I think I might kill my cat

con1888

pawsies wrote: »

What are you cleaning it with?

Ammonia based products will just attract him again and again because he smells that's where he did it before (ammonia is found in urine).

Try and clean it with something else not ammonia based?

When it is on the laundry I just rewash them. When he has done it on the floor I was using a mix of hot water and bicarb of soda. Have used dettol also to wipe surfaces.

con1888

He done it again tonight, this time behind the chair in a box ( was the box I got my Meerkat teddy in with the autenticity certificate) partner shouted at him and cat ran outside - he knows we aren't happy as he is skulking around.

Mum has bought me the stuff from Pets at home that you spray to stop them going back to areas. Hopefully this will work. Going to get another litter box at weekend and put it in the bathroom. Really need it sorted as my stress levels are sky high, my skin has gone all blotchy!!

There_Goes_Trouble

My cat does this when he's stressed, he chooses areas of high scent concentration so it's usually the dog bed, sometimes the sofa and he has pee'd on my bed although I keep the door shut all the time now so he can't get on my bed anymore.

I have worked out what causes his stress though, it's when I have other dogs home, either a friends dog I'm looking after, or dogs from work. Unfortunately I do need to bring dogs home from work but having moved to a new department 3 years ago I don't have them home nearly as often as I used to, so the peeing has dramatically reduced.

I think the key is working out the cause of the stress and reducing it as much as possible, and limiting the cats access to the things he pee's on.

merlot123

Shouting at the cat will not help, it will stress him out further.

One of my cats (2 years old) pees on my bed if she can get into the bedroom, nothing but nothing has stopped her. It's something I have to put with up, I had her to the vets, nothing wrong, she's certainly entertained by her litter sister and by my teenage children, she's not bored nor unhappy. The vet told me some cats do pee in unusual places and she has chosen my bed!

con1888

Yep going to need to keep things off the floor as much as possible but he has done it on things which are sitting on the couch which unfortunately is where my ironing pile goes.

The cupboards will need to be closed at all times. Really can't think of much else, do you think a feliway will definatley help? Don't want to waste my money as trying to save up at the moment.

pinkcandyflossprincess

merlot123 wrote: »

Shouting at the cat will not help, it will stress him out further.

One of my cats (2 years old) pees on my bed if she can get into the bedroom, nothing but nothing has stopped her. It's something I have to put with up, I had her to the vets, nothing wrong, she's certainly entertained by her litter sister and by my teenage children, she's not bored nor unhappy. The vet told me some cats do pee in unusual places and she has chosen my bed!

I watched one of those behaviour programmes before, apparently they choose beds as its the most heavily scented place of you...they are really marking you really by mixing in their scent with yours:(

personally i just think my daughters cat does it to annoy me:D tbf though she hasnt done it as much since i have been allowing her to sleep on my head....so now i have a cat shaped bed hat instead:(

con1888

merlot123 wrote: »

Shouting at the cat will not help, it will stress him out further.

One of my cats (2 years old) pees on my bed if she can get into the bedroom, nothing but nothing has stopped her. It's something I have to put with up, I had her to the vets, nothing wrong, she's certainly entertained by her litter sister and by my teenage children, she's not bored nor unhappy. The vet told me some cats do pee in unusual places and she has chosen my bed!

Doesn't it ? Oops, I think it's an automatic reaction when someone does something naughty to shout. What should I do when he does it so that he knows it isn't allowed? If it was the one place he done it I would be able to keep him away but it isn't it's all over the house except the kitchen and I really don't want to keep him in the kitchen at all times.

HappyMJ

Doesn't it ? Oops, I think it's an automatic reaction when someone does something naughty to shout. What should I do when he does it so that he knows it isn't allowed? If it was the one place he done it I would be able to keep him away but it isn't it's all over the house except the kitchen and I really don't want to keep him in the kitchen at all times.

Going to the toilet isn't naughty. Wrong spot but not naughty. The best thing to do is just pick him up and put him on the litter tray grumbling to yourself the whole time then when he actually uses the tray give him loads and loads of loving and affection and praises for doing it in the right spot.

cjmumto2

All good advice but I also 2nd maybe getting a 2nd cat, he is only a baby and it is a long time to be home. My first cat was not happy being left alone in a room (i locked her downstairs because she drove me insane when i was sleeping) she would scratch the doors and floors and cry, we now have a new boy who is now 8 months old and she is so much happier with him around, she happily sleeps where ever he is. Not quite the same thing but being home alone all day may just be making him unhappy.

con1888

Okay I will stop the shouting, partner wont though. He isn't happy at all as he wasn't keen on getting a cat so I am the big bad wolf and it's my fault I have a 'smelly cat'.

Has anyone found the spray to help?