Why can't you, or what would happen, if when you see a can't starting to mark, shake or throw a plastic bottle with some pennies in it(for the noise) and yell NO atit, or even grab it and give a little shake saying NO (like a mom would do to kittens or puppies), then take the cat over to the litter box?

Not ever having cats, this all might be stupid suggestions. Just if you would treat a dog this way when you caught it starting to pee, why can't you do this to train a cat that it is not allowable?

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did your vet say "usually they don't mark" or simply "females don't mark."

I don't have cats now, but I grew up wtih female cats and they DO mark.


Kris

We have a male (Burbank) that is totally independent. Burbank used to stay in the house whenever he wanted. He has been neutered but still sprays. I really think it is out of spite! My only solution to the problem was he is now an outside cat. And believe it or not, he is quite content being an outside cat. I sometimes think he was spraying just so I would let him outside.

may indeed, as Scott suggested, be jealous and is acting out or claiming what she thinks should be hers ..everything....
Scott also had some good suggestions..and I hope they help..but again please if you do decide to place her...be careful....and look for a rescue....thanks..ce

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one of my cats will start peeing all over the place if I don't clean the litter box often enough.

If only recently, give it more time. When I first took in Cat Bast@#d, he sprayed like crazy and the smell was awful. I got him neutered and he still sprayed for about a week, but then it completely stopped and he has not done so since then.

If that doesn't work, could you just make her an outdoor cat?? Not a perfect solution, but better than her getting put down at the shelter.

We had the other pets (Lily and another cat) long before she started doing any of this.

I think it had something to do with her needing to be spayed, but we never had the money then and by the time we did it became a habit for her.

She pretty much does it anywhere.

There could be something on the kitchen table, or the coffee table, or a blanket on the coach, etc...

Our cat is/was doign the same thing. He went from being with another cat to having a dog and a new baby human in the same house and the vet tells us he got jealous. Are you spending as much time with your cat as before? We were not and our cat was jealous so would pee on stuff to get attention, clean laundry, newspapers, everything. He still does it occasionaly but we are trying to work through it. I can sympathize with you and your feelings about giving him up as I had the same feelings, but once I adobt an animal as part of the family then I just couldn't get rid of him for peeing. Try letting him sleep in the same room with you at night, without the dog, try some alone time. If you put the animals to bed. crate/room or something, put them to bed firwst then spend a little bit of time with the cat. Also try to add a couple new litter boxes.
I can't tell you this will absolutely solve your problem because it doesn't we still deal with some pee occasionaly, but it helps.


Scott

and state/claim territory...
and because she was spayed late in life the Habit is already there...so it's much harder to deal with...
...does she only pee when the magazines and things are on the floor..or other places also?
..is lily in the room at the time...has the scent of Lily ever wetting possibly been left in the house ?
....it is very difficult to remove the scent of cat urine from the house but not impossible....
that would be where I would start...no thing left where she usually marks...no towels or papers on the floor..
....if she starts to mark ...and you have to watch her very closely...catch her in the act not after,,and put her in the litterbox..cats are stubborn...
...I haven't worked with one for years..so maybe others will have better advice..also make sure she is getting tons of affection and her own time with ya'll
...maybe a place to lay that is just hers ..no one can boot her out off...
..if you really are going to part with her for your own reasons..not a shelter please...ask around ...check the internet for a cat rescue in your area...so she still has a chance at life...good luck ..and blessings...ce

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did you recently change the litter or whenever this started? is it scented? do you use a scented carpet freshener? if yes you may want to try something else that is not scented! i am pretty sure that clumping litter is big cause of uti in cats. also maybe he has a tract blockage. this can go on for a while and get severe. that is usually food related. i can imagine how frustrated you are. i hope you find a solution.

Two, really. When I was young, we had one cat that had 3 kittens which we kept. The Mom loved being inside and we spayed her, The male kittens loved being outside and we neutered them. They were outside in all but the dead of winter when it was snowing and very cold. They had a box to sleep in. I realize outside cats are not "in vogue", but it is a solution. All of my cats were indoor/outdoor cats until my current cat. There is a lot of thought that something bad will happen outside, but for most of the rest of time, cats were at least partially outdoor animals. I have had one cat live to 21 and one to 17 years being indoor/outdoor.

Cat kennels. I know of a show cat breeder who has several cat kennels in her garage made out of PVC pipe six feet tall and 3 or 4 feet deep and wide for each cat. The litter box is at the bottom.

So I guess a combination of the above is what I am thinking. Gradually acclimatize her to being outdoors and learning about it as long as there is not too much traffic close by. Then at nite and when it is cold, put her in her cat kennel. My old cats were just naturally indoor outdoor cats. This current cat of mine is scared to go outdoors. So I don't know why he is like this. He will only go out with the dog with him.

Those show cats pretty much live in their kennels even though it is not an ideal life.

Thank you for taking the time to post about her...this proves to me that you still really want to try
I had a cat that chose my daughter's bed...as soon as clean sheets were put on she would urinate and deficate in the middle of the bed....and even keeping the door closed she would take any opportunity to sneak in. (the only reason she is no longer here is because we lost her at the ripe old age of 17).

She was doing it out of jealousy....our lives were busy and we were spending less and less time with her. After realizing that...and making her a part of the family again she could slowly be trusted again.

Patti has some great ideas also....a spray bottle of water works wonders..as does a can w/pennies...we used both methods when she would act at all like she was going to mark.

I hope this helps...if she goes to the shelter she will be euthanized because there are already so many there without this problem that need to be adopted..and if someone takes her and gets tired of her they just may dump her somewhere.

E-mail me if you would like...I got very creative with this issue

I just reread what I posted, and would have sworn the webbie wrote it, I never write that bad. Hope it made sense to you.

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