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Why is my unneutered male cat yelling and roaming for females?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 11 months and 10 days old | 10 lbs

My male cat acting weird since last 4 days. He left the house and he came back yesterday but all night he was yelling and meowing to attract other female cats. Can you please tell me some home remedy or solution for this?

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Answered By Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Veterinarian, Certified Dog Trainer

Published on March 4th, 2017

I see that Casper is a little less than a year old, and he is also not neutered - so I'm afraid this is very normal behavior. He is just now reaching sexual maturity, and as long as he is not neutered, he will be very motivated to roam and look for female cats. There is nothing at all you can do about this apart from having him neutered, so I would recommend doing this as soon as possible. You will both be much happier once this has been done :)

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