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has anyone had the experience with their male cat having been neutered but still sprays alot? i've read that drugs may help with this. I've also read that sometimes only 1 testicle drops & the other one can still provide enough hormones to cause spraying & aggressive behaviour...Mick is a good cat other than spraying & sometimes "mounting" random blankets around the house. Any one dealt with this?

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Are there other male cats (neutered or not) still around? I've had neutered males that continue to spray only as there are other male cats around; I believe it is still marking territory, although no longer for the benefit of finding females, etc., just to 'communicate' their status with other males. The main difference I have found is that, after neutering, the spray doesn't smell nearly as vile. Also they have a tendency to keep spraying if they've been neutered as adults.

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I have 3 neutered males and my oldest sprays at least ones a day,more if he sees a strange cat outside.
It's really frustrating,but I stock up on Natures Miracle which is great to remove any odor.
Rocky too is a wonderful cat in all other aspects and I would not dream of letting him go,but if there is a magic pill to stop his spraying I would love to hear about it,but I doubt that very much.
The spray from a neuterd cat,does not have the ammonia-smell of a Tom-Cat,but the pee-smell is also bad.

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From reading your other post, Mick has been under a lot of stress lately and I think that's what the problem is.

If he was neutered the vet would have noticed if only one testicle descended and would have "gone inside" to look for the other. Of course, a trip to the vet would rule out a bladder or urinary tract infection. Good luck and please post with an update.

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Thanks for the advice-the only problem is we're not sure if he's ever been neutered before 'cause we took him in after he was abandoned...but he goes on Friday to the new vet for another looksee....I've added a pic of the little guy now that I'm at my home computer...(my earlier posts were during my lunch at work) We think he's pretty cute...don't understand how people can abandon pets!

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How old is he? If he hasn't been neutered, his testicles should be really obvious unless of course both haven't descended, but I don't think that's very common.

My 5 year old neutered male occasionally sprays, but like others have said, we have other cats around, so I think he's just marking his territory. Although, I think if a cat learns to spray before he's fixed, it might be hard to break that habit even after neutering.

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Spraying is a difficult behavior to get rid of. Most cats spray in the house because they are anxious about something, either the other cats, or goings on in the house (like renovations or noisy kids). My experience has been that it's usually males that spray, but not always the ones that have been neutered at an early age. In fact, my 2 older male cats were neutered as older adults (over the age of 4) and they don't spray. The one sprayer I did have was neutered when he was young and was seemingly the most laid back cat, but he just couldn't handle the stress of living in a multi cat household. I bought the Feliway plug ins and it worked moderately well, didn't eliminate his spraying but did decrease it from every day to once or twice a week.

Anyway, I'd take him to the vet ASAP to see if he's been neutered or not. I can't always tell by looking; I had a feral neutered last month and he's still got a pretty good set If he hasn't been neutered then that may be all it takes to get him to stop. However, you'll want to do it soon because if he continues to spray it will become a habit that will be hard to break him of, neutered or not. There are anti-anxiety medications that some vets prescribe for spraying, but I'm not sure of the costs or the side effects. Good luck to you, and get yourself some Nature's Miracle to clean up all the spray spots so he doesn't go back and re-mark. I bought a black light that makes urine glow yellow, it's really helpful to find all the sprays.

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thanks for the advice-we took him to the vet this morning (a different vet from the 1st one) and she said it appears like he's been neutered, but did take blood to find out if he's still producing chemicals that would indicate he wasn't neutered, so we get the results next Thurs/Fri that would show if he has undecended testicles, which would mean surgery to correct. She also mentioned the Feliway plug ins as an option if the tests come back showing he's been done already. (Feliway is the stuff that's like Glade plugins right? This is all second hand info 'cause my hubby actually took Mick in - I have to work today) So if he's been snipped, it would appear that Mick is spraying due to stress....which makes sense, because when we 1st moved into my inlaws with him he sprayed for about 2-3 weeks then settled down and we only found 2 spots in the next 6 mths we were there, so hopefully between the Feliway & a little time he'll settle down. he's just got to get thru the next few mths then my hubby is done school & we're back on our own & Mick is king again

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Good luck.

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So we heard from the vet today - the blood work shows no testosterone levels which means he's been fixed. So we'll try the Feliway and see how that does....although, my mother-in-law said he seems to have stopped spraying in the last few days....so ? who knows!

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We have a stray that adopted us a few years ago and he's's ALL male in temperament. He defines the term tomcat!! The only way to keep him from spraying in the house was to let him outside every couple of days to do his macho thing. It was the only way --- he doesn't spray inside anymore.

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