Cat question

[resonant]

Those of you who have male cats -- have any of you ever had any problems with a neutered male cat spraying?

Context: We're going to get a kitten soon! and the one we have our eye on is male. But I'm a little nervous about this, because one of my childhood cats got banished to the yard because he developed a spraying problem despite having been neutered.

What's the Wisdom of Fandom on this?

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[antigone921.livejournal.com]

Two of my cats, Eddie and Alex, were neutered at about 6 months of age. Both spray, but Alex only does so outside (I didn't even know he could until I caught him one day -- made me love him all the more, really). Figaro, another male cat we had, was also neutered late and was a terrible indoor sprayer.

On the other hand, my baby, Wilson, was neutered before we got him (probably at about seven/eight weeks), and he's now about 10 1/2 months old and has never sprayed. He's also the biggest lap cat of the three, and has absolutely no interest in getting into fights with the other cats in the neighborhood or killing things, so there's also those benefits.

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For breed reference, Alex is an American shothair, Eddie is a Norwegian Forest Cat, Figaro was an domestic longhaired, and Wilson is a Pixie-Bob.