Male Neutered Cat Spraying Indoors

Signs of cat spraying include.

Male neutered cat spraying indoors.

Spraying is communicative behavior male cats engage in for a variety of reasons. Although neutered male cat spraying is rare it is still possible. I have a neutered male 5 y o cat who has been spraying everything in the home for about 8 months now. A neutered male cat can still pee and therefore it can still spray.

If your cat is. Once neutered the majority of males do stop spraying. As the urine emitted in spraying is pungent and can cause stains to furniture and carpets spraying can be a problem for many cat owners. If your neutered male cat is spraying or urinating outside the litter box at all the first thing you should do is take him to the vet.

Once you ve ruled out medical problems you can look for other causes. By carol mccarthy most cat lovers are aware that un neutered male cats will spray urine on walls furniture and elsewhere in a hormone fueled effort to mark their territory. Although female cats as well as neutered and spayed cats can urine mark unneutered males have more reason to do so. However one of the benefits of neutering is the reduction in spraying so it can be surprising if your neutered cat starts spraying.

Although neutering usually stops a cat from spraying 10 percent of neutered male cats continue to spray even after this procedure according to the cornell university college of veterinary medicine. One function of urine marking is to advertise reproductive availability so unneutered males may urine mark to let females know they are available. The cat is an unneutered male. But the more mature the cat is at the time of surgery the more likely they are to have a learned habit of spraying.

Most pet cats are neutered and do not spray indoors probably because they do not feel the need to. Many people think it is just a male or tom cat issue. If your cat is still spraying after they ve been neutered then you ll need to teach your cat to stop. Spraying indoors is a sign that your cat is feeling stressed and is trying to feel more secure by surrounding themselves with their own scent.

I have spent hundreds of dollars on vet bills to rule out any medical issues and the vet. In fact under the right circumstances all cats will spray whether they are neutered or spayed or not. How to stop a neutered cat from spraying.