Hi There,
I've been managing a very small colony of about 5 cats. 4 male 1 female. To date i've managed to neuter/spay 3 cats and rehome two of the 3 neutered/spayed cats. Anyway, Slim, who is the second male cat that we neutered is exhibitng some very odd behaviour.
He has become totally passive. He no longer shows any interest what so ever in attacking our 3 in door cats and today while i was feeding him the unneutered female appeared and i thought that i would be in for a big brawl... However, to my surprise Slim, the neutered male just sat and watched her eat. In fact at one point the whole time they were within a foot of each other. Slim was lying on the ground observing her, he seemed totally at ease and she, was eating the chicken that i was throwing to her. She was about 5ft away from me.
In addition to this whenever i walk my cats (on harness) he comes right up to them in a non aggressive manner and just rolls around on the ground in front of us....of course as soon as he shows up that usually means the walk is over... but anyway, i'm totally perplexed at his behaviour. Is this normal?
What does it mean? I always thought that neutering just meant a SLIGHT behaviour alteration. He's like a different cat entirely!
Before he was neutered he would yowl and threaten our indoor cats even if he just caught a glimpse of them through the glass windows. If the glass was even slightly ajar there'd be a huge racket with him trying to get in and attack them. Now when he sees them he sort of just looks at them and seems totally ease. Once or twice when the door has been slightly ajar he has out of curiosity stuck his head in, and seen our (all spayed) cats... and just sort of ... aknowledged them but not tried to attack them...
I'm really puzzled.
I'm really hoping that neutering will have a similar effect on all the other males in the compound.
I've been managing a very small colony of about 5 cats. 4 male 1 female. To date i've managed to neuter/spay 3 cats and rehome two of the 3 neutered/spayed cats. Anyway, Slim, who is the second male cat that we neutered is exhibitng some very odd behaviour.
He has become totally passive. He no longer shows any interest what so ever in attacking our 3 in door cats and today while i was feeding him the unneutered female appeared and i thought that i would be in for a big brawl... However, to my surprise Slim, the neutered male just sat and watched her eat. In fact at one point the whole time they were within a foot of each other. Slim was lying on the ground observing her, he seemed totally at ease and she, was eating the chicken that i was throwing to her. She was about 5ft away from me.
In addition to this whenever i walk my cats (on harness) he comes right up to them in a non aggressive manner and just rolls around on the ground in front of us....of course as soon as he shows up that usually means the walk is over... but anyway, i'm totally perplexed at his behaviour. Is this normal?
What does it mean? I always thought that neutering just meant a SLIGHT behaviour alteration. He's like a different cat entirely!
Before he was neutered he would yowl and threaten our indoor cats even if he just caught a glimpse of them through the glass windows. If the glass was even slightly ajar there'd be a huge racket with him trying to get in and attack them. Now when he sees them he sort of just looks at them and seems totally ease. Once or twice when the door has been slightly ajar he has out of curiosity stuck his head in, and seen our (all spayed) cats... and just sort of ... aknowledged them but not tried to attack them...
I'm really puzzled.