When do cats get jowls

The shrieks of tomcats that split the spring and summer nights are just evidence that nature is doing its thing, right? The feline immunodeficiency virus FIV is transmitted through deep bite wounds, which are often incurred during cat fights. Experience leads me to believe that most cats infected with FIV happen to be males who were not neutered as kittens.

The acrid odor of cat spray sticks to everything it touches. Fabrics, books, carpets, bedding, and even walls and wood trim that have been doused by a tomcat are often ruined. If you want to avoid spending countless hours cleaning up after your cat or living in a cesspool of stench, get him neutered and the spraying will stop. Tomcats are consummate escape artists: If they sense even a whiff of a female cat in heat, they will do anything and everything to get out of the house and mate with her.

Cats who are neutered tend to roam less and therefore are much less likely to get hit by cars or abused by humans who get some kind of psychopathic glee from doing abusing cats. In addition to reducing the risk of injury, fighting and disease, neutering also eliminates the risk of testicular cancer and lowers the possibility that a cat will develop hormone-related chronic conditions such as prostate problems or "stud tail.

Feeding him too much does. Get over it. About JaneA Kelley: Punk-rock cat mom, science nerd, animal shelter volunteer and all-around geek with a passion for bad puns, intelligent conversation, and role-play adventure games.

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In addition to blogging about cats, JaneA writes contemporary urban fantasy, and whatever else strikes her fancy. Stay informed! Get tips and exclusive deals. Nov 2. Nov 1. Oct So, for those who know show toms, or otherwise have experience with well-cared-for tomcats, anyone know exactly when males get those big jowls? He first showed up the summer of and I thought he looked to be about 6 months old at the time.

But he may have just been skinny and undernourished and looked younger. Also, any guesses how long it'll take before he loses those big cheeks? Or do late-neuter toms keep big jowls? My knowledge is the jowls come about 3 yrs old, and they are there for good, they won't go away once he is neutered. Anne Site Owner Staff Member. Maybe GemsGem will know? Last edited: Nov 15, GemsGem Mentor Staff Member. The three years is just an average. I think it depends on when each male finishes becoming sexually mature.

Some are early and some are late developers. The thick neck and chubby cheeks are the result of testosterone acting on the muscles. So it also depends on the males testosterone level to how muscular they get. I've always found that late neuter toms do lose some of the muscle.

Not all of it they still have jowls and thicker necks than early neuters. But I found they do lose some muscle tone over time. The funny thing is that he never was antsy to go out and he never sprayed even once. Never acted "tommy" at all. Maybe all his testosterone was used up making muscles? Well, no change yet. I'm not sure how long I'll wait to introduce him to the other cats. He did get out of the bathroom a couple times and there were no riots so I think he'll do OK.

But I don't want hormones to complicate things. I'll definitely give him at least a week to heal but probably I'll wait longer to let his hormone level go down a bit more. You must log in or register to reply here. Latest Posts. Remembering Krista Latest: tarasgirl06 23 minutes ago.