Need advice from cat people vets or vet nurses

[mainecoon1]

I have just picked up a new male maine coon kitten he is 14 weeks old and has been desexed?  I have the desex certificate from the breeders vet but when we got him home and I picked him up I noticed he has all his male bits I am talking about the T's I am not sure if ebay will let me type the word so am playing safe.

Are they desexing males now so they keep their male bits or has he not been desexed, my other male maine coon is 8 and does not have any.

I am going to take him to my vet next weekend so will find out them but was hoping someone could answer my question sooner 

[imastawka]

I'm not a vet or a vet nurse, but my daughter's male cat

was desexed and they left his 'bits' intact.

I did wonder if the cat felt better about himself or if it had

something to do with other males' perception of him

[flashie*]

My daughters cat is 2 years old.............when she took him to the vet at four months to be desexed she was told to bring him back in two months............because only one had decended.........and they needed both to be there..........so I am presuming they do remove them.

[harley_babes_hoard]

Why wouldn't you ring the breeder and ask?

[*pepe]

they do remove them but leave the scrotum entact.

have a feel and see if its empty and check his ear for a tattoo

[mainecoon1]

thanks for you replie, pepe they do not put tattoos in cats ears anymore as this was deemed as cruel by the RSPCA and was stopped.

When Shakespeare was desexed they took his testes away when he was a kitten, before he got his long fur you could not see anything, with the new kitten when he walks you can see them.  As far as the breeder knows he has been desexed as he has the  dexes certificate which he as given me.

I guess they do it a new way now as it has been 8 years since I have had a new kitten, the vets will be able to confirm it for me when I see them, I was going to give them a ring tomorrow but will leave it until I see them on Saturday, at the moment he is too young for it to make a difference.

[*pepe]

i fail to see what is cruel about tattooing a few dots in an anesthetized cats ear considering they have just cut its testices out, but the RSPCA does tend to move in mysterious ways....

[imastawka]

7.2.5

RSPCA Australia supports humane ear tattooing (while under anaesthesia) of animals to signify their desexed status and avoid accidental repetitive surgery. A standard tattoo symbol indicating desexed status should be applied to the left ear of all cats and dogs at the time of surgery.

  http://kb.rspca.org.au/RSPCA-Policy-A07-Companion-animal-management_595.html

[j*oono]

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@*pepe wrote:

i fail to see what is cruel about tattooing a few dots in an anesthetized cats ear considering they have just cut its testices out, but the RSPCA does tend to move in mysterious ways....

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That really cracked me up 😄

[mainecoon1]

RSPCA have obviously changed their minds again as my vet told me 8 years ago when I got my male that they where not allowed to tattoo a cat. 

As my vet said most people involved in the rescue/vet industry would be able to check a female for a desex scar and with the technology used today like MRIs can easly see if a cat has been desexed without having to tattoo them.

When I got my female 17 years ago from a shelter she had a tattoo in her ear that became infected and caused her a lot of discomfort I for one think it is cruel and not nessesary.