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My half/siamese cat plz!!! A.S.A.P.plz....

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Hello,
    This will prob. be a long one I Love My Cat and i would like you to get as much info as u can to answer any questions/fill in any blanks u might have. My cats name is Buddy. He is one year old.  My last house "came" with a pregnet cat. I wanted a cat so i fed and shelttered her and gave her a nice quite closet to give birth in. My cat cryed the most out of all of them.  After 2.5/3 week his momma abanden the litter (shes not dead, i have seen her seince). Buddy took to eatting very well, it took the others a day or two. My roommate played with buddy a little aggressive.  I moved buddy out of his little (i mean no bigger than a trailer) birthplace, got rid of the roommate, and moved into a spacey two BR.  I trained Buddy VERY well,  he sits, stays, comes here, i talk to him, he talks back, i snap my fingers and he stops (w8ing for me to come talk (loudly)with him)knowing hes in trouble,  also I DO leave my front door WIDE open when im home (he just sits there looking out like its a window, never going past the little 3X3 hard wood floor)(hes better trained than most dogs).  i work all day (he sleeps all day) i go home every day for lunch (he wakes up) now thats kinda an "Intro." i guess. on to questions :1: he wander out about three times chaseing bugs when he relized he is outside he gets doumb founded (knowing hes not alowed to go on the wood by the door, but hes outside) he freezes up when he sees that i caught him he... Idont know ...? goes wild? hissing and meowing so loud u would think he got hit by a car.  it scares me ... alot !!  he acts like hes going to tear anything that comes close to him apart ... after about 10 min of listening to that i walk up to him pick him up by the back of his neck and walk inside. he goes right back to being the same loving cat!! :2: also do you know of any herbs to lower his anxiety he is starting to pee every where. im sure it has something to do with him not being neutered but he is too good of a cat i do plan on breeding him (hes a perfect stud he stands over 36 inches on his back legs, perfect black tips, everyone wants a Buddy Kitty) plz if there is anything u can sujust other than nuedering (herbs plz if u dont know any cool) i am tolet trainning him right now and him peeing other places is slowing him down ( i thout of letting him be an outside cat but someone WILL steal him ) :3: i live in alabama and i plan on moving to boston within the next 4-12 months how will this affect my cat (from moving to the city from county      and moving from hot to cold climate)i dont worry about him addapting to the new house ... i have left him with plp when im out of town and he acts up, but if i take him with me hes good as long as he knows im comming home after work.   :4:  easy one   at what age do cats stop growing? (everyone says "thats the biggest cat i ever seen" he is bigger than all the small breed dogs he has been around.  thank you for your time sorry the letter is so long but i have been worried about my cat. I Love My Buddy Soooo Much. I plan on owning his great grand kids plz help me.   
P.S. one more question .. there has been longer letters than mine ? right ? Plz help A.S.A.P. these problem are still freash and i would like to solve them b4 they become habbit  

Answer
Hello.  Let's see if I can help:

1.  Buddy's reaction when you catch him outside is actually normal.  He's in a place he's not familiar with - that leaves him scared.  And when scared, it's normal for any animal to display what's called the "fight or flight" reaction.  That means they'll either get aggressive or run away and hide.  Sounds like Buddy is a fighter when he gets nervous.  Best idea is to keep the door closed so he can't go outside.  You may end up getting hurt one day when you go to bring him back inside, not because he's angry with you, but because instinct kicks in.

2.  There is nothing that's going to help stop him from spraying besides neutering or a very dangerous medication called megestrol acetate.  Megestrol acetate causes diabetes and breast cancer.  It is normal for an unneutered male to spray, and if you're going to breed him, you will need to accept this.  Having said that, I would strongly urge you not to breed him.  There are many reasons not to, including pet overpopulation and health problems.  Unneutered males are more likely to get feline AIDS than neutered ones.  Prostate problems may be more likely in unneutered cats.  Testicular cancer is a possibility.  And he will get into many scuffles with other males that can cause injuries and infections and abscesses in the wounds.  Don't forget that if you plan to own his offspring, they will all need to be neutered to prevent inbreeding.  Inbred cats are highly likely to suffer serious health problems and deformities.  And neutering litter after litter will be very expensive.

3. Moving is stressful for cats, but I don't think you will have any problem with his adjusting.  Cats are very resilient creatures.  However, you MUST keep him indoors.  New dangers are present in the city that he won't be prepared for.  And cats will try to find their way back to their old homes thousands of miles away.  So please be sure to keep all doors and windows closed tight, so he has no chance to escape.  Also, I live about an hour from Boston, and the mentality on keeping an unneutered cat is very different from the views down south in the country.  He will be seen as a nuisance if neighbors hear him howling at night or see him spraying around their property.  If he is reported to be on someone else's property, he is considered a public nuisance after two warnings, and all kinds of terrible things can happen to a public nuisance, ranging from fines or a trip to the pound, even to poisoning by fed-up neighbors.  So definitely keep him inside at all times.

4.  You would think that this would be easy to answer, but there isn't one answer that fits all.  Cats are generally considered fully grown at a year old.  However, some larger breeds actually take up to three years to reach their full size and healthy adult weight.