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One of my cats first had a problem when we took in some stray babies. You guys helped me reintroduce her to the new furry family members:
Help Cat Angry Pees Everywhere
It took a long time, but she is now tolerant of the "new" family. She can use their beds and they can use hers, she can eat near them, be in the same room, and sniff their butts. She still doesn't like them and will whack them if she thinks she can get away with it.
But despite this progress, she won't stop peeing everywhere. Rugs are the worst but she also sprays the walls, doors, pees on bare floor, a tray of shoes, in bathrooms, bedrooms, sunrooms, and even the room she mainly stays in. We have tried the wall plug-ins and they don't seem to work. We use the Jackson Galaxy magic drops (Scardy Cat, Safe Space, Peace Maker and others) and they help a lot with her angst, but not the pee. We have taken her to a doctor a few times and there is nothing wrong. She is on good food (mostly wet chicken Lotus). We have tried scent soakers, but they don't work. She peed on one rug so much (and we didn't know it) that she turned the wood floor underneath black. We use an enzyme cleaner when we clean a spot.
Oddly, she uses the litter just fine too. We use a wheat litter (Swheat I think) and we have seen her use it for pee and poop just fine.
She is probably around 5 years old and is easily overstimulated when we pet her (and has always been). If she approaches us for cuddles, she is fine. If we try to pet her out of the blue, she lets us once or twice, then nips at us or hits us with her paw. She gets worse if we don't stop, but we have all learned to stop.
There are three things that I know Jackson Galaxy recommends that we have not yet tried: more catification (we have toys and beds in nearly every room (we even tried putting it in the bathroom as the mats there frequently get hit) but we don't have the superhighway he talks about; a regular schedule; and regular playtime (she isn't the most playful cat and when we start to play with her, other cats want to play and she refuses to play with others so she quits).
It is now over a year that she has been doing this and we would really appreciate ideas! Thanks!
One of my cats first had a problem when we took in some stray babies. You guys helped me reintroduce her to the new furry family members:
Help Cat Angry Pees Everywhere
It took a long time, but she is now tolerant of the "new" family. She can use their beds and they can use hers, she can eat near them, be in the same room, and sniff their butts. She still doesn't like them and will whack them if she thinks she can get away with it.
But despite this progress, she won't stop peeing everywhere. Rugs are the worst but she also sprays the walls, doors, pees on bare floor, a tray of shoes, in bathrooms, bedrooms, sunrooms, and even the room she mainly stays in. We have tried the wall plug-ins and they don't seem to work. We use the Jackson Galaxy magic drops (Scardy Cat, Safe Space, Peace Maker and others) and they help a lot with her angst, but not the pee. We have taken her to a doctor a few times and there is nothing wrong. She is on good food (mostly wet chicken Lotus). We have tried scent soakers, but they don't work. She peed on one rug so much (and we didn't know it) that she turned the wood floor underneath black. We use an enzyme cleaner when we clean a spot.
Oddly, she uses the litter just fine too. We use a wheat litter (Swheat I think) and we have seen her use it for pee and poop just fine.
She is probably around 5 years old and is easily overstimulated when we pet her (and has always been). If she approaches us for cuddles, she is fine. If we try to pet her out of the blue, she lets us once or twice, then nips at us or hits us with her paw. She gets worse if we don't stop, but we have all learned to stop.
There are three things that I know Jackson Galaxy recommends that we have not yet tried: more catification (we have toys and beds in nearly every room (we even tried putting it in the bathroom as the mats there frequently get hit) but we don't have the superhighway he talks about; a regular schedule; and regular playtime (she isn't the most playful cat and when we start to play with her, other cats want to play and she refuses to play with others so she quits).
It is now over a year that she has been doing this and we would really appreciate ideas! Thanks!