I was told by my MIL when I was looking for my kittens, that males are a lot calmer and they are easier to desex. She's had around 10-15 cats since she was a little girl, so I trust her judgement.

My boys are now 14 months old and are outside whenever we are home although I am looking to put in a cat door so they go outside when I'm at work.

Are yard is fenced, but they go under and over it to visit the neighbors as they please. I've seen them probably a metre up a tree next door. They climb up and down the 1.8m cement retaining wall next to our driveway.

We live in a really leafy suburb of Bris, and there's quite a few snakes in the area. We had a tree python in the neighbours tree last week and the cats freaked out and hid inside...