If 2 cats, one male and the other a female have been spayed and neutered, do they still feel the need to mate?
2007-12-07 02:00:18 · 9 answers · asked by Lilly B 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
No. The source of the hormones that cause sexual instincts have been removed. They may still exhibit mating 'behaviours' however, depending on how old they were when neutered. Cats that are neutered over the age of, say, 2 years old may have got into the habit of mounting things etc - if it has become a 'learned' behaviour they may still exhibit it, but it's not because they're actually feeling the desire to mate. Mounting may also be a 'dominance behaviour' - my friend's cat was castrated at 9 months of age and, years later, he still mounts his spayed mother! Nice.
Chalice
2007-12-07 04:18:36 · answer #1 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they do not. When a female is spayed the ovaries and the uterus are completely removed. When a male is neutered the testicles are completely removed. After the procedure it will take a little time for the hormone levels to come down but once that happens they should not feel the need to mate.
2007-12-07 02:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Cynthia N 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sure. And after July a million this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days the State government has desperate that each physique cats must be registered with the interior reach council, comparable as canines. they're nevertheless making up their minds over how lots to can charge cat proprietors, will they provide a important low fee for desexed cats etc, will they can charge comparable to dogs registration which may well be a ripoff because of the fact cats don't get a similar advantages from the councils like doggie parks, leash-loose areas, etc. that's in Australia by ability of how, the government is putting their hands into your pocket continuously, in uncomplicated terms final week they floated the assumption of taxing oxygen interior the ambience yet quickly dropped the muse while they realised that persons might merely plant shrubs everywhere and get the air for no longer something!
2016-10-01 01:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't feel the urge to mate, but a male asserts his dominance by jumping on the back of the other cats so you may still see the "humping" behavior for the rest of the cat's life.
2007-12-07 02:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My male still smells the butts of all cats that are around outside. I think that he just wants to know if they are male or female, but he has no desire to mate with them that I have noticed...
2007-12-07 02:13:12 · answer #5 · answered by Grants a tractor luvr! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SHOULDNT castration does minimises the hormone level in the cats but it wont stop the male been dominant and possesive over the female
2007-12-07 02:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
no after 6 weeks hormones will go
2007-12-07 03:05:25 · answer #7 · answered by sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no all their hormones that make them want to mate were removed.
2007-12-07 02:02:37 · answer #8 · answered by Jorjor 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They may, but if they do it won't hurt anything.
2007-12-07 02:02:51 · answer #9 · answered by just me 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋