i was wondering if any breeders had any help/advice they could share with me. I rehomed my ex stud boy on friday. The new owner {a close friend} took him from here entire, and had him neutered before taking him home. Since then she has {agaisnt my advice} introduced him to her other neutered cats. all is well in as no fighting ect. but she has just emailed me to say he is spraying every where. in the whole 2 years he was with me entire, he has never sprayed. My thinking is that the poor boy is stressed out of his mind, and so is spraying because of the massive changes he has under taken over the last few days, and given time will calm down. what do other breeders think? i will of course have him straight back no question, but wondered if there is any advice we could try. ive told her to start from scratch and keep him alone for a week and introduce the others slowely. any tips greatfully recieved!!!!!

little man is coming home in the morning here's hoping he will soon be back to his normal non spraying self! and will make me feel forever gulity for rehoming him. he will now, spraying or not be a perment resident of the mad house. i guess i was wrong in thinking he would be happier in a quieter home, he must prefer alot going on!

You could try rehoming him as a single cat - that's what I did with one of mine, the spraying stopped immediately

Liz

thats for the advice. would you think the stress of rehoming caused him to spray? when he has never sprayed as an entire stud boy?

I'd hazard a guess that the reason he is spraying is partly to do with the new territory but more to do with the other cats that he doesn't know xxx he's probably just stamping his claim on the new house where he never had to do that before xxx

I would think it has all been a bit too much for him in a short space of time.

I have rehomed many stud boys since I started breeding, but I would absolutely never let them go un-neutered - it takes at least 6 weeks for the hormones to decline, and I always have them neutered myself and keep them at least that long before allowing them to go to a new home. I have not had any problems with this way of doing things and my boys have always settled brilliantly.

I'd give him a bit of time to settle now before letting him go anywhere else.

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Oh wow yeh I never read that properly about that she took him entire and neutered him on the way home! Poor boy : ar well I'm glad you've got him home where he's settled blezzum x

he'll be staying with me now. first time ive rehomed an ex stud or queen. and wont be doing it again!!!! he is currently fast asleep in front of the fire, and touch wood hasnt sprayed since coming home at 11

I hope he settles ok and gets over his stressfull week now he's back home with his mum. I've often thought about how I would cope when it's time for one of my boys to retire. It's never an easy decision when trying to rehome a cat (male or female) but stud boys have their own very special set of circumstances.

Good luck with whatever you decide for your boy and thank-you for posting about this, it really highlights the hard decisions we, as breeders, all have to contemplate at some stage.

As I never keep a boy entire longer than a couple of years (I hate them living outside) - it's something I have to do fairly frequently and as I said, the way I've done it over the years seems to work perfectly, or at least has done so far. Even the boys who've been sprayers have stopped, either as soon as they were neutered, or certainly after going to the new homes.

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