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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it
was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
WTF? "If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him
down". If you are serious take your pet to no kill shelter and never own a pet again You love your pet yet you make statements like that one? Would you like to go back and rephrases your statement before people think you are a waste of life? wrote in message oups.com... Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
I'm sorry if my words upset you, but I've lost a couch and several
items because my cat decides he wants to pee on purses, my couch, work documents... I didn't come here looking for condemnation, I came here looking for help. Thanks for making me feel even worse, Matthew. I've tried to find a home for him but how many people do you think want a cat that loves spraying? Do YOU want him????? Thanks so much for the condemnation. I can tell you like people a lot too. Lots of compassion. Matthew wrote: WTF? "If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down". If you are serious take your pet to no kill shelter and never own a pet again You love your pet yet you make statements like that one? Would you like to go back and rephrases your statement before people think you are a waste of life? wrote in message oups.com... Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
Sorry if the truth hurts your thoughts you typed it, you read it before
you sent it. Yes you can tell a lot about people specially in their response. Specially since it was as suggestion to go and update your post before people made a judgment call. Unfortunately you revealed your true side by your response and only confirmed my suspensions You want help you need to pay for it we are not vets, therapist or licensed professionals out here. That is the problem with newsgroup we are not professionals just experience we can share. Another vet with behavioral experience is needed It sounds like a behavioral problem since you quote "just got a check up" not medical but since you won't spend the money and your materialistic by your own words. You probably will never know the truth. IMO it sounds like stress but since I am not a professional it can not be confirmed. Since you have not decide maybe you should see another vet having a full workup done instead of coming to a newsgroup and showing your petty materialistic side. Than make the stupid comment about putting a cat down if he does it on your bed. If I was near I would gladly take him of the likes of yourself or direct you to a no kill shelter that could help. Still willing to direct you to a shelter or some one that is willing to help. If you are done showing your a@@ Do you feel bad " no comment " maybe the truth is sinking in wrote in message ups.com... I'm sorry if my words upset you, but I've lost a couch and several items because my cat decides he wants to pee on purses, my couch, work documents... I didn't come here looking for condemnation, I came here looking for help. Thanks for making me feel even worse, Matthew. I've tried to find a home for him but how many people do you think want a cat that loves spraying? Do YOU want him????? Thanks so much for the condemnation. I can tell you like people a lot too. Lots of compassion. Matthew wrote: WTF? "If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down". If you are serious take your pet to no kill shelter and never own a pet again You love your pet yet you make statements like that one? Would you like to go back and rephrases your statement before people think you are a waste of life? wrote in message oups.com... Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
I agree that the response wasn't helpful, but look, you've owned him
for almost six years, you brought him up, and if he's having a problem, it's your responsibility to deal with. The vet is not going to put down a healthy six year old cat no matter what you say, so all you'll end up doing is making your problem somebody else's problem. You need to solve it. First, although I doubt it, he should go to the vet to check for a urinary tract infection. Even if he just got a check-up - they can come on fast. Secondly, you need to to do something different with the llitterbox. Get a 2nd box, do not cover it, and fill it with unscented clumping litter. Spraying is one of a couple of things: dissatisfaction with the box (he may not want to share at this point in his life), territorial issues with the other cat (which can be going on even if they seem to be getting along okay) or a protest against you. Since it sounds like he's doing it right in front of you and wanting to be seen, odds a it's a protest. So what changed a few months ago? Something must have. Are you spending less time with him? Different schedule? Cats are sensitive to these things (wildly so) and they react. In his little fuzzy head, you're doing things that **** him off, so he's balancing the scales and doing something that he can see ****es you off (and has no negative consequences for him that he can detect). He doesn't know that you might take him to the vet and have him killed. Sometimes keeping him with you alone in a room with just the new litterbox and lots of attention can re-orient him to the new box (which he'll associate with getting to spend time with you). Sometimes using a time out in the bathroom after a spraying incident with the new box can also work. But it does sound like a cat protest, so I look a little deeper and try to figure out what started this going in the first place. wrote: Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
If I have to choose being homeless & paying for a cat therapist or
paying rent and not paying for the therapist, guess which wins? I actually feel sorry for you, Matthew. You attack people indiscriminately without knowing the least thing about them. I was asking for help because I cannot AFFORD a cat therapist. I was hoping someone would be kind enough to suggest some alternatives to a $400 visit to a cat therapist and at least Tracy could do that. All you could do was attack. I hope you can try to feel some compassion for people - you seem to have some for animals. Matthew wrote: Sorry if the truth hurts your thoughts you typed it, you read it before you sent it. Yes you can tell a lot about people specially in their response. Specially since it was as suggestion to go and update your post before people made a judgment call. Unfortunately you revealed your true side by your response and only confirmed my suspensions You want help you need to pay for it we are not vets, therapist or licensed professionals out here. That is the problem with newsgroup we are not professionals just experience we can share. Another vet with behavioral experience is needed It sounds like a behavioral problem since you quote "just got a check up" not medical but since you won't spend the money and your materialistic by your own words. You probably will never know the truth. IMO it sounds like stress but since I am not a professional it can not be confirmed. Since you have not decide maybe you should see another vet having a full workup done instead of coming to a newsgroup and showing your petty materialistic side. Than make the stupid comment about putting a cat down if he does it on your bed. If I was near I would gladly take him of the likes of yourself or direct you to a no kill shelter that could help. Still willing to direct you to a shelter or some one that is willing to help. If you are done showing your a@@ Do you feel bad " no comment " maybe the truth is sinking in wrote in message ups.com... I'm sorry if my words upset you, but I've lost a couch and several items because my cat decides he wants to pee on purses, my couch, work documents... I didn't come here looking for condemnation, I came here looking for help. Thanks for making me feel even worse, Matthew. I've tried to find a home for him but how many people do you think want a cat that loves spraying? Do YOU want him????? Thanks so much for the condemnation. I can tell you like people a lot too. Lots of compassion. Matthew wrote: WTF? "If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down". If you are serious take your pet to no kill shelter and never own a pet again You love your pet yet you make statements like that one? Would you like to go back and rephrases your statement before people think you are a waste of life? wrote in message oups.com... Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
If I have to choose being homeless & paying for a cat therapist or
paying rent and not paying for the therapist, guess which wins? I actually feel sorry for you, Matthew. You attack people indiscriminately without knowing the least thing about them. I was asking for help because I cannot AFFORD a cat therapist. I was hoping someone would be kind enough to suggest some alternatives to a $400 visit to a cat therapist and at least Tracy could do that. All you could do was attack. I hope you can try to feel some compassion for people - you seem to have some for animals. Matthew wrote: Sorry if the truth hurts your thoughts you typed it, you read it before you sent it. Yes you can tell a lot about people specially in their response. Specially since it was as suggestion to go and update your post before people made a judgment call. Unfortunately you revealed your true side by your response and only confirmed my suspensions You want help you need to pay for it we are not vets, therapist or licensed professionals out here. That is the problem with newsgroup we are not professionals just experience we can share. Another vet with behavioral experience is needed It sounds like a behavioral problem since you quote "just got a check up" not medical but since you won't spend the money and your materialistic by your own words. You probably will never know the truth. IMO it sounds like stress but since I am not a professional it can not be confirmed. Since you have not decide maybe you should see another vet having a full workup done instead of coming to a newsgroup and showing your petty materialistic side. Than make the stupid comment about putting a cat down if he does it on your bed. If I was near I would gladly take him of the likes of yourself or direct you to a no kill shelter that could help. Still willing to direct you to a shelter or some one that is willing to help. If you are done showing your a@@ Do you feel bad " no comment " maybe the truth is sinking in wrote in message ups.com... I'm sorry if my words upset you, but I've lost a couch and several items because my cat decides he wants to pee on purses, my couch, work documents... I didn't come here looking for condemnation, I came here looking for help. Thanks for making me feel even worse, Matthew. I've tried to find a home for him but how many people do you think want a cat that loves spraying? Do YOU want him????? Thanks so much for the condemnation. I can tell you like people a lot too. Lots of compassion. Matthew wrote: WTF? "If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down". If you are serious take your pet to no kill shelter and never own a pet again You love your pet yet you make statements like that one? Would you like to go back and rephrases your statement before people think you are a waste of life? wrote in message oups.com... Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
It does sound like nervous or associative urination caused by feeling
insecure, and you need to think of triggers, as Tracey suggests. I know you've been to the vet, but did you mention this to him at the time of the check-up? This always has to be the starting point, medical factors must be ruled-out. Secondly, it's very difficult to break the association with the various objects. They need to be cleaned with a proprietary "urine-off" cleaner and I would recommend you consult a professional company to do this (they have special lights that show-up the urine). Also, try using the pheremone spray as well as the diffuser for added punch. http://www.celiahaddon.co.uk/pet%20p.../frameset.html http://wizz-catz.co.uk/soiling.html http://www.fabcats.org/spraying.html wrote: Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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My male cat is spraying - and it's new behavior.
wrote in message oups.com... Hi. My neutered male cat started spraying a few months ago. First it was the couch. Got some Feliway, that seemed to help for a while. Yesterday he sprayed my tote bag, last night my boyfriend came over (he's come over many times before, no spraying happened), the male cat got up, walked over to my guitar case and started spraying on it right in front of us. Male cat is in good health, just got a check up. Feliway is still plugged in the wall. He gets along fine with other (female) cat in my smallish apt. No other cats in the area. I cannot afford to hire a pet therapist for $400 to cure him, so any thoughts/help are appreciated. If he sprays the bed, he's going to the vet and I'm putting him down. I'm at my wit's end, because I love my pet - I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and now he seems intent on destroying everything I own. Please help!!! Please consider the Tufts University Petfax Program (through their School of Veterinary Medicine). I realize that you are concerned about expenses, but this would be a lot less costly than replacing furniture and far more humane and *satisfying* than the alternative you mentioned. I can see from your message that you do love your cat, and you probably wrote out of frustration - but putting your pet down isn't the answer. The Tufts Petfax Program is a consulting service for pet behavioral problems. I have read many positive reports about them, and my sister used the service at one time. She had done everything she could think of to solve the spraying problem, and her entire house reeked. This service was very helpful. I think the original consultation was $198.00 (now $206.00, according to their web site), but it included an extensive written report and 3 follow-ups (with some options for telephone consultation). There is a report to fill out first, and the people who posted about it stressed that it is very important to include *all details*. She acted on their advice and obtained a prescription from her veterinarian for Prozac. Please note that this was a last option and not something that she jumped on in the beginning, but it has *completely solved* the problem of spraying. Her cat has had no difficulties with the medication, and there have been no additional spraying episodes since she started the program several years ago (although you do have to give it enough time to adjust and be effective). It is vital to first make sure that your cat does not have any medical problems (but I am working on that assumption because you said your cat was recently vet checked). Here are two links -- Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine Petfax Program: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/petfax/ About the Petfax Program: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/petfax/about.html MaryL |
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