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My male cat is bigger than my female. Can they still mate successfully?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 11 months and 28 days old | 11.023 lbs

My male cat is trying to mate with my female cat also my female cat wants to mate but he is unable to enter his penis in her vagina also height of malecat is more than female cat should they could able to mate?

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Answered By Jenny, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 19th, 2017

They generally will have no problems mating despite size variations when they are ready. Even though they act in heat, there are few days there will actually stand and let the male mate. It may take a few tries but given time together they should be able to figure it out

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