I adopted an intact male cat when he was about 10 months. He’s about 15 months now and hasn’t displayed any sexually active behavior. He doesn’t try to mate with my spayed female cat - who won’t give him the time. They have a brother-sister relationship more or less. He annoys her and she hisses and swats at him. He hasn’t displayed any spraying of urine either. He’s as indoor dude. How common is this? And I don’t want to neuter him because it might change his already calm personality.

Updated On March 13th, 2020

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 2 months old | 12 lbs

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Answered By Linda G, MS, DVM

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Hello. If Pilot the Grey ( great name! ) is a calm, well behaved dude, then there is no need to change anything. Most intact male cats will spray to mark territory, so that is great that he is so well mannered. And, if there is no hormonal signal from a female cat being in heat, he will not waste energy trying to mate with her. If he continues to be chilled, then he does not need to be neutered. Thanks for using PetCoach.

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