I know he meant neutering increases the cats' life span.

I'll be anxious to hear about the Pleasanton Cat Show. I'll have to call my sister-in-law about this show (she lives in Livermore) but she probably already knows about it. Wish I could fly out there, maybe next time - still waiting for the International Cat Show to come to San Fran or Denver (some place close to me). We'll be having our cat show in April here at the Fair Grounds again so I'm looking forward to that.

Cat people (that is Show Cat People) are really a strange breed - they're very defensive about their precious ones, which is understandable since these people put a lot of time and money into them. The lady I bought my Siamese cats from has made it a career in showing cats. She deals only in Siamese and man does she have some beauties. I bought Spencer when I saw him at a Cat Show (from her) 8 yrs ago. He was just a little 8 week old kitten, so friendly and sooooooooooo cute!!!! He still is