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Neutering has an effect on the social behaviour of male cats, reducing their territory size and the level of inter-male conflict. This is observed in large suburban cat colonies in which neutered males participate equally with females.
Neutering has an effect on the social behaviour of male cats, reducing their territory size and the level of inter-male conflict. This is observed in large suburban cat colonies in which neutered males participate equally with females.
==Social Structure==
Groups can contain several types of individuals and sub-groups:
'''Cliques or Factions''': groups or 3 or more cats that show greeting and other affiliative behaviour towards each other, but may be aggressive to other members of the domestic group.
'''Pairs''': Pairs of cats, often littermates, that greet and show affiliative behaviour towards each other.
'''Social facilitators''': These cats will often offer and receive greetings and affiliative behaviour with cats from several factions or cliques. They may also associate with other cats outside the group and serve to maintain group odour between individuals and sub-groups that rarely interact directly with each other.
'''Satellite individuals''': These offer and receive little or no greeting or affiliative behaviour with the other cats in the home. They may be involved in minor or passive aggressive incidents with other cats in the group, often as the recipient of threat.
'''Despots''': These individuals may deliberately monopolise resources and create opportunities to intimidate other cats in, and outside the home.
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