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Can a neutered male cat still get an unspayed female cat pregnant?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Bobtail | Male | neutered | 28 lbs

Is it possible that a cat that’s been neutered can impregnate a not yet spayed female cat? Because I think that’s what happened here and we are assuming something went wrong when we neutered him 7 years ago.

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Answered By Catherine Stecyk

Veterinarian

Published on May 20th, 2019

Hello and thank you for reaching out to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. No, a neutered male cat cannot impregnant a female cat. Neutered males have no testicles and therefore no sperm. If you have a female cat that has become pregnant, she must have been mated by another, intact male cat. I hope this is helpful!

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