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Some of you may recall a thread I started a few weeks ago about people leaving their cats. I reported that I had already had adopted one cat and had him neutered, got appropriate shots, etc., and that now two more had shown up. I am happy to report that though it took some time, we were finally able to catch the big gray male and yesterday I took him to the local cat rescue and had him neutered, had him tested for feline leukemia, feline AIDS, and got all the appropriate shots. He is back and doing just fine this morning. All's well that ends well. This is another issue however, he is a very big aggressive male, and I am worried about my other cats.The lady that started the rescue provided me with some female hormones to lace his food with every three days over the next few weeks. She says this will curtail the aggression. Has anyone else ever done this and had success? I prefer that all my cats come in at night to sleep in their own area in the laundry room and be allowed in and out during the day. This will really upset the order of things if I have to keep him separate from the others as I did last night while he was healing from surgery. I had to comandeer the main bathroom and put the litter box in there along with the food and water. The house kind of smells this morning so I know this arrangement was not to "someone's" liking. I really don't like a stinky house and have not had this problem in the past. It's going to be raining here for the next few days and I'm not looking forward to what could happen. Would it be horrible to make the new gray kitty "Boris" as in Baddenoff (world famous no goodnick) be an outside kitty for a time until I am sure he has calmed down? We have a covered patio and he has very long fur.
I have heard it takes about 2 weeks for the hormones to get out of their system after being fixed. Just provide a safe, warm, dry place outside for him until you feel more comfortable bringing him in.
Just remember, cats have a "order". He may feel he is the dominate cat and the one in charge. That may cause problems if you have one already that is the dominate cat and there will be a struggle for the cat in charge position. There will be a lot of fights and aggresion until the new "order" is established. I have had one here for a year and they are still fighting over the "order" in the house.
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