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I am going to skin my cat and make gloves out of him.

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colditz · 25/03/2006 12:15

He keeps spraying everywhere! He sprayed on a deflated balloon yesterday, FGS! I am going to take him to the vet's and have his knackers chopped.

I've had him a year, he just showed up at my house and wouldn't leave, which is why I've never had him done. I am now convinced he doesn't have another owner, and am sick sick sick of him making my house smell, so he loses his gonads next week.

Anyone got any tips in the meantime?

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monkeytrousers · 25/03/2006 12:16

Knock him out with catnip?
(No idea, sorry )

bran · 25/03/2006 12:21

I don't think his gonads will be big enough to make gloves out of.

It's starting to warm up a bit, could he be an outside cat for the next week until he's done?

Kidstrack2 · 25/03/2006 12:21

agree he needs the snip, i don't have cats but my gran always had 5! It does stop them spraying!

beansprout · 25/03/2006 12:34

Perhaps some nice mittens for a baby?

Thirtysix · 27/03/2006 20:20

Just to warn you....it may take a couple of weeks post gonad removal for him to stop spraying.Once they have started and the hormones kick in,it takes a while for them to die down.

Blu · 27/03/2006 20:22

Shouldn't this thread be in 'crafts' with a title like this??

nulnulcat · 27/03/2006 20:30

plug in pheromone thing you can get from vet did the trick here

Eeek · 27/03/2006 20:33

apparently you can't make mittens from kittens - their fur falls off the skin. Can't tell you how I know that. It'll have to be a purse!

otherwise can't help - same problem here and mine was spayed at 3 months.

bootsmonkey · 27/03/2006 20:33

tell me more nulnulcat - I have a neutered tom who still sprays. Drives me nuts (no pun intended) have not found any cure bar putting him down, which I am reluctant to do - so far...

gingernut · 27/03/2006 20:36

They sometimes still spray even after they've been `done', although I don't think it smells quite as bad.

I seem to remember there are some tips on how to clean it up in order to dissaude them from spraying again at the same location (if you clean up with certain products they think another cat has sprayed on their territory and just repeat their actions). Seem to think advice was to use surgical spirit but have no idea where that came from (sorry, not much use am I?).

Eve2005 · 27/03/2006 20:38

have you tried confining his territory, ie: not letting him into all of the house just the kitchen or part of downstairs?

my cat (also and adopted stray coincidentally) used to spray and worse all over the house til i stopped letting him upstairs, now he doesn't bother doing anything, just comes in and begs for food, he's become much more of a pet since, seems to feel the need to suck up to us as it's been made clear his territory can be taken away and he doesn't want to be out on his ass!

nulnulcat · 27/03/2006 20:50

i had a nightmare with my two cats when dd was born they are neutered females but they started spraying everywhere and worse! went to vet and they gave me this plug in thing that releases cat pheremones humans cant smell them but it stops alsorts of problems such as spraying scratching and any stress related stuff since i used it both cats have been fine sorry cant remember name of it but if you ask a vet about it then do a search on internet it might be a bit cheaper

tigi · 27/03/2006 21:48

I thought i had also read somewhere about confining them to a small area. Don't think they like the smell of jeyes fluid either........

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