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Thu 14 Oct, 2004 12:03 pm
Edit: Moved from Forum Help to Pets
My veterinarian neutered my cat and told me he had performed a proud cut on him. What does this mean?
welcome to A2K suzy...i googled and could not find anything about a "proud" cut...but am pleased to tell you fighting, roaming and urine marking should be decreased..and thanks for helping control the pet population.
http://www.durangoequine.com/castration.htm
This is in reference to horses but seems to apply. Either some testicular tissue was not removed or the cat still retains pre-neutering behaviors (possibly due to excessive adrenal gland production).
I've heard of cats neutered with the testicles retained. The vet said unneutered males would pick fights with a cat without testicles, but leave one alone if he "looked right"... dono if that's true, it's my female (spayed) that gets in all the tussles!