Can I do this?

Pony · #61 10/04/07, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MariaAZ

They aren't actually listed in the "for sale" part, they're in the pet community

Ahhhhhh! THAT'S the way around it!

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Cloverbud

Stuff the cat's front end in a rubber boot, make 2 slits in the scrotum with a sharp pocket knife, and pull the testicles out. You're done in less than a minute. The cat's more p.o.'d than painful, and you're reasonably intact. Been done that way on our farmstead for 120 years.

Had an old tech friend who used to go to her buddy's farm armed with a bottle of Ketaset and a scalpel. They'd do a castration party right on the kitchen table. Catch all the toms, inject 'em, slit 'em, pull out the testicles, tie the cremaster muscle around the spermatic cord, and you're done.

Pony!

MandEmommie · #62 10/04/07, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloverbud

Stufff the cat's front end in a rubber boot, make 2 slits in the scrotum with a sharp pocket knife, and pull the testicles out. You're done in less than a minute. The cat's more p.o.'d than painful, and you're reasonably intact. Been done that way on our farmstead for 120 years.

Thank you! And it only took 63 responses to get an answer...

Pony · #63 10/04/07, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MandEmommie

Thank you! And it only took 63 responses to get an answer...

We like to be thorough...

Pony!

**Cabin Fever** · #64 10/04/07, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MandEmommie

Thank you! And it only took 63 responses to get an answer...

I'm scratching my head and trying to figure out how that was an answer to his question:

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Originally Posted by MandEmommie

....If I picked up a young boy kitten, could I band him like I would a goat?....

JacknJava · #65 10/04/07, 10:12 AM

You're right...not exactly a direct answer to the original question, is it?

I've been trying to stay out of this, but now I just can't. I'm not the judgmental type. If I see something that can be done without paying for it, I am more than happy to let people do their own thing.

But I have to say I don't agree with slitting a cat's testicles with a pocket knife and pulling them out without the use of any anesthesia whatsoever.

As long as it's just one cat, get one from the free ads (this shouldn't be a problem) and bring it to the vet to be neutered. Go ahead and try to find a country vet who might make a house call and do it for as little as $20-$30. Then go ahead and keep the cat as a mouser. I have no problem with keeping barn cats as mousers....I do have a problem with pulling out organs in a living animal without any anesthesia. Neutering a male will be cheaper than spaying a female. Be sure you keep that mouser dewormed, however, or it could die of worm overload in a year or so. Deworming is much easier when you have an animal that doesn't hate you for trying to cut its body parts off with a knife. Just my opinion....

As far as banding...I have no experience with it, but I suspect that cat's testicles are too small to be able to band.

TJN66 · #66 10/04/07, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MandEmommie

Of course I will feed the cat. I don't expect it to survive off mice. That is crazy.

I asked because I didnt know.

I like cats just fine. It will get affection. My other children who are not allergic will also play with the cat. I did not know that I needed a disclamer to post what I thought was a simple yes or no answer. I will remember so for any future question I may have however.

Again... I have no idea what you are planning on so I cant ask? Jeez...

quiet mountain farmer · #67 10/07/07, 10:58 PM

I have found quite a bit of criticism here, but so many good ideas, It's worth asking. After all, people here know lots of things I am still learning. (Though I don't agree with doing cats by yourself.) Good for you, for asking. How can we learn, if we don't dare ask?!

tamatik · #68 10/08/07, 08:25 AM

around here it was over $140 to have my girls done.AND it cost $100 to buy them(each) at the pound..AND you sign some caretaking paper..yadayadayada.WE have 2 from the pound and they are great..

rickd203 · #69 10/08/07, 09:04 AM

A local paper in my area was advertising barn cats. They are almost feral and would definitely NOT want people trying to cuddle them. My grandfather also had a bunch of barn cats so I know that they are like. They were great mousers but would give anyone a real nasty scratch if you even tried to touch them. All they really want or need is a comfortable place to sleep, plenty of water and just enough food to suppliment their hunting. It's that little bit of extra food that keeps them from leaving and becoming completely feral.

I would definitely recommend letting a vet do the job of spaying ar neutering. My grandfathers barn cat would have ripped me to shreds if I tried banding them. The only problem is trying to catch them. if you can get it caught in a live trap,you're lucky. It always seems like the cat that's about to go under the knife is the hardest to catch. Generally, I would end up having to chase it down with a fish net. A leather jacket and long leather gloves were absolutely essential.