End of an Era, part 2
Last week it was the end of Shira’s breeding career. Today I took Peanut in to be neutered. While Peanut was not the dad of the first LostWoods kittens (Guyldenlove Quake had that honor — and he was neutered a couple years ago), Peanut was my first stud and the father of most of the LostWoods litters to date - 12 litters, 52 kittens here, plus the litter of three with Muffet. Several of his kids went to other breeders and have produced kittens of their own. Many of those kittens look amazingly like their dad - he threw his “type” repeatedly and I’m thrilled with that. As with Shira, I’m sad to see the end of his breeding days, but happy that he’ll get to relax and enjoy life a bit more. And, as most of you know, Peanut’s son Fin is continuing his dad’s line at LostWoods and soon one of Peanut’s granddaughters will be arriving in Colorado to be part of the family (co-owned by me and Sondra Evans of Rockatts) as well.
I’m hoping that Peanut will settle down and give up spraying everything in sight once he’s neutered and the hormones are out of his system. I’d like him to be able to be out with the rest of the cats and be a beloved pet again. He was such a sweet and loving kitten. He’d snuggle up to me at night and purr like mad. He loved playing catch with his rattle mouse and enjoyed killing his “rodent on a stick” when I’d get it out. In recent years he’s been much more focused on girls and not all that interested in toys. Now and then he’ll play, so I think once he’s neutered he’ll have fun playing again.
Peanut will spend the night at the vet clinic then I’ll pick him up midday tomorrow.
Speaking of Peanut’s granddaughter, Danica… She has a reservation to fly to Denver tomorrow morning. We’re all so excited about her and I’ll finally tell you all about our pretty new girl after she arrives.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
How is Peanut doing? Has he recovered? Don’t males recover faster than females?