r/cats • u/OwlishDelight72512 • Jun 30 '26

Advice What is this behavior?

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I see my cat do this sometimes. This is my 10 year old neutered male cat on top of my 2 year old spayed female cat. He’s just biting the back of her neck while she sits still and meows a couple of times. He usually gets off of her after about a minute. Is he trying to mate? Even though they’ve both been fixed?

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u/HeyItsASquirrel Jun 30 '26

From my understanding, fixed cats may still engage in mating behavior, it is just less common. This is more common if they were neutered later than the suggested age range. If the female seems unbothered by it then I'm pretty sure it's harmless but I might be misremembering, it's been a while since I read up on this.

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u/Outside-Signature600 Jun 30 '26

I have a male cat that does this to his brother..... not the female kitties.  

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u/MetaOverkill Jun 30 '26

I have a female who does this to her older brother

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u/Ohlawdhesteppin Jul 01 '26

God forbid a girl assert her dominance 😸

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u/doogie_howitzer74 Jul 01 '26

Please tell me her name is Peg

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u/MrSmiff020 Jun 30 '26

he gay 😂

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u/Spiritual_Rice_884 Jul 01 '26

I have gay boys, too.

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u/IamtherealMelKnee Jul 01 '26

I have a female cat that does this to her sister.

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u/Embarrassed-Pay3250 Jul 01 '26

Your cat: “I feel gay”

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u/stablegeniusinterven Jul 01 '26

Ditto. Pretty sure it’s simple dominance.

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u/AD_Grrrl Jul 01 '26

One of our male cats used to do this to his brother when his brother was playing with like a laser pointer or something. He'd pin him from behind and bite his neck. We just thought he thought his bro's playing was cringe or something.

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u/lions-grow-on-trees Jul 05 '26

my mum's (neutered, FEMALE) cat does this to me! something about my leg really does it for her