Help! Before I strangle my cat!

TomsMom

Well, I wouldn't really but this is very annoying.

Our female cat is about 4 years old, spayed when young, and is the only one we have.

She has occasionally sprayed on the chest of drawers in the bedroom, first thing in the morning so we took that as wanting attention (she did it while we were asleep). Bedroom doors are now kept closed.

However, this morning we noticed that she had sprayed onto the bureau and the bookcase in the hall. Not sure when she did it (it could have been during the night) as it had dried and crystallised.

It doesn't smell like cat wee, and we didn't know that female cats could actually spray. So what is it she's spraying?

Why is she doing it? We are an older couple, no children, no changes or upheavel in the house, it's usually very quiet here except when the grandchildren visit and then she goes out!

Is there anything that can be done? It's taking the polish off the furniture and leaving a mark that's very noticeable.

The worst thing is the house is on the market and we don't want her to spray and it go un-noticed.

poe.tuesday

we has a girl cat who used to do this and then sometimes she would get all shouty and walk about the house shouting for no reason, we put it down to a hormone inbalance and started to give her evening primrose oil in her food each night, it worked, no more spraying and no more shouting

TomsMom

That's interesting Poe. She's a fussy eater, asking for food and then ignoring it after sniffing it sometimes and then starts on her crunchies instead! However, it's worth a try.

jay11_2

What do you feed her, when my cat did this we traced it back to IAMs which can cause bladder problems, and lead to spraying due to discomfort and associated distress

TomsMom

jay11 wrote: »

What do you feed her, when my cat did this we traced it back to IAMs which can cause bladder problems, and lead to spraying due to discomfort and associated distress

She has a sachet of wet food morning and evening, usually Whiskas. She licks all the gravy off and leaves the meat so we changed her to the jelly one which she eats better. However, some days she wont eat it and walks away, going back to it later if she's hungry enough.

There is always a bowl of cat crunchies down, no particular make, it varies, and she snacks on these when she feels like it.

ailuro2

Tomsmom- cut right back on the crunchies - having them available all the time she probably doesn't need her food all the time.

with our last cat our vet gave me into trouble for having a bowl of brekies full for him all the time- he said that's why the cat got fat, and that they should only be given two or three at a time as a treat, or weight out and given without any other food.:o

Our little queen has three sachets of wet food a day, and always has water available.Her treat on occasions is a giant prawn.

TomsMom

ailuro2 wrote: »

Tomsmom- cut right back on the crunchies - having them available all the time she probably doesn't need her food all the time.

with our last cat our vet gave me into trouble for having a bowl of brekies full for him all the time- he said that's why the cat got fat, and that they should only be given two or three at a time as a treat, or weight out and given without any other food.:o

Our little queen has three sachets of wet food a day, and always has water available.Her treat on occasions is a giant prawn.

I'll remove the bowl of crunchies and let her have them as a treat only - she'll love me for that :rolleyes:

There's always water down and she does drink quite a lot.