Thread: Lads booked in for Friday...

The time has come for the lads to be neutered, so I've booked them in at the vets this Friday (remember remember, the 5th of November!)

I have followed with great interest the thread about when to neuter, and we certainly favoured leaving it for as long as possible so that they have a chance of fully developing. But yesterday we were re-plastering a ceiling upstairs and Larry came in and weed on the dust sheet, right in front of us as we were working. I thought, uh-oh, he's never done this before, could it be time. He really picked his moment, as we were working fast before the plaster dried and trying not to make too much mess. So I had to gather up the dust sheet and chuck it away, and grab another one and spread it out in double-quick time. Couldn't attend to the stinky smell until the plaster was up. Luckily I was able to get rid of it with Urine-off.

I was talking to our breeder this morning and she said, yes do get them done. Larry is showing his 'teenage' hormones and could be scent-marking to compete with his brother. We don't want him to make a habit of this - apart from the smell it could affect the lovely relationship he has with Monty at the moment, and that would be a disaster.

A slight complication is that I've entered Monty into a cat show as a male adult, so I'll have to contact the show manager today to see if I can change him over to the neuter classes! The closing date is tomorrow (yikes!) so hopefully I can do it in the nick of time....