Cat weeing everywhere :(

Bumpmakesfour

We have lots of pets including 4 cats.One cat in particular(Tigger) is knocking on a bit but always been clean in the house.For the past 2 months he's literally weeing everywhere and right in front of us!He's raising his tail when he's doing it so the vet said he's marking but there's no reason for him to be doing that.
Last night he was happily asleep in his box,I went in to make a cup of tea,he jumped down and just peed straight up the bin.Then hubby was walking up the stairs and Tigger just stood there and peed up the wall.Then walked in my sons room and started weeing on his toy box:eek: We are constantly watching where he goes in the house because he'll just wee up everything Hubby is flipping out because we have a baby due and don't want him weeing on any baby stuff..or the baby! I've kitted out the shed outside,lined it,waterproofed it and put a cat flap on with two plastic dog baskets and blankets/cushions in there so he has somewhere warm and dry to sleep as we can't leave him in the house when we're out.Thing is it'll be cold soon and I really don't want to leave the old boy outside an more than I have to
Does anyone know any reasons why a previously clean cat would start doing this?The other three cats are super clean. xx

rising_from_the_ashes

mmm a bit odd, few questions from me I'm afraid:

How old is he?
Is he using the litter tray at all?
What's changed in the house (just thinking if you're due a baby soon, is he now allowed into a certain room now)?
Are there any new pets in the house?
Does he seem stressed?
Is he neutered?

If he's been checked out by the vet who's found nothing wrong, something must be upsetting him to make him start scenting like this.

Have you started using any air fresheners etc? (just wondering if this may have upset him).

Bumpmakesfour

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

mmm a bit odd, few questions from me I'm afraid:

How old is he?
Is he using the litter tray at all?
What's changed in the house (just thinking if you're due a baby soon, is he now allowed into a certain room now)?
Are there any new pets in the house?
Does he seem stressed?
Is he neutered?

If he's been checked out by the vet who's found nothing wrong, something must be upsetting him to make him start scenting like this.

Have you started using any air fresheners etc? (just wondering if this may have upset him).

Thanks for the reply x
He's 11 and does use the litter tray occasionally but now seems to prefer the wall/bin Nothing's changed in the house,not moved,no rooms closed off and no new pets in the house.We got two kittens 18 months ago but the weeing started only recently.All four cats are neutered.
We have air fresheners but I'm certain we only started using them AFTER Tigger started weeing.There is a stray cat that has started appearing near the house...a really scraggy ginger tom bless him..but would that make Tigger mark INSIDE the house when he couldn't even see him?It's weird because he'll be meowing at you asking for a stroke then just wee:eek:

vax2002

Sorry for harshness but the health of the humans in the house comes first, it could be time for a one way trip to the vets...

Bumpmakesfour

vax2002 wrote: »

Sorry for harshness but the health of the humans in the house comes first, it could be time for a one way trip to the vets...

:(:(:( but he's otherwise healthy Surely there must be something less drastic?? x

vax2002

Possibly, but having your childs room and personnel things covered in cat pee.
well who do you put first.

Oliver14

vax2002 wrote: »

Sorry for harshness but the health of the humans in the house comes first, it could be time for a one way trip to the vets...

Don't be so ridiculous what an overreaction before the OP has exhausted all other possibilities.

First a trip to the vets not for Vaxz stupid suggestion just to check that medically there is nothing wrong as this can cause cats to urinate in strange places

You thenneed to clean the areas where he has wees properly using and enzyme cleaner. I rate the simple solutions ones which I have used in the past

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simple-Solution-Stain-Remover-Trigger/dp/B00189HRY4

I have seen pets at home selling them also. This will ensure that he is not attracted by the smell. As strange cat could be stressing him depending on his personality and make him mark inside.

Make sure all your litter trays are perfect all of the time and maybe add extra ones until the problem is sorted. It may also be worth limiting him to certain rooms just to control the problem a bit.

Also it may be worth looking at Feliway as that has been known to help with these problem

http://www.feliway.com/gb/Cat-behaviour/Feline-Marking-Behaviour

Oliver14

vax2002 wrote: »

Possibly, but having your childs room and personnel things covered in cat pee.
well who do you put first.

Have you ever heard of shutting doors and cleaning,

Bumpmakesfour

vax2002 wrote: »

Possibly, but having your childs room and personnel things covered in cat pee.
well who do you put first.

I know but he's my baby too,I watched him being born Bleurgh.
We're closing rooms off now and he sleeps in the kitchen that I disinfectant down every morning.It's b the bin so can keep that spot clean.I don't know what else to do

Bumpmakesfour

Oliver14 wrote: »

Don't be so ridiculous what an overreaction before the OP has exhausted all other possibilities.

First a trip to the vets not for Vaxz stupid suggestion just to check that medically there is nothing wrong as this can cause cats to urinate in strange places

You thenneed to clean the areas where he has wees properly using and enzyme cleaner. I rate the simple solutions ones which I have used in the past

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simple-Solution-Stain-Remover-Trigger/dp/B00189HRY4

I have seen pets at home selling them also. This will ensure that he is not attracted by the smell. As strange cat could be stressing him depending on his personality and make him mark inside.

Make sure all your litter trays are perfect all of the time and maybe add extra ones until the problem is sorted. It may also be worth limiting him to certain rooms just to control the problem a bit.

Also it may be worth looking at Feliway as that has been known to help with these problem

http://www.feliway.com/gb/Cat-behaviour/Feline-Marking-Behaviour

Tx so much for those links,will investigate now.Will grab a second litter tray now,has occured to me he might not appreciate sharing.Thing is he'll get up and wee wherever he is so doesn't make it as far as the litter tray most of the time if he's upstairs.

Pablosmummy

We had the same problem with our 2 year old cat - this was fixed for us with neuturing so not much help to you BUT it was brought on by a male cat spraying the outside of our house so the other cat thats appearing could be the problem? We spray our front door with cat repellent spray we got in pets at home which seems to have deterred the cat anyway.
Also just noticed you are pregnant - this also started when I was about 2 months pregnant, dont know if it could be that? 5 months now and no problem though so I doubt it...

I would take him to the vet though, it could be as simple as a uti, antibiotics and it could be fixed, much better than having the horrendous smell around anyway.

Also for getting rid of the wee smell, we've found a combination of washing the area with biological washing powder (even works on carpet) and then a sprinkling of pet odour powder stuff..(sorry I cant remember whats its called but its from morrisons and its only about 80p a tub!) worked the best. Oooh also the powder works best if you put it down as soon as you see the cat wee/spray. It kind of sucks up the moisture and turns hard, then you just hoover it up and ta da, smell gone!