Did something dumb today.

[trapper]

My female outdoor cat is going to Madison next month to get neutered..  She had a kitten and it was getting tame and starting to eat solid food.  Yesterday I went to the garage and found the kitten dead and the back half gone,  Set a box trap and if I get the tom he will be unalived.

[rusticretreater]

FYI female cats get spayed.

[doc henderson]

Where did those names come from?

Neutering - Wikipedia

[doc henderson]

Well, while we are at it, it is being discussed in the news.

Annals - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuIZRct1lbo

go to 11:40 time.

[Magicman]

Soooo, get neutered and get tattooed?  Now I am wondering about some of these folks that I see walking around that seem to be completely covered with tats. ??  I can see it now, a tat bench with stirrups.  !!!  All in one and done.     

[thecfarm]

I can't remember if my male dog got a tat when we had him fixed. Another word,
I know the female did.

[JD Guy]

Olcowhand mentioned a group that clips cats ears that have been "fixed":

There's an Organization out there that is called TNR, which stands for "Trap, Neuter, Return", and they capture Feral cats and well- the rest is self explanatory... The snipped left ear identifies them as having gone through the process.

We have 3 outside/barn cats here and two have the ear notched. All 3 of them just "arrived" here uninvited  I'm OK with this as they are great mousers. They get fed but not a lot. If anymore show up I'm going to trap them and send them to the Humane Society.

PS I believe the most recent is a young intact male and he may have to go.

[Resonator]

Had a wild bobcat roaming around my sawmill lately. Never gotten too close, not sure if it's a boy or a she cat. (Would a male be a tom-cat bobcat?)

Either way, I don't think they can be tamed, and a vet wouldn't wanna do a procedure...