Male cat spraying

[AInightingale]

My four year old tom is neutered (was done at about 5/6 months iirc) and is pretty clean around the house. However, yesterday he was very restless - I blamed the terrible weather which means the cats have been more or less housebound for weeks - and racing round the living room, upending plants and knocking things over. Then he suddenly sprayed a jet of stuff from his rear end all over the TV unit! I am baffled as I thought neutering was meant to stop this behaviour in toms? No damage done and there isn't a bad smell from it, thank God - we had an intact tom when I was young and I remember well the horrible stench if he sprayed indoors, but is this a still a thing in neutered cats that I'm just not aware of?

We had a neutered Tom who was a committed sprayer. He was one of two cats in the house and it may be a territorial thing - none of our sole Tom cats have ever sprayed. Mind you, he was a randy bugger and would often shag DH's arm. We never made an effort to stop the spraying, I think we felt it would be an exercise in futility. Unlike an intact Tom's spray, it didn't smell of anything and he was a gorgeous little cat, so the sticky books and CD cases were considered a small price to pay.

It doesn't smell thankfully - I got onto my knees this morning and investigated, lucky the bloody digi box thing didn't blow though. Does the neutering destroy the scent glands I wonder or is it the lack of testosterone - I suppose I can live with it if it's scentless!