# Dammit, you stupid cats, stop peeing in the freaking apartment

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**Created:** [December 16, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-you-stupid-cats-stop-peeing-in-the-freaking-apartment/219243 "2003-12-16T03:03:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-you-stupid-cats-stop-peeing-in-the-freaking-apartment/219243/41 "2003-12-19T05:26:48Z")

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**Bongmaster** and **county** , good advice both on suitable deterrents for cats. I’d been thinking of mentioning the squirt-gun idea, too. They catch on very fast to that one.

**Thea Logica** , congrats on redirecting Conan! I’ve been thinking over what you said about your mom changing her schedule. That could be enough to trigger the misbehavior. Cats hate change in their routine, especially negative ones, and your mom not being around as much would be a negative for them, I bet. Your analysis:

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> Conan seems to be the main culprit in the pissing contest, but he also seems generally more friendly to the other cats (which have not been in in the last few days). It’s almost as though he’s trying to say, “Yes, you can come visit my territory, just don’t forget that it’s my territory.”

sounds very likely. Conan might not have felt the need to establish whose territory it was until your mom’s going to work upset his little world.

Cat social dynamics are fiendishly complicated compared to those of pack animals like dogs. Good luck!

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