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I think my 5.5mo (unneutered) male kitten started spraying yesterday. I thought the smell was from a thing I did to clean the drain wafting around, but today I noticed him digging in a chair and smelled it and it had that same smell. Can neutering still stop this or will he do this forever now?
I'm really stressed because I don't think I'll be able to keep him if we can't stop him from doing this. I've been trying to get ahold of any low-cost neutering services in our area for at least a month now, but so many places in our county won't service our area, and often have taken a really long time to get back to us to say that. I'm currently waiting on hearing from what I'm pretty sure is the only low-cost place that works in our area and I have no idea how long it will take for them to respond to our application. This has been so hard to do because my girlfriend and I both have ADHD, which has made the runaround of "we don't work in your area, try these other places [that also don't]" even harder, and I've been stressing out this whole time that we wouldn't be able to find a place in time before he started spraying. If the spraying doesn't stop after he's neutered, will any shelters even take him? I don't expect it's easy to adopt out a cat who pees everywhere. I just hope he'll still be able to be safe; coyotes are rampant in our area, so it's not safe to be an indoor/outdoor or outdoor cat here.
I'm really stressed because I don't think I'll be able to keep him if we can't stop him from doing this. I've been trying to get ahold of any low-cost neutering services in our area for at least a month now, but so many places in our county won't service our area, and often have taken a really long time to get back to us to say that. I'm currently waiting on hearing from what I'm pretty sure is the only low-cost place that works in our area and I have no idea how long it will take for them to respond to our application. This has been so hard to do because my girlfriend and I both have ADHD, which has made the runaround of "we don't work in your area, try these other places [that also don't]" even harder, and I've been stressing out this whole time that we wouldn't be able to find a place in time before he started spraying. If the spraying doesn't stop after he's neutered, will any shelters even take him? I don't expect it's easy to adopt out a cat who pees everywhere. I just hope he'll still be able to be safe; coyotes are rampant in our area, so it's not safe to be an indoor/outdoor or outdoor cat here.