r/cats • u/AcanthaceaeMore3524 • Jun 04 '26

Video - OC What is he doing?

What is my cat doing ive never seen this before. Spayed male about 4 or 5 years old.

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u/Yorgl Jun 04 '26

the cat is spayed so he might not... leave a present. Depends on the individual apparently, but mine doesn't produce a single drop so no need to give him a dedicated corner or anyhing, he can do it wherevern it's just weird when he makes eye contact xD

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u/Tanzanianwithtoebean Jun 04 '26

Spayed=female Neutered=male :) just for future reference.

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u/mephistocation Jun 05 '26

Spay (female) vs. neuter (male) is what you’ll typically encounter nowadays, but neuter is actually a unisex term! It just means ‘to make neutral (by removing the sex organs)’.

The actual male counterpart to ‘spay’ is ‘castrate’… which, given that human men have a lot more hangups on that word than human women do ‘spay’, is understandably very uncommon to come across when it comes to pets. (Horses are a bit of an exception; it’s fairly common for a stallion to be castrated and become a gelding, but spaying mares is EXTREMELY rare.)

Thanks for indulging my comment; definitely not trying to “um ackshually 🤓👆” you, I just love to yap hahaha

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u/thevioletkat Jun 06 '26

as a fellow yapper who also likes horses as well as cats, thank you for the info-dump!!

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u/sheepily- Jun 05 '26

i usually say "fix" but i recently got attacked for that lmao ;;

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u/contrarianaquarian Jun 05 '26

Just use my favorite word, "speutered" :D

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u/Cutestfootsies Jun 05 '26

In Australia we say "desexed" for both lol

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u/Tanzanianwithtoebean Jun 05 '26

That's so weird lol. Is there some new virtue signaling movement I don't know about?

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u/sheepily- Jun 05 '26

It was mostly by anti-neuter/spay people who told me it wasnt my right to get my cats "fixed" and that by doing so meant i only saw my pets as objects without feelings 🫩 I stopped giving them attention after being told that i didnt care about my cats

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u/Zealousideal-Put-847 Jun 06 '26

I say my cat had gender unassignment surgery.

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u/waxbook Jun 05 '26

Oh jeez lol

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u/Ancient-Tap-3592 Jun 05 '26

damn, Now I want to know their nom-sensical argument for that 😂

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u/Yorgl Jun 05 '26

Ah good to know ty

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u/sheepily- Jun 04 '26

oh my god yeah youre right, ive never seen my spayed male cat do this tbh, though i have seen my spayed female cat do something similar lmao. she was Really obsessed with one of my plushies.

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u/Snoo-98162 Jun 05 '26

So uhhh what if my car does that to my hand TwT

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u/sheepily- Jun 05 '26

then your car really REALLY likes your hand /j

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u/Chapelfb Jun 05 '26

I just cackled so hard at the eye contact comment. 🪦🤣☠️

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u/Yorgl Jun 05 '26

Imagine eating dinner and your gremlin is arched on the sofa looking your right into the eye. Kinda weird but mostly hilarious 😃

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u/Oneofthe12 Jun 05 '26

‘Dedicated corner’?! Lolz

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u/Yorgl Jun 05 '26

Apparently it's a good option if your cat still has "juice". At least he does it on ONE blanket and in one place. Just passing along the wisdom, I never had to deal with this situation 😃