Greetings all. This is my first thread here.
I've got a male that I rescued on the highway making a trip from Houston to Atlanta about a year ago and in the past I've mainly had female cats so this is a first for me. Being a male myself, I dread the thought of having him castrated; trying to put myself in his paws of course.
How many here have un-neutered male cats? Are there any health issues to be concerned with by leaving them "normal"? Are there any positive reasons, aside from having all the bits and pieces, for not neutering a male?
In the past I lived with my stepmother for a few months and she had at that time about 15 cats. All of them were neutered and spayed yet the males, and one or two of the females, continued to spray in order to mark their territory. My male, Jackson, is the only animal in my current residence aside from my roommate's dog and they get along splendidly. I suppose since he knows he's the only cat in the abode that he doesn't seem to have any territorial issues whatsoever. He has never sprayed anything so therefore I haven't had any reason to neuter him.
Is it cool to just leave him be or is it just unheard of these days?
I've got a male that I rescued on the highway making a trip from Houston to Atlanta about a year ago and in the past I've mainly had female cats so this is a first for me. Being a male myself, I dread the thought of having him castrated; trying to put myself in his paws of course.
How many here have un-neutered male cats? Are there any health issues to be concerned with by leaving them "normal"? Are there any positive reasons, aside from having all the bits and pieces, for not neutering a male?
In the past I lived with my stepmother for a few months and she had at that time about 15 cats. All of them were neutered and spayed yet the males, and one or two of the females, continued to spray in order to mark their territory. My male, Jackson, is the only animal in my current residence aside from my roommate's dog and they get along splendidly. I suppose since he knows he's the only cat in the abode that he doesn't seem to have any territorial issues whatsoever. He has never sprayed anything so therefore I haven't had any reason to neuter him.
Is it cool to just leave him be or is it just unheard of these days?