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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2005cats peeing
hello there i have a Kitten that pee's in the same space, not in the litter tray, but in the corner of my room on the carpet. I clean this up with bleach but it is still happening. I don't want to use a chemical repellent but do you know of any natural way to do it, it was suggested that i lay tin foil and marbles around that area so the kitten will find that disturbing. If you can help many thanks richard My friend was trying to potty train her puppy and she used some thing called either a potty pad or a pee pee pad try it it might work -- Tatertot > hello there i have a Kitten that pee's in the same space, not in the litter > tray, but in the corner of my room on the carpet. I clean this up with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If you can help many thanks > richard > hello there i have a Kitten that pee's in the same space, not in the > litter [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > If you can help many thanks > richard Have you determined whether or not this behaviour is as a result of a medical or behavioural problem? Best to rule out a medical problem first. if it's a male cat- he's marking his territory, it wont stop it's a natural instinct > hello there i have a Kitten that pee's in the same space, not in the litter > tray, but in the corner of my room on the carpet. I clean this up with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If you can help many thanks > richard > if it's a male cat- he's marking his territory, it wont stop > it's a natural instinct Not if he is only a kitten as he did say? I have three male cats and don't have a spray territory marking problem. First, find out if the litter being used is the issue (wrong kind or is it a clean box?); Secondly, call a vet. This sounds like it could be a simple medical matter. Is he neutered? Vinegar does well to remove urine odor. Another q: Does he pee at the foot of the bed corner or at the head of the bed corner of the room? Or a distant corner from your bed area? >I have three male cats and don't have a spray territory marking problem. Yes, but I bet they were neutured at th first possible time they could have been yes? Does he pee at the foot of the bed corner or at the head of the bed corner of the room? Or a distant corner from your bed area? Why is that? > hello there i have a Kitten that pee's in the same space, not in the litter > tray, but in the corner of my room on the carpet. I clean this up with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If you can help many thanks > richard The sooner the kitties are fixed (within reason) the less likely they are to learn the territory marking behavior. Put the litter box in the corner where the kitty is peeing, for now. Do you have other Cats? Peeing in a wrong area is often a behavioral problem, like maybe other cats are intimidating the kitten, or there is something it doesn't like about the littler box, or the area that the box is in. Cats are extremely attune to their environment, try to figure out what is bothering it, and then defuse that situation. I've discovered a really good repellent, lot of garden stores have it. It's a 'coyote urine' solution. It's odorless to humans. But to kitties it smells like 'DANGER' predator close by, don't go there. So, once the kitten has adopted a littlerbox, and you've started moving the box towards where you want it to be (few feet every few days) eventually, when the litterbox is far enough, you might want to give the 'problem corner' a bit of a coyote urine squirt, to discourage the kitty from going there. Make it 'unsafe' to go there. But whatever you do, be very very patient and repetitive. Make sure you don't traumatize or discourage the kitty, otherwise, it won't work out, an the kitty may develop additional problems. Yeah, even though they're animals, they have their own little psyche... You can do a lot of good by taking some time to learn about it and understand it. There are couple really cool books I read that talk about this, and other interesting cat issues, one is called 'twisted whiskers' the other one is called 'the cat who cried for help'. > > hello there i have a Kitten that pee's in the same space, not in the > litter [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > interesting cat issues, one is called 'twisted whiskers' the other one is > called 'the cat who cried for help'. we had a similar problem with our havana. we put a couple of mothballs in the corner and she hasn't done it since. HTH > we had a similar problem with our havana. we put a couple of mothballs in > the corner and she hasn't done it since. A tiny amount of ground, white pepper in the corner has a similar effect.  SignatureBruce Fletcher (To reply remove Bruce and insert Ian) Stronsay, Orkney, UK http://www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you're reading it in English, thank a soldier. It may be that you have changed something in the room, a piece of furniture maybe? Or it can be that there is another cat in the room that he doesnt like. It could even be the intoduction of a new person he doesn't like. There is also something called "bitter apple" that works to send cats elsewhere. They are not fond of the citrus scent. April |
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