My male kittens and cats who have been neutered have not changed their behavior. ( except one who had been neutered just before i adopted him and he was 2 years old, but his behavior change was positive!)
I just spoke to a lady who has two 5 month old kittens from me who were neutered recently and they are playing as crazily as ever, and just as affectionate as ever. That is very typical.
My Chatri was playing like a little maniac the night he was neutered, and now at 2.5 years old, he is still just the same as he ever was. ( I mean really the same. He acts like a goofy kitten! and just as extremely affectionate as he ever was. but like GingersMom said, he had started getting a little nippy before being neutered-- more aggressive and neutering toned that down, but not his playfulness. )
Sammy was neutered when I got him but it is hard to imagine him any more playful and loving than he is.
I really think when there seems to be some strong personality change , it is likely due to something else. Sometimes it is just a matter of the kitten maturing. Mine are Siamese which are known for usually staying very active. But many cats do get quite a bit more sedate as they grow up. ( I don't know what it is for juliekorhorn01's kitten. 4 months is too young or it to be a matter of him getting all grown up and calm . I don't suppose he was also declawed at the time he was neutered? because that would explain it. Otherwise I would try to look for other causes, because I really think neutering does not usually have such an effect on a 4 month old kitten. )
In a cat neutered after puberty, there can be some changes over a few months after being neutered -- most who were spraying will stop spraying, and they generally become less aggressive and of course usually less highly sexual and driven to seek out mates.
(But I have had 2 neutered male cats who were still interested in sex and still able to mate if a female in heat was right there, they just could not sire kittens. One was the 2 year old; another was neutered as an older kitten , at almost 8 months. the 2 yr old also had a stuffed animal "girlfriend" and he kept up a torrid relationship until he was about 9. )
The one thing that is different is that as an adult ( or even maybe from around 8 -9 months) they need fewer calories than a cat who is not altered. But sometimes people get an adolescent or young adult cat altered, continue feeding as much as they were and don't take into consideration that 1. the cat needs less than when he/ she was growing fast and 2. the cat needs less than an adult who is not neutered.
It is not neutering that makes a cat fat, it 's overfeeding, or feeding an inappropriate diet ( like too high in carbs).
I just spoke to a lady who has two 5 month old kittens from me who were neutered recently and they are playing as crazily as ever, and just as affectionate as ever. That is very typical.
My Chatri was playing like a little maniac the night he was neutered, and now at 2.5 years old, he is still just the same as he ever was. ( I mean really the same. He acts like a goofy kitten! and just as extremely affectionate as he ever was. but like GingersMom said, he had started getting a little nippy before being neutered-- more aggressive and neutering toned that down, but not his playfulness. )
Sammy was neutered when I got him but it is hard to imagine him any more playful and loving than he is.
I really think when there seems to be some strong personality change , it is likely due to something else. Sometimes it is just a matter of the kitten maturing. Mine are Siamese which are known for usually staying very active. But many cats do get quite a bit more sedate as they grow up. ( I don't know what it is for juliekorhorn01's kitten. 4 months is too young or it to be a matter of him getting all grown up and calm . I don't suppose he was also declawed at the time he was neutered? because that would explain it. Otherwise I would try to look for other causes, because I really think neutering does not usually have such an effect on a 4 month old kitten. )
In a cat neutered after puberty, there can be some changes over a few months after being neutered -- most who were spraying will stop spraying, and they generally become less aggressive and of course usually less highly sexual and driven to seek out mates.
(But I have had 2 neutered male cats who were still interested in sex and still able to mate if a female in heat was right there, they just could not sire kittens. One was the 2 year old; another was neutered as an older kitten , at almost 8 months. the 2 yr old also had a stuffed animal "girlfriend" and he kept up a torrid relationship until he was about 9. )
The one thing that is different is that as an adult ( or even maybe from around 8 -9 months) they need fewer calories than a cat who is not altered. But sometimes people get an adolescent or young adult cat altered, continue feeding as much as they were and don't take into consideration that 1. the cat needs less than when he/ she was growing fast and 2. the cat needs less than an adult who is not neutered.
It is not neutering that makes a cat fat, it 's overfeeding, or feeding an inappropriate diet ( like too high in carbs).
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