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My cat was just neutered. Why are his hips twitching and he has an erection?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 1 month old | 7 lbs

Hi my cay got neutered 1 day ago, i live in a small town away from vet. i noticed he gets what looks like a erection and his hips/but look like its twitching

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on March 10th, 2018

As long as there is no bleeding from the incision and the incision looks healthy and not infected, i would not worry about these very minor side effects, give it a few days and everything will probably go back to normal.

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