Jordan is my Alpha and he is the biggest momma's boy of them all. He fake suckles on my arm every night. For Jordan the alpha thing is a self protection stance. If he's the biggest and tuffest no one will mess with him.Originally Posted by sunfairie
hhmm yeah..Comulous is def the alpha..he bosses Pumpkin and Coconut around all day long...
you can see it in his body movements and the cat communication battles
yet he still nurses himself to sleep
I don't know about the males, but I do know that by 7 months females have been in heat at least once. Research has shown that spaying a female before her first heat is better for her health. It reduced the risk of mammory cancer to almost zero, and her risk increases with each heat cycle. So I belive in spaying by 6 months. Yes some females go into heat before 6 months, but the spay surgeory is much more difficult than a neuter.Originally Posted by gailuvscats
For the females, I am not sure if it is an issue, but it makes sense to me to make sure all systems have had a chance to fully mature before nuetering takes place. I am thinking with cats, as with humans, the hormones affect all aspects of development, not just the sex organs.