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Hi, I’m Hoping somone can help me.
I have two cats around 16 years old (ish) Podge and Timmy, I inherited them both from my nan who sadly passed away 5 few years ago. Timmy was her favourite and followed her everywhere.
It took both cats some time to adjust after my nan passed away, she would spend all day at home with them. Often falling asleep with Timmy.
Currently they spend a good chunk of the working day at home by themselves, though receive lots of attention when myself and girlfriend get back each afternoon.
At the start of this year Timmy has started spraying on any vertical surface he can find. Coming home to the awful smell and then having to track down the spot he has sprayed quickly became very annoying to say the least. After a hell of a lot of cleaning, restricting both of their movements around the house and introducing a litter tray the spraying stopped! Thank God!!!!
We are now expecting our first baby within a matter of weeks and are also hoping to move in to our new house within the next two months.
We have just had the baby’s cot delivered (still boxed) and placed up against a wall, guess what Timmy does…… Sprays all over the box.
We had thought that all of this was behind us, but are now worried about how he is going to act around the baby. Last thing we would want is for him to spray the baby!
Timmy is a pleasant cat that wants to sleep on your lap all day long, has no known medical issues and has gotten on well with Podge for over 10 years.
I honestly don’t know what to do with him, and feel like I can’t just give him to a shelter. He’s too old and will simply be put down, not to mention he was my nans prize and joy…..She will haunt me forever :$ lol.
All other family member have lots of cats and I doubt couldn’t take another, plus trying to fit in with a new family of cats would stress him too much.
Can anyone give some advice, I feel this is a behavioural issue but don’t know how to go about treating it??
I have two cats around 16 years old (ish) Podge and Timmy, I inherited them both from my nan who sadly passed away 5 few years ago. Timmy was her favourite and followed her everywhere.
It took both cats some time to adjust after my nan passed away, she would spend all day at home with them. Often falling asleep with Timmy.
Currently they spend a good chunk of the working day at home by themselves, though receive lots of attention when myself and girlfriend get back each afternoon.
At the start of this year Timmy has started spraying on any vertical surface he can find. Coming home to the awful smell and then having to track down the spot he has sprayed quickly became very annoying to say the least. After a hell of a lot of cleaning, restricting both of their movements around the house and introducing a litter tray the spraying stopped! Thank God!!!!
We are now expecting our first baby within a matter of weeks and are also hoping to move in to our new house within the next two months.
We have just had the baby’s cot delivered (still boxed) and placed up against a wall, guess what Timmy does…… Sprays all over the box.
We had thought that all of this was behind us, but are now worried about how he is going to act around the baby. Last thing we would want is for him to spray the baby!
Timmy is a pleasant cat that wants to sleep on your lap all day long, has no known medical issues and has gotten on well with Podge for over 10 years.
I honestly don’t know what to do with him, and feel like I can’t just give him to a shelter. He’s too old and will simply be put down, not to mention he was my nans prize and joy…..She will haunt me forever :$ lol.
All other family member have lots of cats and I doubt couldn’t take another, plus trying to fit in with a new family of cats would stress him too much.
Can anyone give some advice, I feel this is a behavioural issue but don’t know how to go about treating it??