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Offline Saw at Work

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« on: February 28, 2003, 12:11:53 PM »
About a year and a half ago, a neighbour had a few kittens. I knew they were going to the pound if he hadn't found a place for them. I decided to save one ... took him home, called him "Idjit" we were set to live a happy life together.

He occasionaly peed here or there, pretty stinky, but I had expected as much (it's a male)... no biggie.

For the last four days he has started p*ssing everywhere, from my bed, the sofa, my clothes... everything.

I never had a cat before this one, so i don't have a clue on what to do. Except that if he keeps doing this, he's leaving, with my footmark tattoed on his arse, or you have another solution.

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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2003, 12:12:45 PM »
Neuter him!

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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2003, 12:19:22 PM »
Personally, I like the stir-fry solution.
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2003, 12:22:37 PM »
Bout a year old?

Was he fixed?  Is he just marking or not doing ANYTHING in the litterbox?

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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2003, 12:25:04 PM »
Get him "fixed".  He's marking his territory.  He probably won't do that after being fixed.  Both of our male cats were fixed and they never even once peed anywhere but the cat box.

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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2003, 12:25:06 PM »
get him to a vet. he may have a bladder/urinary infection.

in the mean time, move the litter box into the bathroom, and confine him.
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« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2003, 12:25:30 PM »
Neutering him will cure the spraying...if it does not, catch him in the act with a squirt gun, a few times with a squirt gun will cure him...your other option is posted in a pic below :D

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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2003, 12:26:06 PM »
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Get him "fixed".  He's marking his territory.  He probably won't do that after being fixed.  Both of our male cats were fixed and they never even once peed anywhere but the cat box.


That's my thought too.  I have 2 cats, males.  One is a year old, other is 2.  Both fixed at 6 weeks, never had this problem

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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2003, 12:32:40 PM »
maybe he's having bladder problems, and can't hold his pee properly.

I would suggest having him checked out.

If your cat every suddenly starts behaving different or extreme and you don't know why, make sure their health isn't the problem.

difference between spraying and pissing is that cats spray standing up while jerking their tail around.

cats squat while pissing.

also make sure his litter is very clean, clean it once a day even if it doesn't look very used...in fact if the vet says he's okay, start putting litter boxes strategically where he seems to be going.

One  thing i can say is don't rub his nose in it, nothing is ever gained by rubbing an animals nose in it's own urine or feces.

main reasons I can think for this behavior is , no bladder control (health problem), territorial behavior (some animal in the area looking in your windows) or dirty litter box.

we've had this problem at my house and now there are litter boxes strategically placed in most rooms and doors to rooms that we aren't in are shut when we're not in them so they can't go in there. So far it's working really well.


If in the final case you need to get rid of him, please don't just kick his bellybutton out the door, give him to the vet or an adoption facility.

If you kick him out he'll probably get mangled by a dog, a car, another human or starve, or a combination of those things.
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« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2003, 12:34:48 PM »
serve with a nice merlot:p

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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2003, 12:38:00 PM »
If he is prone to having bladder problems, avoid feeding him tuna... tuna has some mineral (or whatever) that is a big contributor to FUS (feline urinary syndrome).
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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2003, 12:40:23 PM »
All of this is good advice..Fix him as soon as possible, but make sure there qualified to do it, also it could be an infection, but if he is looking around twitching his tail, thats spraying and that can usaly be fixed by fixing him, pun intended I guess.
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2003, 12:46:42 PM »
I'll be right over to mark MY territory!

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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2003, 12:56:50 PM »
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I'll be right over to mark MY territory!


No squatters! ;)

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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2003, 01:02:33 PM »
Yep right to the vet.  He needs antibiotics for bladder infection and/or neutering.  

If that fails, then next time you catch him doing it, drop trou and piss all over him.  That'll learn him.