Hello friends,
On January 9th I rescued a male (approx 2-3 y.o. FIV+) buff tabby and had him neutered and given all his shots/microchip tests etc... he had a severe cold and I kept him in his safe room for the first two weeks prior to introducing him to the rest of the house. He has been urine marking all over the house, we've got feliway plug-ins, using flower essence drops in and have done everything we can possibly do to help him adjust to living in a house, with the understanding that this is a learned and normal behavior. We have had three good potential adopters (one even a veterinarian) but all are afraid of adopting a cat who marks.
It has gotten slightly better, but I have noticed that when the girls (two resident cats) want to play - and I am pretty positive this is all initiation play as there are no signs of aggression, and they nap together and co-exists good otherwise, but when he gets REALLY excited (what I call the "zoomies" his ears go back and he gets crazy excited and pees. Especially when the girls chase him. We have tried playing with him to let out some energy (but he just gets excited anyway) and we're at our wits end as this is happening at least 2xs a day, which is still better than the 4-6 times a day. Anyone had experience with a cat who was submissive/excitement urinating (commonly seen in dogs, but this is our rescue cat.)? If so, what can I do? The vet just says be patient that in three months he'll be a totally different cat - health is all good.
We are desperate for help, even if you've had this experience and can tell me it will be okay, I would appreciate it. Thank you for reading this long message.
On January 9th I rescued a male (approx 2-3 y.o. FIV+) buff tabby and had him neutered and given all his shots/microchip tests etc... he had a severe cold and I kept him in his safe room for the first two weeks prior to introducing him to the rest of the house. He has been urine marking all over the house, we've got feliway plug-ins, using flower essence drops in and have done everything we can possibly do to help him adjust to living in a house, with the understanding that this is a learned and normal behavior. We have had three good potential adopters (one even a veterinarian) but all are afraid of adopting a cat who marks.
It has gotten slightly better, but I have noticed that when the girls (two resident cats) want to play - and I am pretty positive this is all initiation play as there are no signs of aggression, and they nap together and co-exists good otherwise, but when he gets REALLY excited (what I call the "zoomies" his ears go back and he gets crazy excited and pees. Especially when the girls chase him. We have tried playing with him to let out some energy (but he just gets excited anyway) and we're at our wits end as this is happening at least 2xs a day, which is still better than the 4-6 times a day. Anyone had experience with a cat who was submissive/excitement urinating (commonly seen in dogs, but this is our rescue cat.)? If so, what can I do? The vet just says be patient that in three months he'll be a totally different cat - health is all good.
We are desperate for help, even if you've had this experience and can tell me it will be okay, I would appreciate it. Thank you for reading this long message.
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