Hello all. This is a short note of thanks to those who replied to my query regarding Mookie. Your responses confirmed what I thought but I needed that re-assurance. Frankly, I was hoping I was wrong. Mookie is a very aggressive whole male and we were wanting to get him vasectomized, hoping that would curb his behaviour and his smell/desire to mark his territory. I guess we will just have to love him (not a great chore I may add) just the way he is and perhaps get him neutered next year. Thanks to all that responded on the FML and privately - your descriptions and explanations were appreciated and helpful. Tryntje, Cam, Tawny and the gang of 9 fuzzy kids [Posted in FML issue 1893]