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[Devana 0]

Similar to our cat "Betty". We had to change that to "Benny" after the first vet visit. What can I say, he's a long hair.< /p>

[Yoda 0]

LOL @ Argon & Devanna....

??? I'm a lil' confused.....granted I don't have cats (not really a cat lover in the first place....truthfully...they scare the bejeepers out of me...I have yet to meet a cat who doesn't HATE me and try to attack me)...anyways I digress.....do cats not have those wee lil' things we like to call PENISES?????????!!!!! Is there no such thing as a CAT PENIS?????

How can you not tell?????

(seriously)...??

[CLOE 0]

Devanna, Argon, you take this one:bolt:

[argon 3]

Well... I've personally always only had long haired cats, so I'll say that that's why I didn't know. I'm trying to think of seeing a short haired male cat.... hmmm... they're not like dogs, how they have a very visable 'bump' where their penis is hiding. I think they might kinda have a bump, but nothing like a dogs, and cat schlongs aren't constantly hanging out like dirty dogs! LOL

I think usually the way you'd know the cats a guy would be by the errmmm... balls. (that is unless it's already neutered) Oh man.. I feel wrong about referring to animal genitals !! :omg: LOL

Anyways, mine was neutered and long haired, so that's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it!!!

[Devana 0]

Well, Benny was young and small and very fluffy. I guess his testicles hadn't quite descended fully. I would have had to do a lot of intimate poking around and well, heck. He didn't seem to hold the mistake against us, though.

[argon 3]

Oh yeah, especially kittens, I'm sure it takes some poking around to figure out!

[Yoda 0]

WOW....ya learn something new every day!!! I had noooo idea that male cats didn't actually have penises that hung out (ie. like a dogs). That is Frrrrreaky. I just assumed...which I guess I shouldn't have.

maaaan, the things you can learn here on LBT.......

ummmm....okay...stupid question alert: when a cat is "neutered" do you mean it's balls get totally hacked off??? They just don't get like snipped like a vasectomy or anything? ????????????????

[Devana 0]

Well, I wouldn't actually use the term "hacked". My husband would be curled up in the fetal postition if he heard that! Remember that their skin is covered with hair, so they're just removed and the skin sewn up. You can't even see it. If they had a vasectomy that wouldn't eliminate any of the negative tom cat behaviours, like spraying all over everything. Yuk.

[Yoda 0]

OMIGAWD!!!!! I just asked my husband about the cat balls/neutered query and he confirmed that they do indeed hack 'em off...

OOOOOOOOOOOMIGAWD. So, they are CASTRATED??????

Okay now I'm realllllly freaked out...hubby just told me that the same thing happens to dogs (whom I loooooove) when they are neutered......that is soooooooooooo cruel............

[argon 3]

I only know this because I had to 'assist' in more than a couple neuterings, during highschool, in a job shadowing thing. They remove the testicles from inside their 'sac'... ok, actually I just looked up the actual description, cause I think I've blocked most of it! LOL (ask me about horse castration ! :faint: no, don't!!)

The scrotum is opened with a small incision and the testicles are brought out. The cords are either pulled free and tied to eachother or a small suture is used to tie the cords and the testicle is cut free. The skin incision on the scrotum is small enough so as not to require stitches of any kind.

Sounds about right.

[Yoda 0]

Well, I wouldn't actually use the term "hacked". My husband would be curled up in the fetal postition if he heard that! Remember that their skin is covered with hair, so they're just removed and the skin sewn up. You can't even see it. If they had a vasectomy that wouldn't eliminate any of the negative tom cat behaviours, like spraying all over everything. Yuk.

Okay tks Devanna...you just verified what my husband said.

Grrrrossssssss.

Like I just said to my husband, I can't believe that I'm 41 and that I am just finding this out NOW!

[Yoda 0]

Tks for that vivid description Argon!!!

Yeah, hubby just told me about the horse thing......so you don't need to go there...

ewwwwwwwwwwww

[argon 3]

good, thanks... I'll stay away from that memory!

[CLOE 0]

Geeeeesh, I WAS trying to eat lunch,

[kimmason 0]

speaking of BALLS!!!! um I just had surgery and am sore, PLEASE do not make me laugh again!!!