My neutered male cat keeps mounting my leg
Even older, perfectly healthy neutered male cats will jump onto beds to mount their owner's legs while purring. Owners find themselves repeatedly dealing with the unwanted behavior because these cats become repeat offenders who do it a lot.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It does this a lot. He’s an 8 year old neutered male, no health problems.”source ↗
“This little grey purr machine comes along jumps up on my bed mounts my leg and sins.”source ↗
“My cat is definitely a repeat offender!”source ↗