">>Cats spray whether they've been neutered or not. Just to dispel that myth......<<

You're actually perpetuating one. "


It's no myth.

My 2 neutered females - done at the earliest date, and who both lived past 18 yrs, sprayed inside the house. I had to put up plastic sheets over all the bookshelves.

They started when my mum had them for company and kept them locked inside at night - they had always used a cat flap to go out whenever they wanted, day or night, and had never sprayed inside before. When I got them home again, they continued to spray inside, until I finally banished them both outside.

My new pair have got along well together. The older one came home with me, but I took her back for visits, and then the second one grew up meeting her. WHen the second one was treated, i brought them both home in the same cat carrier - no problems. They play and wrestle friendly together, but they get on well - only thing is the 4 month old one hasn't worked out how to get back in the cat flap yet, so is content to stay inside all the time. The older one (13 months) was a bit like that for a few weeks too, until she had settled down. They are not spraying inside the house.

I have observed many cats, especially female, spray outside for marking.