Re: Cat peed on new kitten?

[SongSylvan]

>Hi, I have looked all over the internet for advice, but I can't find
>anything about this specific issue - only about cats peeing on the
>floor or furniture. I have a 2 yr old neutered male cat who is
>wonderful and has never had any behavioral probs. About a month ago I
>got a female spayed 4 month-old kitty. For a few days I kept the
>kitty locked her own room with her own stuff. I introudced the 2
>gradually. At first my older cat hissed a lot, but after a week they
>seeemed to be friends. They sleep next to each other at times,
>wrestle and lick each other a lot. Sometimes the playing seems to me
>to be too rough for the kitty so I break it up, but the kitty goes
>running back for more. The other day I noticed something odd - after
>wrestling, my older cat sat on the kitty's neck for a minute. I
>thought this was odd, but didn't think anything else of it until today
>when my kitty jumped on my lap and the back of her neck was wet with
>urine! Now I am a little nervous about leaving the 2 alone together
>again. Any advice, similar experiences....??
>
>-kim
>
>

Does he still treat her well, despite that? Maybe he views her as his
"territory"?


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[Kim]

kaeli > wrote:
enlightened us with...
> > Hi, I have looked all over the internet for advice, but I can't find
> > anything about this specific issue - only about cats peeing on the
> > floor or furniture. I have a 2 yr old neutered male cat who is
> > wonderful and has never had any behavioral probs. About a month ago I
> > got a female spayed 4 month-old kitty. For a few days I kept the
> > kitty locked her own room with her own stuff. I introudced the 2
> > gradually. At first my older cat hissed a lot, but after a week they
> > seeemed to be friends. They sleep next to each other at times,
> > wrestle and lick each other a lot. Sometimes the playing seems to me
> > to be too rough for the kitty so I break it up, but the kitty goes
> > running back for more. The other day I noticed something odd - after
> > wrestling, my older cat sat on the kitty's neck for a minute. I
> > thought this was odd, but didn't think anything else of it until today
> > when my kitty jumped on my lap and the back of her neck was wet with
> > urine! Now I am a little nervous about leaving the 2 alone together
> > again. Any advice, similar experiences....??
> >
> He is quite possibly marking her as his. As long as he doesn't harm her,
> this will more likely than not go away as her scent really mingles with
> his. She may still smell "new" to him. If he has his own blanket he
> sleeps on, rub the blanket on her a couple times a day to get the scent
> on her.
> Do get him checked for a urinary tract infection, though, as he could be
> leaking by accident.

Oh no about the scent - I gave her a bath (which she hated) to get the
pee off her fur - now she doesn't even smell like herself! It is so
strange, they seem to get along very well most of the time. The other
thing I thought of that might have been the problem is that the kitty
sometimes tries to climb in the litter box while the older cat is in
there - maybe there was a mishap there. Anyway will try rubbing the
older cats scent on the kitty and watch for signs of a UTI. Thanks!

-kim

[Kim]

kaeli > wrote:
enlightened us with...
> > Hi, I have looked all over the internet for advice, but I can't find
> > anything about this specific issue - only about cats peeing on the
> > floor or furniture. I have a 2 yr old neutered male cat who is
> > wonderful and has never had any behavioral probs. About a month ago I
> > got a female spayed 4 month-old kitty. For a few days I kept the
> > kitty locked her own room with her own stuff. I introudced the 2
> > gradually. At first my older cat hissed a lot, but after a week they
> > seeemed to be friends. They sleep next to each other at times,
> > wrestle and lick each other a lot. Sometimes the playing seems to me
> > to be too rough for the kitty so I break it up, but the kitty goes
> > running back for more. The other day I noticed something odd - after
> > wrestling, my older cat sat on the kitty's neck for a minute. I
> > thought this was odd, but didn't think anything else of it until today
> > when my kitty jumped on my lap and the back of her neck was wet with
> > urine! Now I am a little nervous about leaving the 2 alone together
> > again. Any advice, similar experiences....??
> >
> He is quite possibly marking her as his. As long as he doesn't harm her,
> this will more likely than not go away as her scent really mingles with
> his. She may still smell "new" to him. If he has his own blanket he
> sleeps on, rub the blanket on her a couple times a day to get the scent
> on her.
> Do get him checked for a urinary tract infection, though, as he could be
> leaking by accident.

Oh no about the scent - I gave her a bath (which she hated) to get the
pee off her fur - now she doesn't even smell like herself! It is so
strange, they seem to get along very well most of the time. The other
thing I thought of that might have been the problem is that the kitty
sometimes tries to climb in the litter box while the older cat is in
there - maybe there was a mishap there. Anyway will try rubbing the
older cats scent on the kitty and watch for signs of a UTI. Thanks!

-kim