r/cats • u/Savage-baggage • 10h ago

Medical Questions Feeling Guilty

Hey everyone I’m just posting because we didn’t not have the money to get our boy neutered so the neighbor took him as a TNR. Well I wasn’t exactly aware of the whole ear tipping thing and now that’s he’s home it seems like half his ear is gone. 😢😢😢 he is not a stray or a feral he’s never even been outside but a couple times as a kitten. I feel terrible. It’s such a big chunk. I just feel so bad is he gonna be okay? Is the chunk always going to look so noticable

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u/karen_in_nh_2012 10h ago

How old is your cat - is he still a kitten? If he's "never been outside but a couple times as a kitten," then how did your neighbor GET him to TAKE him for TNR?

In any case, your neighbor did you a favor, and your kitty will be fine. Please don't let him roam - too many predators out there!

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u/Savage-baggage 7h ago

I asked her to take him she takes a lot of them around here. I just wasn’t aware they did that to their ears and she didn’t say anything prior. I’m glad he’s neutered

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u/karen_in_nh_2012 5h ago

OK, I can see where you might be confused. It's very common for people who do TNR to clip the ears of the kitties; this is so they will know who has and hasn't been TNR'd (e.g., in a feral colony). She may have just assumed you knew this.

The clipped ear will not affect him at all! He really will be fine! Just enjoy him. 😄

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u/Savage-baggage 7h ago

We got him at 6 weeks and that was the first week in June

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u/arlaburgle 10h ago

Your cat will be okay, I promise. My cat, Castiel, spent the first couple of months of his life in a feral cat colony. He was neutered and his ear was clipped because the plan was to release him. However, he was friendly and his eye was injured so the rescue decided to treat the eye so he could be adopted. I fostered him after the neuter and ear snip and before the eye removal, and he was completely unbothered by the ear snip.

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u/Kriddel 10h ago

He will be completely fine but it will always look like that, but maybe some hair will grow around it so it will be fuzzy. I'm glad he is neutered! 

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u/teenytinyytaylor 10h ago

My current fosters were first collected and TNRed, we then realized they are very friendly and likely dumped instead of strays. He and his sister are both ear tipped and I hardly notice now and they definitely don't notice or care.