Yes, Tornado, you are still a cutie-wootie head. I still wuvvums yous. But goddamnit if you don’t piss me right off and I mean that literally. WHAT THE FUCK. What is with your sudden obsession with PISSING ON EVERY GODDAMN THING WE OWN??? Rob’s coat. My coat. Dominic’s backpack. My gym bag. The couch. My fuzzy blanket that I use at the computer. The plastic grocery bag collection (why do we keep those, anyway??). And then there are all the places you pee that we can’t even FIND! We’re still organizing and unpacking the house, and somehow to you this means “pee in every inaccessable crevase, pee in every open box, pee on every bit of laundry…”
KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF!!! I can barely breath as it is with my bronchitis and now I don’t even want to breathe because the living room SMELLS LIKE CAT PEE!!! I can’t even find where it’s coming from, dammit!
Next paycheck that comes into this house, you are getting neutered* so fast it will make your head spin! And if that doesn’t calm down your peeing behavior**, I’m gonna just glue a balloon to your dick and change it once a day, I swear to god!
we always spay and neuter our cats, but since they’re all spayed and neutered and don’t go outside, there wasn’t a big rush to get him snipped, and so we sort of put it off longer than usual. Usually we do it at 6 months. He’s now 14 months.
** he is peeing, just normal peeing. He isn’t spraying, at least not that we’ve seen so far.
Oh boy… if it’s not health related (I’ve heard sudden changes in kitty bathroom habits can mean illness), I bet it’s a territory thing. Even though you’ve been in the house for a little while now…
I’d had my cat, Marlin, in my apartment for over two years by the time I got my second ferret-- but apparently the addition of a new member to the household displeased His Lordship, and he expressed this by peeing in creative places. Only a few times, but JEEZ, I know what you mean about the smell. He hasn’t done it in a while, but there was one week in which I mopped my kitchen floor three days in a row thanks to him.
This is why I don’t care for cats much. In my experiance they do this more often than they don’t, and the smell is one of the most disgusting smells on earth.
Getting kitty fixed doesn’t always help either.
I wish you luck.
My 24-pound silver lump, Tybalt, was neutered at a decent age but he still exhibits that irritating “Must pee everywhere!” habit. I can’t leave anything on the floor because he will pee on it. He does it more when he’s stressed out, but even when his little furry life is good my neighbours are quite used to hearing “sniff sniff Aaauuugh! Stupid cat!”
Unpacking, as in just moved to a new place? I’ve heard that that can upset pets greatly, and cause behavioral problems like the one you’re having. Time is supposed to take care of it.
In the meantime, congratulations on your new home, (if that indeed is the case) and I hope kitty soon stops peeing everywhere.
We moved in June (we unpack really slow… hangs head in shame)
We have 4 cats and one dog (Golden Retriever) and 2 fish. Everyone else potties where they are supposed to. I’m really REALLY hoping that neutering works… and let me tell you… this is the last time I let the expiration date on kitty dangly bits go by! Note to all future pets: enjoy those first 6 months…grumble
I swear it’s everywhere, too. I will localize a smell to an area… like the stack of boxes chaotically stacked next to my computer desk… but I can’t narrow it beyond that. Or like “near the hall closet”… but where?? Grr.
Hey! Invention idea:
you know those spray cans of white flocking that you spray on christmas trees and windows and stuff?
you know that weird chemical shit they put inside diapers? Well it crumbles into a powder… it could then be put in a can…
Don’t think neutering will do it but you never know. This is only exhibited in male cats and it’s a territory thing.
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[li] Male #1 pisses but his piss don’t stink[/li][li] Male #2 pisses everywhere, normally he stays outside.[/li][li] Hi Opal (literally) :eek:[/li][li] Male #3 doesn’t, or at least not in the house.[/li][/ul]
YMMV
Have you tried Feliway? It’s a pheromone spray that makes the cat think it already marked it’s territory, without the smell for you. I got some from the vet last week, and it has really cut down on my kitty behavior problems.
We had a similar problem with our desexed adult cat after my sister and I moved out of home, leaving the cat with my mum, who really isn’t very affectionate when it comes to cats. Mum took it to the vet, and it was diagnosed with depression (!) from the sudden loss of attention.
Result was that either we could put the cat on cat prozac (!) or pat it more. Problem solved when mum gave the cat a little more lovin’!
Tornado will eventually get over it…but yes, you do need to get him neutered first. Take it from one with 23 years experience dealing with animal “lovers’” problems. Moving is traumatic to cats, who by nature, are territorial. You disrupted the territory. You didn’t ask their permission and they didn’t grant it…but shit happens.
So deal with it…like we all do when we move to a new location with pets. We, because we are human, are expected to adapt. Unfortunately, we forget to tell our 4 legged companions of the rules. (Luckily my Prissy is fast asleep on her pillow in the new office…or else she would probably be spraying all over…)
Get one of those hand held blacklights. Some chemical in cat urine fluoresces under uv light. Use the light after dark and you’ll be able to find the source(s) of all that odor. The lights are relatively cheap, under $20, and available online.
I’ve had cats all my life (almost 30 years) so I’m pretty familiar with their behavior. I don’t think it has anything to do with the move, though, because it’s just started in the last 2 weeks. I think he’s just reaching some sort of sexual maturity or something that is making him do this.
I know about the blacklights, and we plan on getting one, but I’m scared that once we turn it on, the whole damn room will light up. :eek:
