My cat sprays all over the house - will neutering help?

It might've helped if you had neutered it before it started spraying, and that's why we recommend neutering them at six months of age before they even thought about that. Once the cats have sprayed all over the house, it definitely has an odor, and it's a behavior that can be very repetitive. I will tell you that it could only help—it wouldn't make it any worse. By neutering them and then cleaning up the areas really well, you might be able to stop that behavior.

Yes. Yes, it will. Neutering will definitely help with that, because when we neuter, we are removing the testicles, we're removing the source of testosterone. Why do they spray? Because they're telling you that that's their spot, so if you can neuter them at a relatively early age, hopefully before it becomes a learned behavior, then yeah, it can absolutely avoid that.

It certainly can. We recommend neutering sooner, as early as six months, sometimes a little before then, because as it goes on, sometimes behaviors can become habits. So a 10-year-old cat who's used to doing it may be driven by more than the hormones. Especially in our younger pets, it should help since a lot of that is a hormone-based behavior.

It definitely can. Spraying can be site marking. In male cats, if they're young enough and we catch them before they're about six months of age, if they are starting to spray, or if we neuter them before that starts to happen, the chances of them spraying will decrease. Sometimes when we take away that high-drive testosterone that makes a male want to mark his territory, the urge to spray can decrease. Is it a hundred percent guaranteed that if you neuter your cat, the spraying will go away? No. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees in medicine. I wish there were. I would be a millionaire if there were, but it can help reduce the behavior, and the hope would be that it would stop completely. It definitely helps the smell because tomcat urine is the worst smell on the entire face of the planet.

Typically, neutering can reduce the urge to mark around the house and reduce the odor of their urine. It generally does help reduce their spraying, but there is always that small percentage that does not stop.

Neutering can help with spraying as long as the kitten is young enough. We recommend neutering around six months of age. However, if your cat has been spraying the house for the last couple of years, that then becomes a learned behavior and the spraying may not resolve after we neuter him.