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Will neutering my male cat stop spraying, meowing, and door dashing?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Ragdoll | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 3 months old

Will having my male cat neutered stop him from calling constantly , spraying everywhere and wanting to run out side when ever the door is open

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on July 8th, 2019

It will help with the calling constantly and wanting to run outside, but it may not completely cure the spraying. With some cats it does, so fingers crossed it will in this case. Definitely have RJ neutered, it sounds like you are dealing with some extremely annoying behaviors!

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