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Hi all,
I have a multi-cat household. All of them rescues. All but one are older and well established. A few months ago I started noticed problem peeing in weird places and started to work to figure out who is causing the problem. I have been systematically taking everyone to the vets to be checked. Vet thinks this is a behavior problem and I am thinking the problem is the youngest cat - last one rescued.
He is about 2 1/2 - 3. He came into the house as 2 to 3 weeks old, a bottle baby. He was really sick at the time. Now, he likes to jump the other cats when they are in the box. The larger males ignore him, but there is one smaller female who has become stressed. He will corner her and back her down. I have added more boxes, worked to play with them more, started to pay more special attention to the smaller female and that has helped a little. But the curtains are still being peed on, daily. I have had them cleaned professionally, I have treated them with enzymes and odorcide, I have clean and Clorox everything I can. My curtains are ruined, but we have a larger older type house and we need decent window coverings (older windows). I even purchased new, cheaper, washable curtains and they were marked within a week.
I recently read, that you can have a cat who just doesn't like living with other cats, even if he is raised with them. Is this true? He is one of my husbands favorites - but I am spending my life cleaning. I am ready to consider re-homing him - and that is a big deal for us.
Thanks all
Fuzzycat
I have a multi-cat household. All of them rescues. All but one are older and well established. A few months ago I started noticed problem peeing in weird places and started to work to figure out who is causing the problem. I have been systematically taking everyone to the vets to be checked. Vet thinks this is a behavior problem and I am thinking the problem is the youngest cat - last one rescued.
He is about 2 1/2 - 3. He came into the house as 2 to 3 weeks old, a bottle baby. He was really sick at the time. Now, he likes to jump the other cats when they are in the box. The larger males ignore him, but there is one smaller female who has become stressed. He will corner her and back her down. I have added more boxes, worked to play with them more, started to pay more special attention to the smaller female and that has helped a little. But the curtains are still being peed on, daily. I have had them cleaned professionally, I have treated them with enzymes and odorcide, I have clean and Clorox everything I can. My curtains are ruined, but we have a larger older type house and we need decent window coverings (older windows). I even purchased new, cheaper, washable curtains and they were marked within a week.
I recently read, that you can have a cat who just doesn't like living with other cats, even if he is raised with them. Is this true? He is one of my husbands favorites - but I am spending my life cleaning. I am ready to consider re-homing him - and that is a big deal for us.
Thanks all
Fuzzycat