Excellent news re: health! *One of our beloved cats, the son of the community matriarch, and his family all got S/N by us. He had a penchant for two of his sisters, though. I was worried and called our vet, asking him about this. His response? LAUGHTER! and 'let him have his fun'I envy your energy & heart & desire alot!
I'm just happy I became a kitty person over the past 12 yrs or so. It began w/ a black cat named, Boo, he passed in Sep. '08 of total renail fail. I was devastated, tho it was not really MY cat alone but my roomie's back then. Roomie was so neglectful of vet care, etc. & I had no idea re cat health. The day my g/f & I took him to vet for my roomie & paid the bill, as roomie wanted him asap put down instead of my hope to let him live, I was devastated to hear of his kidneys.
So we paid his sub-Q, & other neglected things my roomie did to him(unbenownst to us) etc. (really this poor baby's ONLY vet trip other than a neuter in '05 which I convinced & took my roomie to) but a wk later he needed to be put down. We took him, held him, cried w/ him & for him & then he kicked his last kick. I was so upset I couldn't drive home from vet's for a long time. I got his remains in an urn to this day & will display them -- if we ever more to a home not this apt. But you see when & why cats now, mean so much & I worry so much re health.
Ok, just spoke to vet's! Tech said he did not ever HAVE, period, a 2nd testes thus the testicular cancer risk is gone. I didn't understand all this til now. I posted a thread re Cryptorchid in Health forums too.
TY again for your valuable stories & insight re all this medical info.
He assured me there was no risk of either of his sisters becoming pregnant.Fast forward to very recently, when our Elvis, also neutered, of course, tried his very best with our beloved angel Tarifa, who just left us on the 17th. Over and over and over, during the past months, he tried. She was having none of it, but, sweet thing that she was, she tolerated his unwanted attentions--most of the time. There were a few times, though, when she'd whap him and/or hiss. I never heard her hiss any other time in the over 17 years she was with me.
Sub-Q can buy some quality time. I'm sorry it was so short with your loved one. When our beloved Moti angel was diagnosed with CRF, I learned how to give Sub-Q and it bought us 7 good months.
