Donna,

We are scheduling him for neuter next week. I think that this will correct some of his behavior problems now that you mention it. What you said about him seeking attention makes sense. I know that he wants to play, because when we give him something to chase he quits with the bad behavior.

Also, we have been inconsistent with discipline, but I think now that we have very clear disciplinary action to take, we might have better success. We need to find him somewhere to climb, but he also has a sink issue. No matter how clean his water in his dish is, he always goes to any faucet in the house and licks the water dripping from it. We happen to have pretty drippy faucets, so he can indulge in this habit whenever we are not on guard to catch it. Why do you think he does this?

Anyways, he is looking very sleek nowadays, and I will take some pictures for you. He is getting so big already...much bigger than any other cat at his age that I have had.

We are really enjoying him though. He likes to wake us up in the morning by bringing his mouse that he plays fetch with and dropping it on our chest and meowing until we throw it. It is (mostly) cute. Thanks for the help.

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