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jenny052601 Member  Posts: 80 |
posted 01-25-2004 06:24 PM
 
I was wondering if any of you guys who have multiple cats have any trouble with them from stress related behavior? And if so were you ever able to really conquer it? My husband and I have 8 cats and 4 fosters that we are babysitting till we find homes. It seems that 3 of our males feel the need to mark whatever they want. I've done a lot of reading on this and have tried feliway, extra snuggle time, and a squirt bottle when all else fails. We're propbbaly just too inconsistent in the training as we're really busy. The places they mark though, thats what gets us!! 6 months ago or so we were accusing our roommate of cooking the most horrid smelling food. Turns out the confounded cat was peeing in the stove burners!! Then yesterday my husband went to make toast and we smelled it again!! In the toaster!! Not to mention the drapes and the sofa cushions. Thank goodness we have hardwood floors. I go through a ton of the enzyme based cleaning products. We also both know better than leaving any important papers within peeing range. They even peed in my husbands shoes! I think its worse than usual right now because we just let the fosters out of the spare bedroom. just thought I'd share out maddening peeing experiences. IP: Logged |
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lucidity03 Member Posts: 201 |
posted 01-26-2004 09:32 AM
Sorry I have no advice. I just wanted to say... wow... the toaster? The stove? Your cats must be creative. My cat, when she had a UTI, went in the corner and that was it. I hope that you can find a solution to have a 'pee in the right place' household! Good luck. IP: Logged |
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jenny052601 Member Posts: 80 |
posted 01-26-2004 03:35 PM
Thanks, more than anything I just wanted to share the crazy places they pee. They keep us on out toes, thats for sure. I'm sure things will be better when we get homes for the fosters. It's been crazy with the distemper and everything. Jenny IP: Logged |
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catwoman Member Posts: 43 |
posted 01-27-2004 12:27 PM
I have no idea if this is what helped me or not. But our big orange cat (Freddy), use to pee in our bed every night. No matter how clean the litter box was, he would get up on the bed and pee. We ended up putting a tarp over it during the day and he'd pee on the tarp. At least it didn't go through to the bed. But, then we got him neutered and he stopped. That has been over a year ago and he hasn't done it since. Also, we had a few other females that would pee in our bed. We have since moved to another house and we don't let them in our room. I have not noticed them peeing anywhere but the litter boxes. I *think* they were marking a place in the bed to be close to me. That is the only thing I can think of. Does this make sense? They don't pee on the furniture or on the floors or anywhere else, just the litter boxes. My question is, are your cats fixed? And what about the foster cats, are they male, female and are they fixed?
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fleafly Member Posts: 996 |
posted 01-27-2004 01:17 PM
My cats are all very good about not peeing. They pee on towels and things left on the floor, but they don't spray the carpet or anything. Maybe try some rescue remedy in the water. It might help calm them down a little more. I can't believe the cat peed in the toaster!!! How does a cat even balance to do that?! IP: Logged |
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Yahdah Member Posts: 75 |
posted 01-29-2004 03:41 AM
they all sound very upset, I would go with your instinct and blame it on the introduction of your foster kitties. All it takes is one cat to get upset and feel the need to mark his territory, to set up a domino effect and have all the other male cats doing the same thing. they all want to be 'heard' or smelt ( for want of a better word) they are all trying to say " this is my home, this is my bed, this is my kitchen, this is my toaster, these are my humans etc etc " the more the house smells of different or new cats, the more the boys want to make it smell like them. Hopefully it will all settle down once the fosterlings are rehomed, you may have to ask your vet for some advice or get hold of some calming sedatives for the boys who are marking, or try and make a "bachelor pad' for the boys where they can spray as much as they like and it wont effect you and your household ( such as a stud house/ cat run, or convert a garage or laundry ). best of luck to you and yours, and good on you for helping out the fosterlings. we need more good hearted people like yourself in the world. IP: Logged |
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