Please help...any ideas

flashtwinkle

i have four cats 2 girls and 2 boys they have all been neutered/spayed . they have a clean litter tray daily but still insist in weeing on the kitchen sides at least twice a week. i am fed up with always bleaching the side and disinfecting them. have tried phoning a vet for advice and they say feed the cats on the side as they dont wee where they are eating. not the most heiginic option really

anyone any ideas its a bad habit they got into and i am not sure which one is the culprit

rita-rabbit

Get at least another tray - they don't like sharing!

spookylukey

It's advisable to have the same amount of litter trays as you have cats + 1, so that would mean 5 in your situation! I have two cats and two trays which works OK but I think you definitely need more than one tray between them.

Also don't clean the surfaces with bleach, it smells like wee to cats so they will try and cover up the 'scent' with their own scent.

Feliway plug ins are supposed to help prevent urine marking http://www.feliway.com/gb/How-Feliway-R-can-help/How-do-I-use-Feliway-R I've used it successfully to help calm my cat but he didn't have a problem with inappropriate urinating, it was more to relax him after he had a really bad fright. You can get them from the vets but they're much cheaper at online vet pharmacies such as VetUK.

UKTigerlily

As has been mentioned, one tray per Cat + 1, and away from food & water areas. Try biological washing powder to clean up with, it should take the smell away.

SnowyOwl_2

I was watching Kim & Aggie today - this woman let her cat and dog pee and sh*t all over the place, can you imagine!?! Anyway, as UKTigerLily mentioned clean the area with a solution of biological detergent. The enzymes in it dissolve the proteins in the urine, thus properly eliminating the smell even to the cats' sensitive noses. Kim recommended squirting a weak solution of water and citronella oil on the cleaned up affected area too. It's a pleasant lemony smell but cats hate it and it'll deter them from going back to the site. I think you can get citronella oil in Boots or Holland & Barrett.

It sounds like a territory issue that your cats have and one may have decided that this area is "his" cupboard and the rest of them have to know about it. The Feliway thingy should help them chill out a bit though they are a bit pricey, over twenty quid if I remember rightly. I'd try at least one extra litter tray as has been suggested, and perhaps have two feeding stations as well.

Maybe a bigger house??? Only joking....my house is like an obstacle course with cat stuff all over the place so I know how impractical it can be for humans.