We have three cats. Artemis, a neutered male, 1y7m. Frieda, a spayed female, 1y8m. And Milo, not neutered, 10 months old.
Milo has started spraying and pooping outside of the litter box. His poop is normal, and he is healthy. We are having him neutered in 2 weeks. There have been no changes in his diet. He is the most territorial and dominant of the three, and I think that is part of his spraying. He sprays on piles of dirty sorted laundry and in baskets, and on my 4yo's bed. Luckily it's a toddler mattress so I can just lysol it and wash the bedding. He's been spraying in reed baskets so I'm also having to clean the carpet underneath them.
Payday is Friday, so we're going to be getting a few things..:
-another litter box
-cat attract litter
-feliway refills (had the plugin to help Frieda when she first came to us- she had high anxiety and she has since become a sweet loving girl!)
-nature's miracle or equivalent
Am I missing anything? Anything else that could help us out?
I'm going to be keeping him in the bathroom for the next week until he gets neutered, and probably after as well so the other cats don't bother him while he heals.
I'm throwing a party at the end of December and it would be oh so nice for my house NOT to smell like cat pee! I'm hoping to get the carpets cleaned also, but I don't want him to go on spraying..
Since he has reached sexual maturity, will neutering even help him?
Milo has started spraying and pooping outside of the litter box. His poop is normal, and he is healthy. We are having him neutered in 2 weeks. There have been no changes in his diet. He is the most territorial and dominant of the three, and I think that is part of his spraying. He sprays on piles of dirty sorted laundry and in baskets, and on my 4yo's bed. Luckily it's a toddler mattress so I can just lysol it and wash the bedding. He's been spraying in reed baskets so I'm also having to clean the carpet underneath them.
Payday is Friday, so we're going to be getting a few things..:
-another litter box
-cat attract litter
-feliway refills (had the plugin to help Frieda when she first came to us- she had high anxiety and she has since become a sweet loving girl!)
-nature's miracle or equivalent
Am I missing anything? Anything else that could help us out?
I'm going to be keeping him in the bathroom for the next week until he gets neutered, and probably after as well so the other cats don't bother him while he heals.
I'm throwing a party at the end of December and it would be oh so nice for my house NOT to smell like cat pee! I'm hoping to get the carpets cleaned also, but I don't want him to go on spraying..
Since he has reached sexual maturity, will neutering even help him?
