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I found this site doing some digging on-line. I am in desperate need of help here. I have five cats (crazy I know), they are 9,7, & 5 years old. All cats are neut/spayed.
Unfortunatley we lost our home in the mortgage over appraisal mess and had to move. So now we are back to renting. We live in a new construction so no previous animals have lived here. I have 7 (YES 7!!) litter boxes for all of the cats. Two on the main level in our bathroom, one upstairs in the bathroom, and 4 in our basement. I have made the basement ones conducive to cats and have a large area rug (NON rubber backed) under the litter boxes for their feet. It seems as though one of my cats has always had a small problem. Here and there I would smell cat pee. I dealt with it, cleaned it, added boxes, whatever. We now have a two year old son. My one cat Reggie (7) is the only cat that I have ever caught peeing. The last time I caught him was about a year ago, which leads me to believe he is the problem. Three of the five cats are very easy going, go with the flow personalities. My youngest is a little bit of a bully, and will attack the cats out of nowhere, she is however the most affectionate towards my son and us. We moved about 4 months ago, I acclimated the cats with the boxes. Everyone has been using them just fine. Until recently. I noticed that two of the cat beds were peed in, I threw them out. Then I noticed that a bathroom rug was peed on, threw it out, $50 new down the drain! Then I found out that my son’s toy box in his room was peed against. I cleaned that up the best that I could. Last week I found cat pee in the basement along the cement wall and floor; it was a HUGE pile of pee. So I added yet one more litter box in that exact spot. Now last night I was in my son’s toy room and smelt it yet again. After looking I found that my brand new $750 dresser was peed on and he must have been peeing on it for some time. There was literally a yellow line of pee along the entire bottom of the dresser. We have tired feliway plug ins, and Reggie is currently on an anti-depressant buispurone. (sp?) His dosage was twice a day and I have been giving it to him once a day. So last night I upped this to twice a day now hoping that this may help! (Assuming that this is Reggie) he has even started peeing outside of many of the boxes, directly in front of them or to the side. His last UTI was over 4 years ago. Since then he has been on the special Purina RX diet which is very expensive. Being that I could not get just him to eat it I have to feed all 5 cats this food. Costing me about $140 a month alone. :O( Can I afford it, NO! But I only buy it beacuse I know that he needs it. In the pee that I have found nothing apears to have any blood in it, and we he does use the box there is no straining or anything like that. I have a pretty good knowledge of this being that I have had cats all my life. We scoop the boxes on a daily basis and also change the litter out every four weeks completely.
I do not know what else to do. I am to the point of giving up. I swear that this has to be Reggie. It bothers me because when my son goes to bed, he is the first out purring in your face wanting to be pet. He is a true sweetheart. I think that when I added my last cat 5 years ago, that added to my problem, and then having my son has made things worse. When my son is up and playing the cat is nowhere to be found, and is very skittish around him. My son does not chase the cats, pull tails, or anything like that. He never has. I try to give the cat extra attention,etc. but nothing seems to matter. I can only devote so much time to him working two jobs and having a two year old running around. I am out of money and running out of time. My landlord was not keen on the idea of having two cats in his new property that was never meant to be a rental. But I kept all five, never was an option to get rid of them. He obviously has no idea that I have 5 running around since he does not live in the area.
Don’t get me wrong I love my cats. I have always been a HUGE animal lover which is why I have rescued so many. I now realize that I have made a terrible mistake and should have stuck with my original two. Just being honest, the bond is not the same once I had my son. I have always been one to critisize anyone who gets rid of pets when they have children, it erks me to death. But I feel as if I am left with no option myself. Now that we are renting I can not put up with this any longer. I feel that I have tried everything and do not know what to do.
It would break my heart to put him down, as he is a healthy boy. He did have one UTI in the past and from that point he has been on the RX Purina food. Bought only at the vets office. Because I could not get just him to eat it, I have been having to feed all the cats this food. It costs me aprx. $140 a month to feed 5 cats this food. Shelters are overcrowded right now with millions losing their homes and beloved pets. On top of that who will want a cat that has a peeing problem and is expensive on a special diet? I have no family members or friends that can take him. I have tried. :O( I can not stomach the thought of him going to a new home and having someone loose a temper and hurt him if he were to pee. I also can not stomach the thought of him sitting in a cage for months and not getting a home. But then I would feel horrible putting down a healthy cat. My vet told me that people do do it sadly there are not many more options.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
I am going to drop him off tomorrow morning at the vets for one more urine sample just to make sure he does not have a UTI. I just tend to think with him going everywhere that this is 100% behavioral. :O(
Thank you so much!!
I found this site doing some digging on-line. I am in desperate need of help here. I have five cats (crazy I know), they are 9,7, & 5 years old. All cats are neut/spayed.
Unfortunatley we lost our home in the mortgage over appraisal mess and had to move. So now we are back to renting. We live in a new construction so no previous animals have lived here. I have 7 (YES 7!!) litter boxes for all of the cats. Two on the main level in our bathroom, one upstairs in the bathroom, and 4 in our basement. I have made the basement ones conducive to cats and have a large area rug (NON rubber backed) under the litter boxes for their feet. It seems as though one of my cats has always had a small problem. Here and there I would smell cat pee. I dealt with it, cleaned it, added boxes, whatever. We now have a two year old son. My one cat Reggie (7) is the only cat that I have ever caught peeing. The last time I caught him was about a year ago, which leads me to believe he is the problem. Three of the five cats are very easy going, go with the flow personalities. My youngest is a little bit of a bully, and will attack the cats out of nowhere, she is however the most affectionate towards my son and us. We moved about 4 months ago, I acclimated the cats with the boxes. Everyone has been using them just fine. Until recently. I noticed that two of the cat beds were peed in, I threw them out. Then I noticed that a bathroom rug was peed on, threw it out, $50 new down the drain! Then I found out that my son’s toy box in his room was peed against. I cleaned that up the best that I could. Last week I found cat pee in the basement along the cement wall and floor; it was a HUGE pile of pee. So I added yet one more litter box in that exact spot. Now last night I was in my son’s toy room and smelt it yet again. After looking I found that my brand new $750 dresser was peed on and he must have been peeing on it for some time. There was literally a yellow line of pee along the entire bottom of the dresser. We have tired feliway plug ins, and Reggie is currently on an anti-depressant buispurone. (sp?) His dosage was twice a day and I have been giving it to him once a day. So last night I upped this to twice a day now hoping that this may help! (Assuming that this is Reggie) he has even started peeing outside of many of the boxes, directly in front of them or to the side. His last UTI was over 4 years ago. Since then he has been on the special Purina RX diet which is very expensive. Being that I could not get just him to eat it I have to feed all 5 cats this food. Costing me about $140 a month alone. :O( Can I afford it, NO! But I only buy it beacuse I know that he needs it. In the pee that I have found nothing apears to have any blood in it, and we he does use the box there is no straining or anything like that. I have a pretty good knowledge of this being that I have had cats all my life. We scoop the boxes on a daily basis and also change the litter out every four weeks completely.
I do not know what else to do. I am to the point of giving up. I swear that this has to be Reggie. It bothers me because when my son goes to bed, he is the first out purring in your face wanting to be pet. He is a true sweetheart. I think that when I added my last cat 5 years ago, that added to my problem, and then having my son has made things worse. When my son is up and playing the cat is nowhere to be found, and is very skittish around him. My son does not chase the cats, pull tails, or anything like that. He never has. I try to give the cat extra attention,etc. but nothing seems to matter. I can only devote so much time to him working two jobs and having a two year old running around. I am out of money and running out of time. My landlord was not keen on the idea of having two cats in his new property that was never meant to be a rental. But I kept all five, never was an option to get rid of them. He obviously has no idea that I have 5 running around since he does not live in the area.
Don’t get me wrong I love my cats. I have always been a HUGE animal lover which is why I have rescued so many. I now realize that I have made a terrible mistake and should have stuck with my original two. Just being honest, the bond is not the same once I had my son. I have always been one to critisize anyone who gets rid of pets when they have children, it erks me to death. But I feel as if I am left with no option myself. Now that we are renting I can not put up with this any longer. I feel that I have tried everything and do not know what to do.
It would break my heart to put him down, as he is a healthy boy. He did have one UTI in the past and from that point he has been on the RX Purina food. Bought only at the vets office. Because I could not get just him to eat it, I have been having to feed all the cats this food. It costs me aprx. $140 a month to feed 5 cats this food. Shelters are overcrowded right now with millions losing their homes and beloved pets. On top of that who will want a cat that has a peeing problem and is expensive on a special diet? I have no family members or friends that can take him. I have tried. :O( I can not stomach the thought of him going to a new home and having someone loose a temper and hurt him if he were to pee. I also can not stomach the thought of him sitting in a cage for months and not getting a home. But then I would feel horrible putting down a healthy cat. My vet told me that people do do it sadly there are not many more options.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
I am going to drop him off tomorrow morning at the vets for one more urine sample just to make sure he does not have a UTI. I just tend to think with him going everywhere that this is 100% behavioral. :O(
Thank you so much!!