Will kitten calm down after neutering? He is also desperate to go outside.

solentsusie

Hi

I have a beautiful 22 week old young cat who is due to be neutered next week.

He has become very boisterous the last couple of weeks in that he is desperate to go outside. I am not letting him out until he is neutered and microchipped but I just wondered if he will calm down a bit after neutering?

I suspect letting him out will also help as he really wants to be out there. I only have a tiny garden and he will have to scramble over high fences to get out and about but the way he is jumping now I doubt that will be any problem at all.

I am also wondering how I go about letting him out. I have a cat flap installed but it is obviously shut at the moment. As he is the first cat I have had of my own I am a bit nervous about letting him out initially and how to go about it.

Any advice appreciated!

tanith

He'll calm down when he's neutered but also letting him out and about will help, when he's recovered and ready to go I would try if you can to let him outside while you watch at first, then bring him back in after a few minutes and gradually lengthen the time and reduce the monitoring , he'll find his way home and if you get him used to the rattle of his food bowl with either biscuits or spoon when you want him to come... enjoy ...

thorsoak

When you let him out for the first time, let him out just before feeding time - so that when you rattle his food bowl, he will come trotting back pdq!

fairy_lights

My cat didn't calm down after being neutered, people told me he would but nope, he came back from the vets as boisterous as ever.
We thought letting him start to go outside would calm him down but that didn't work either, in fact it seems to have made him more lively and energetic than ever

solentsusie

Thank you for your responses!

He is currently using the house as a race track and just totally tears about. He has also almost destroyed a peace lily I have had for nearly 20 years - it is enormous and he seems to think it is his personal jungle to sit slap bang in the centre of.

We shall see how he does after the vet visit next week. A few days to recover and gradual introduction to the outside world may help him. If not I shall just have to resign myself to a really scatty cat. :-)

Johnny_Dangerously

Serious point, lily can be deadly poisonus to cats. I'd recommend getting rid. Of the lily that is.

Cats are nuts when they are young, theres no stopping them

rising_from_the_ashes

Please don't let your cat out until he is older & has calmed down

Imagine all that energy / silliness let loose outside - what do you think's going to happen

Very sadly many young cats end up in serious trouble and often get into scrapes and situations they don't survive - they have no common sense

Once they around a year old they should be a lot calmer / have more sense - however, some never get there

Archie can be trusted outside when I'm not here (we have a field that adjoins my garden and he has a shelter) but Mia :eek: she can't be left out unsupervised as she always gets stuck in the clematis on the fence / or someone's garage roof etc

tanith

It isn't just young cats that have mishaps outside, cats are very capable of getting themselves out of scrapes, they'll find their way down from anywhere eventually, haven't you heard of cats having 9 lives.

rising_from_the_ashes

tanith wrote: »

It isn't just young cats that have mishaps outside, cats are very capable of getting themselves out of scrapes, they'll find their way down from anywhere eventually, haven't you heard of cats having 9 lives.

No - but the youngsters are incredibly stupid, have little common sense and often end up far from home and lost because they've been chased off by an older, much bigger cat

I have lost count of the number of owners of young cats who've let them out as soon as they're neutered for them to meet a sad & often horrific end within a few weeks

What's the hurry?

Many don't let their cats out at all & manage to keep them fit and entertained!

Mrs_Soup

I have found my cats all calmed down a bit after being allowed out on a daily basis. Previously we have always shut them in at night but current cat has access to the outside all the time as she never seems to venture beyond the end of the garden and spends the night indoors of her own accord usually on one of our beds if she can get to one. We also live on quite a busy road but she avoids that very sensibly. I think it does depend on the cat though, like people they are not all the same.

KxMx

Cats calming down after neutering is somewhat of an old wives tale- it can settle some hormone related behaviour (especially in males) but generally if the cat has a scatty personality neutering won't make much difference