Many Singapore residents send caterwauling female cats to be spayed to stop them from being noisy throughout the night.

Plan ahead. Spay your cat at 6 months of age --- before caterwauling or 7-14 days after caterwauling.

Do male cats caterwaul if he lives in the same apartment as a spayed female cat? I had one telephone call from a lady enquiring about the surgery for a male cat whose testes are inside the abdomen. Undescended testes. She had sent the cat to Vet 1 who, after anaesthesizing him, found that he had no descended testes. Therefore, he did not operate on him and asked her to bring him home.

So, she phoned to vets to make more enquiries on the costs of surgery on an abdominal cryptorchid (testes inside the abdomen) male cat.  

"Is your female cat spayed?"  I wanted to confirm that an intact male cat will not be sexually interested in a spayed female.

"Yes," she said. "My male cat keeps mounting and harassing the female cat."

From this phone call, it seems that non-neutered male cats do caterwaul too, if there is a female spayed cat in the same apartment.

As for the lady, I have not heard from her. Rarely do cats have undescended testes.

Normally, the male cats have two in the scrotum. It is best to examine and look for 2 testes before anaesthesia. A check list prior to surgery and anaesthesia is best. A final visual check before anaesthesia is best. Some stray cats may be wild and this may not be possible.

The anaesthesia and surgery fees for abdominal cryptorchid surgery in the cat is $150.00. Total costs including 2 painkiller and antibiotic injections will be $180.00.