jinman
Rest in Peace
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2001
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- Texas - Wise County - Sunset
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- NHTC45D, NH LB75B, Ford Jubilee
We had a whole cat family dumped on us. The momma was very young and the daddy full-grown. As soon as we could, we had them all neutered and got their shots. It was expensive, but neutering a male cat is about 1/2 the cost of neutering a female. Our vet only charged $75 per male. It doesn't seem in the nature of the Tomcat to spray, but I can tell you that our potty box in the garage is lined on three sides with cardboard because tomcats are about as good at aiming as 8 year-old boys at the toilet.
We lost one of our cats recently to some other critter, but of the four we have left, we let two of them into the house from time-to-time until they become too bold and start jumping up on the table or counter-top. That's normally 10 or 15 minutes inside the house about twice per day. Otherwise, they stay outside in our garage and are perfectly happy to occupy the warm cat houses my wife has built for them. We've had a significant reduction in mice and tree lizards since the cats have been added. One of our neighbors has an unfixed tomcat who comes to visit and attack our cats. Our older tomcat considers it his duty to protect the others even though he has been fixed. He fights the unfixed tomcat and sometimes has to have his wounds treated. If I get a good shot, I'll permanently "fix" the stray.
We lost one of our cats recently to some other critter, but of the four we have left, we let two of them into the house from time-to-time until they become too bold and start jumping up on the table or counter-top. That's normally 10 or 15 minutes inside the house about twice per day. Otherwise, they stay outside in our garage and are perfectly happy to occupy the warm cat houses my wife has built for them. We've had a significant reduction in mice and tree lizards since the cats have been added. One of our neighbors has an unfixed tomcat who comes to visit and attack our cats. Our older tomcat considers it his duty to protect the others even though he has been fixed. He fights the unfixed tomcat and sometimes has to have his wounds treated. If I get a good shot, I'll permanently "fix" the stray.
