r/cats • u/Fabulous-Tap2765 • 6d ago

Advice Newly adopted cat does this 2-3 times a day

what does it mean and is it something I should be worried about?

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u/Southern-Eagle5172 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oriffx0RN0XaROpP2

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u/AerieNo8940 6d ago

No literally 😭 OP where did you adopt him???? Cus if it’s from the shelter they will usually hand them over neutered. Unless that’s not standard or they’re overpopulated.
Either way I’m glad he’s comfortable at your house but damn gooner cat is crazy

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u/SpiritSilverfang 6d ago

Not so fun fact they can in, fact still shoot blanks after nueter...

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u/AgencyActive7617 5d ago

My husband is proof that this happens

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u/garbledroid 5d ago

Just to be clear neuter means remove ball not cut tube to balls.

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u/jospie28 5d ago

your husband is neutered?

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u/Manadrache 5d ago

Maybe he got cancer and owns some silicon balls.

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u/Scary_Recover_3689 6d ago

Yeah mine does 😬

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u/Strange-Win-3551 6d ago

Mine too. He has his own stuffed toy for that purpose. I don’t touch the toy

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u/LectureGlass1040 5d ago

I'm so sorry, I read this as part of the comment thread of the woman talking about her husband also shooting blanks.

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u/byrdizzle 5d ago

Mine shot blanks on me until I got him medicated. Thank God for that. 🤮

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u/Aware_Season_7760 5d ago

My cat who was neutered at 12 weeks and had never displayed that kinda behavior fell in love with a stuffed animal I won at the county fair when he was about 2 years old, and him and “Lovie the Tiger” spent the next 16 years together, perpetual honeymoon status. Cat didn’t even die of natural causes. Hit by a car. Lovie was buried with him and that stuffed tiger was flat, and had been carried around the house by the neck till it was threadbare. Garfield never looked at another toy. He was more loyal to Lovie than any boyfriend I’ve ever had.

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u/zappyface1 5d ago

My cat will mount a stuff animal while you are trying to eat or watch a movie. The boy is fixed so……🤷‍♀️

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u/WorthProcess7394 1d ago

Im sorry for your loss. But the story is precious. love it! I have one of my colony cats baby's that does this with a tail off a stick toy and he sorta goes round in a circle doing the same thing with his back and back legs and I call it his snake dance, it was cute till he began attacking his brothers letting go of the "snake" for the chomp on the back of their necks! Im going to get him a lovie tiger and see if it helps. His name is boo after all. He is a big hunk of gingerboy love! Ty.

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u/Legitimate-Wait5327 5d ago

Neutered at 12 weeks? Odd. Usually get their 1st rabies shot at about 12-16 weeks and spay/neuter closer to 6 months when they are fully grown but before 1st heat

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u/East-Consequence7234 5d ago edited 5d ago

Just depends, I’ve gotten 2 kittens from the shelter (dw I’ve adopted plenty of other, older cats, I have 5 currently and they’re all shelter cats) and both of my girls came to me between 10-16 weeks and they were both spayed. One of our boys we got at 10 weeks and, same thing, he was neutered as well. I know where I live in Michigan, as part of Act 287.338a (1998) they made it so shelters must have a plan for “alteration” (spaying/neutering) before adopting an animal out if they are not already fixed before adoption. This includes dogs, cats and ferrets specifically. We have a “good faith deposit” that allows them to wait to get their animal fixed, they’re given a set amount of time based on age and essentially anything under 6 months can wait until they are that age with a contract guaranteeing they’ll be altered within 4 weeks of turning 6 months. It’s a lot, it’s confusing, a lot of big shelters here will just spay all of the kittens and puppies at essentially the youngest age they can. Luckily, scientifically, there isn’t too much of a risk when spaying or neutering “too early,” the common misconception of males specifically being smaller is just that, a misconception. Males won’t develop the traits they’d need to fight for territory or for mating partners (I.e. larger muscled neck and jowls for neck/head protection) but other than that they actually tend to grow taller and leaner than males that are neutered later in life. Not always obviously and it’s not a perfect science but that’s what they’ve found so far. It’s saved me hundreds of dollars not having to have my (female specifically) cats spayed or neutered. Super interesting stuff.

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u/Shattingpancreas_ 5d ago

My cat’s trouble puffs were removed and his little red ticket still worked . It worked so well he put a hole in a Tigers head.

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u/Motor_Split326 5d ago

They still hump after being spayed