Expert: Tina - 10/25/2009

Question
I took my male year oldcat in to see the vet becase he kept trying to hump my other cat who just had spaying surgery. He is also trying to lick her and the other cats as well. He had a tough beginning and was eventually taken away and put into a cat rescue setting where we adopted him. He is neutered, and the vet told me that he has ADD. I though only 2 legged people got this. How can I help him. My other neutered cats leave her alone. How can I help him?

Answer
Hi Kris,

I have not heard of ADD in cats, and I don't see how it would cause your cat to want to hump another. That's just sex hormones driving him to do this. Even neutered cats can still have higher hormone levels.

I recommend you try using Feliway spray, ask for it at your pet store and spray it around the house on doorways and furniture every 3 days. Also get the plug-in version but you need one for every main room.

Separate your female cat from this cat for a week to let her heal. Her hormone levels will take several weeks after spay surgery to drop down so for the next few weeks she will still be "interesting" to your male cat.

I have a neutered male cat who likes to "hump" blankets but he leaves my other cats alone. y guess is that once your recently-spayed female cat has had time to heal and her hormones have gone down he will not be interested in her any more. Humping pillows or blankets is harmless behavior, if embarrassing but you don't want him harassing your other cats.

Good luck!