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Bill - 26 Jul 2004 02:03 GMT

Help!

We have three cats - two males and one female.

The males consistently use the litter boxes (3). The female has use the
litter boxes for over four years but recently has started peeing on the
carpet.

What can we do to stop this - short of getting rid of the cat? Is there any
spray or training that would stop this???

She only picks two spots and they are only 3 ft. and 20 ft. from the litter
boxes. Even after a thorough cleaning she goes back to the same spots.

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Bill Mech@att.net

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Amy Gray - 26 Jul 2004 02:42 GMT

>The males consistently use the litter boxes (3). The female has use the
>litter boxes for over four years but recently has started peeing on the
>carpet.

The first thing to do is visit the vet and eliminate an underlying
medical problem.

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~*Connie*~ - 26 Jul 2004 03:13 GMT

if you have ruled out medical issues, and you have added a new litter box
with no success, you can do what I did to my elder cat who would rather pee
on the floor. Buy puppy training pads and put them where she chooses to
pee. There is always an option besides getting rid of the cat, but if that
is your first choice, you might want to consider getting rid of all of them
and buying a gold fish.

> Help!
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Mimi Forsyth - 26 Jul 2004 06:31 GMT

No matter how much you clean the area of "misdeeds", the smart cat will go back
to the same spot. In my 30 years of cats, I have tried masking urine odor with
just about every available commercial product, in vain. Chanel No. 5 perfume is
the only 'sure' thing. And it's not too offensive to humans!

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Riddickulus - 08 Aug 2004 05:29 GMT

is that really the only way to get rid of the smell???

> No matter how much you clean the area of "misdeeds", the smart cat will go back
> to the same spot. In my 30 years of cats, I have tried masking urine odor with
> just about every available commercial product, in vain. Chanel No. 5 perfume is
> the only 'sure' thing. And it's not too offensive to humans!

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Beryl - 28 Jul 2004 17:36 GMT

Bill,

Hi! I am new on this list. I have probably missed part of the
thread, so maybe the following "tricks" have been mentioned before...
Anyway:

- you can use a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil as a repulsive
on the areas the cat is irresistibly attracted to. Cats usually hate
this smell.

- place a few drops of chlorox (say quarter of a cap approx) in the
litter box, it will attract the cats. Don't ever use it to clean a
forbidden area the cat may have littered, she would come back to it as
kitties LOVE the smell of chlorine.

As a last suggestion, you could try to treat your cat with Bach flower
remedies, especially "Crab Apple" in this case to help your cat
recover her sense of cleanliness and dignity.

All the best,
Beryl

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asidline@comcast.net - 31 Jul 2004 01:55 GMT

I just installed my "Agent" newreader and searched for .cats. I am
lucky that Bill posted a similar problem I had. Thanks for the info.
My cat was consistently using her liter box but lately started
urinating and defecating in a particular spot (next to my wife's
paintings ??). My vet asked if I had changed the liter (no). Cats
behave that way if they are stressed. There may be many reasons for a
cat to feel stressed. They are too numerous to enumerate here.

Anyway, he suggested trying FELWAY labeled "The Natural Solution to
Cat Urine Marking, Scratching and Stress. It is a pheromone spray
that allegedly calms cats. It is expensive ($28 per small bottle). I
have not tried it yet.

All the best.
Alex (asidline@comcast.net)

>Bill,
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Silver - 04 Aug 2004 13:10 GMT

> I just installed my "Agent" newreader and searched for .cats. I am
> lucky that Bill posted a similar problem I had. Thanks for the info.
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> that allegedly calms cats. It is expensive ($28 per small bottle). I
> have not tried it yet.

Cleaning the area with vinegar sometimes works, or feeding your cat in
thearea in which she is soiling. Other tricks are laying aluminium foil
across the area or just blocking it off entirely. Even after the animals
stress is gone, she will still be attracted back by the smell. A cats sense
of smell is much greater than ours so no amount of cleaning will mask it
entirely. You can buy a product at the vet which is supposed to completely
remove the smell so I would try that first. Feliway is supposed to be good,
though I have never tried it myself, vets recommend it which is good enogh
for me.
-Silver
"I love cats because I enjoy my home; & little by little, they become its
visible soul."

- Jean Cocteau 1889-1963.

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