hi momo!

i know exactly wat u mean there..
but i strongly suspect dat he had it done before when he was with previous owner who has another female cat, koko..

in this case, do u think he'd still be happy with e surgery??
but with e positive experiences from all ur replies..
i'm much more comfortable with kiki's appt this coming thurs..

is there anything to take note after the surgery?

thanks again,
kiki's mummy

Well, when I had Kitty neutered, he became much less aggressive. Also, he kept trying to...ummm...have a relationship with my arm, if you get me and that changed after surgery. He is still affectionate, still sleeps with me, and any changes have been positive! I don't know if the vet told you, though, and I didn't know this, but it will take about 30 days to see the changes in him. Good luck and God bless!

It also takes up to 30 days for a male to stop carrying active sperm.

Katie

He will be fine, he will pay more attention to you because he won't want to "breed" anymore. Just be sure you let him have rest when he comes home, and don't let him play or anything.

but i still have concerns if kiki would be angry with mummy for taking one of the most important part of his manhood away..

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He doesn't even realize he HAS testicles. Animals don't think like people they don't WANT to have babies, they NEED to have babies. In order to carry their lineage down, for the species to survive they breed. There are no emotions involved, male cats don't fight over who has bigger testicles they fight over who is going to get the girl and pass his genes on. They aren't like people whatsoever, and he'll be a lot happier not having them. He won't be sexually frustrated, and he'll be able to focus on you.

Most of the cats you will find on the side of the road this summer will be tom cats who are out searching for females. It's really sad they are led to their deaths because people aren't responsible.

It's great you are doing this for him, if anything he'll probably be more loving because he won't have anything to focus on but you