Sam

As I think I mentioned in another thread, I have taken in a youngish
black cat I think I will call Sam. He had at least three names from the
neighbourhood he was roaming before. I can't believe he didn't have a
home since he is such an affectionate cat, but he's been roaming around
for at least a couple week, and no one seems to be looking for him. I
figure if no one's reported him to the SPCA and Humane Division by now,
I have another cat.

He's got an appointment at a vet clinic next Saturday for the usual
once-over and some discussion of a few things. First of all, he is
allegedly neutered (according to one of the rescuers) or a non-sprayer
(according to another). I am far more familiar with female cats, but to
my inexperienced eyes he looks a little, ummm, large for a neutered
cat. And there was a definite odour when I came home tonight, although

Christina Websell...

If he has - err - two protuberances underneath his tail he is not neutered.
Boyfie arrived like this.

Monique Y. Mudama...

Unless the animal has neuticles.

And yes, some owners are vain enough to get these for their animals.

I couldn't decide whether it was on the inside or outside of the
exterior door. There are cases periodically of roaming local toms
spraying outside a door or window, but I'm not entirely convinced young
Sam is innocent.

Christina Websell...

Is there no way he will let you look under his tail? Is he too shy?
Sometimes if they will allow you to scritch them quite hard on the head and
back they will turn their backside towards you to see.
Why am I telling you this? You know a lot more than me. He sounds like an
intact tom to me though.

He's definitely got worms. That's not unexpected, and last time I had
to treat a cat for worms, at least they liked the taste of the
medicine.

He's also got an almost-healed scratch across his nose and eyelid. One
of the reasons the people wanted to relocate him was that he was
getting in catfights. I must say, he's quite submissive towards the
resident Empress Mandy. He wants Out badly, and he also likes company,
and complains loudly, plaintively and at length when he's hovering
outside the bedroom door because Mandy's hissing at him.

I hope the vet checkup goes well (and cheaply!)

Kreisleriana...

Purrs all goes well.

Theresa

Make Levees, Not War

Sam...

How about a bit of a warning next time! Saw the title and thought you
were going to go off on me!

Purrs for a successful and inexpensive v*t visit.

Welcome, little Sam, to a loving foreverhome.

Monique Y. Mudama...

Purrs for Sam; purrs for your wallet, too!

Adrian A...

Congratulations on your new owner. Purrs for a good checkup.

Marina...

Purrs for that end. Has he been neutered recently? As I understand it,
he may have residual hormones for quite some time after the snip, so it
may make his pee smell for some time. Purrs also that Sam and Mandy may
become friends, so maybe he won't want to be Out so much if he has a
friend to play with inside.

Cheryl Perkins...

Thanks for the purrs!

I suspect that he may not have been neutered at all, and that I may have
been misinformed by a kindly rescuer who is allergic to cats and
is therefore unfamiliar with them. The rescuer who had the cats he was
fighting with was less inclined to commit herself to his condition!

Kreisleriana...

Hmm. As I implied before,even if the scrotum is left behind, they
look very different from the back. A whole tom with a full bag is
hard to miss!

Theresa

Make Levees, Not War

Marina...

I just remembered that my sister's cat Linus is such a macho that, after
he was neutered, he grew a pair of false nuts. I've heard about this
happening with others (I think Vino did that too), but of course it's
best to have the vet check Sam out. It may very well be that they were
so eager to find a home for him that they embellished the truth a bit.

badwilson...

I don't know if Vino grew any false nuts. It's just that he's got some
fur puffs back there that look kinda nutty to me. But there's
definitely nothing to 'em but fluff! :-D

badwilson...

You can see his fluff nuts a bit in this pic:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/badwilson/detail?.dir=463f&.dnm=d2b6.jpg&.src=ph

Winnie...

How is Vino doing with the S/D? Is he almost finished with it? We've
been thinking about
him, and Rusty has been purring for his fellow orange cat who suffered
from urinary blockage.

Karen...

Congrats! I hope the check up goes well. I forgot to tell folks, my
mom's Petrus was finally neutered. The doctor really liked him. When he
was brought out the doc said "See, I made him still look like a man".
And sure enough, the sacks are somehow sewn to look like a smaller
version of what he had before! I've never seen that. The vet said "that
way you can still see he is male at a glance". But I think the Doc just
liked him so much he felt the need to preserve Petrus' "image".

Cheryl Perkins...

Thanks! People sometimes have funny ideas about neutering animals.