Barbara, when I brought Graemer and Miley home, the breeder tried to convince me to use Graemer as a stud to "recoop" my money, but I said I didn't want to risk him spraying the house, and that if he was going to be used as a stud, that Miley would have to travel with him! I think she gave up on me when she heard that comment. I love my cats, but know that there are so many spare kitties out there, that breeding more, for my sake, is not good. So, no off springs from my house!

If my/the breeder wanted some off springs from Graemer, then she should have kept him and dealt with the spraying etc. My breeder has only females in her house and her breeder-business partner has the males at her house. The males are kept in a building, in cages (really shower stalls with accomodations that are quite nice - they need to spray the stalls down with hoses because of the spraying).....and the females are all kept in my breeder's house - to roam at free will with all the comforts of home. Once the males mature, they are sold or used as studs but not in the house with the females. Sounds like business, which of course, it is. I just could not live with the smell of cat urine/spraying. Ugh. And besides, I am not sure Graemer would enjoy leaving the roost, but I will never know since he was altered at age 6 months.