Do males spray?
Through our experience with other breeders and people that have contacted us, whether or not a cat will spray is usually a major function of their genes, and to a lesser extent is based on environment. Females can spray and mark their territory just like males! None of our cats or kittens have this gene. Many times when a cat is in a stressful home, the gene wil express itself and they will spray. There is a fellow breeder nearby that has 2 females that constantly spray because they are competitive over which one will get the male. No doubt her females also carry this “Spraying Gene” and they are in a competitive stressful home. Spraying may also be an early warning sign of early Kidney disease, PKD-Polycystic Kidney Disease. All our kittens are from parents that have tested negative for PKD. And Aas stated on our home page, our cats and kittens cooperate and are very loving and caring toward each other, As stated on our home page, our cats and kittens cooperate and are very loving and
Through our experience with other breeders and people that have contacted us, whether or not a cat will spray is usually a major function of their genes, and to a lesser extent is based on environment. Females can spray and mark their territory just like males! None of our cats or kittens have this gene. Many times when a cat is in a stressful home, the gene wil express itself and they will spray. There is a fellow breeder nearby that has 2 females that constantly spray because they are competitive over which one will get the male. No doubt her females also carry this “Spraying Gene” and they are in a competitive stressful home. Spraying may also be an early warning sign of early Kidney disease, PKD-Polycystic Kidney Disease. All our kittens are from parents that have tested negative for PKD. As stated on our home page, our cats and kittens cooperate and are very loving and caring toward each other, that is very evident in our kitten videos.
