Devil Child of a Cat

[Silvermastic]

What is it about Murry, Red's full brother, that you can not love as much as you did with Red? How can you be certain you would even get a kitten similar to Red out of his brother? You will more then likely get more kittens like Murry who would be the father, not Red. How many litters are you going to attempt in hopes of finding another kitten like Red? I can understand the emotional part, but please do Murry the favor of getting him neutered and just love him as much as you did Red.

[Aryia]

I know you really don't want to hear this, but please get him neutered. If nothing people has said convinced you, please think about the fact that an unfixed cat is more likely to run away. When there's females nearby in heat, which there will be due to a lot of irresponsible people leaving their unspayed females outside, your cat's hormones will take over and he will go after the female. When he does there are chances of him never coming back. So if you want to have the best chance of the entire tragedy not repeating itself, get him neutered.

As to breeding to retain cats like Red. Genetics with cats are very confusing, people have tried cloning cats before with very disappointing results. The same cat, with same genes, has a total different color and personality. In essence there's absolutely nothing retained from the original cat, and this is using 100% identical genes. Even if you breed Murry, you will never end up with a cat exactly like Red or possibly not even close to Red. You will have the same chance of finding a cat like Red if you go and adopt another cat (but with this case you get to choose how to cat look's like at least! and good adoption centers will know their personality as well). So please, save a kitten or even multiple kittens from certain death. Cats that do not find a home are euthanized in kill shelters, and non-kill shelters are always low in room to accept more cats. Also have you planned on what you will be doing with 4-6 little kittens? If you were to give a single one away, that kitten will take the spot of a kitten that is sitting in a kill shelter, hoping to find a good home while a timer till his euthanization date ticks.

[JPR]

As an animal trainer who actually specialized in cats, I can tell you right now that the squirt bottle is completely useless.
Cats are not stupid animals, and their independent personalities make training them tricky.
That type of technique may work with dogs, since dogs actually may care that you don't want them to do something. Cats on the other hand don't really care at all.
Cats very quickly make the association between the squirt bottle, and the human controlling it. The best you can achieve with "squirt bottle training" is a cat who won't do the behaviour.... when you are around. Or they will still do it, but will stop as soon as you pick up the bottle... Not exactly what you are trying to accomplish.

Male cats spray to mark their territory. They do so because they feel they have to, and it's their instinct. Feliway might help. So might an abundance of ledges/cat trees/table tops for him to feel "high and confident" on.

Also, make sure you have the proper amount of litter boxes for the amount of cats you have. That's 1 litter box per cat, plus another. So you need 4 litter boxes, and they must all be cleaned at a minimum once a day.

Other than that, get him neutered. But at his age, there is no guarantee that it will stop the behaviour. It is already an established habit.


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