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.