Okay, I posted here because it has to do with medicine, but it offsets spraying and the testosterone based instincts so....It may have to be moved to behavior.. sorry mods!
Does anyone know of the effects and/or has anyone used this method? Apparently it's something that some breeders are doing for male cats to inhibit the desire to spray. We're considering it for our male Bengal who is on the borderline.. he doesn't normally but he has a tendency to get really excited about things and he did get all worked up about a fresh catnip plant the other day and spray it, or at least mark it (that's debatable). We did some research and in theory the effects last for a while and it suppresses the instinct to spray (I guess because it changes the testosterone levels?). So i'm wondering if this would affect aggression levels as well, and in that case, does anyone know if it would work for a domestic spayed female? She seems to be okay with female kittens coming in, and male kittens, but she ends up having aggression issues with male adults.. and this started after she was spayed. I'm thinking that it has something to do with estrogen levels potentially?
Does anyone know of the effects and/or has anyone used this method? Apparently it's something that some breeders are doing for male cats to inhibit the desire to spray. We're considering it for our male Bengal who is on the borderline.. he doesn't normally but he has a tendency to get really excited about things and he did get all worked up about a fresh catnip plant the other day and spray it, or at least mark it (that's debatable). We did some research and in theory the effects last for a while and it suppresses the instinct to spray (I guess because it changes the testosterone levels?). So i'm wondering if this would affect aggression levels as well, and in that case, does anyone know if it would work for a domestic spayed female? She seems to be okay with female kittens coming in, and male kittens, but she ends up having aggression issues with male adults.. and this started after she was spayed. I'm thinking that it has something to do with estrogen levels potentially?