Posted on 04/30/2007 12:26:03 PM PDT by Nachum
OK. A little while ago we adopted a beautiful male cat from the animal shelter. We dutifully had him neutered, got him the required shots and began to care for him. About a week or so ago, the cat is leaving some serious odor from his "marking" (spraying). My wife, is having a major problem with this and says the cat has got to go.
We are moving into a new home in a few weeks and she does not want to have to clean after this cat. I know my kids will be heart broken over this, but she is resolute. Perhaps adoption by another party? She thinks we can return it to the shelter. I wasn't so sure about this, so I am asking other cat owners for advice.
Well, my chicken hearted stinker of a tomcat has just came back into the house to sleep under my bed (one of his favorite places). So much for an outdoor cat.
Oh the missuz is not gonna be pleased.
Good advice!
Outstanding!
We’ve had male cats to do this—they’ve all been neutered too and some of them sprayed all their lives.
Cat spraying is the spraying of urine. It’s something even the big cats in the wild do.
I am curious if anyone has had that gland thing done and does it really work? I have never heard of it.
We have 3 indoor/outdoor cats and are fortunate enough to live in a very safe area except for a rare sighting of a mountain lion. Anyway they come and go as they please through my never closed window. Course they aren't the only ones who have tried to get in at night and consequently I have now taken to feeding the raccoons to keep them outta my room. That's OK, it's worth it. I have 3 very happy healthy cats.
Removing the anal gland wouldn’t work for spraying—it’s the spraying of urine.
Spraying is a problem and I sure wish there was a solution but I can't find a thing that works. I have tried repellant, every kind of cleaner including an enzyme type cleaner, those Feliway plug-in things and their repellant. NOthing absolutely nothing works. He has a large litter box cleaned every day, running water. There is just nothing I have not tried. This cat was neutered when he was very young. I think the stuff they say about them changing (mellowing) is BS--it is the particular animal. I have another male that does not spray. They are half-brothers--6 mo apart in age. The sprayer is the low man in pecking order and he is very skiddish. This cat is about 9 years old and did not do this for probably 4 years.
Thanks for your response.
Hey, I was telling you about the cat run I saw here in Denver—check out the pictures on this site of this elaborate cat enclosure. What lucky cats these are! They’ve also got some pics of some less elaborate enclosures on the other pages.
http://www.catsofaustralia.com/cat-enclosures-2.htm
No its not... spraying is a release of an incredibly pungent fluid out of the anus... believe me its not pee, not even close, and it smells like nothing else. Cats have 2 sacs that produce this foul fluid, and it exits out the anus as a spray.
Piss, is well, just piss.
If you have ever had an animal express its anal glands while you were around it, trust me you’d know its not urine.
Well that’s not what I consider spraying, that’s simply pissing. Spraying is not the same....
Scent marking by expressing the anal gland is spraying, pissing is just pissing. They aren’t the same... go find an video of a male lion scenting a tree, he’s not pissing on it, he lifts his tail, backs up and blasts it with anal secretion.
Pissing on things, is just pissing on things, that’s not spraying.
Hope it helps.
Well when they spray, big cat or little, they lift their tail and spray urine on a tree or wall to mark their territory. It’s not the same as them peeing but they are spraying urine.
Here’s some info about it:
http://www.fabcats.org/spraying.html
Spraying or urinating?
Cats use urine as a scent signal or ‘mark’ for themselves and other cats. The motivation for the deposition of urine for scent marking is very different to that of urination to relieve a full bladder. It is therefore important to establish whether the cat is spraying or urinating since the potential solutions will vary. To urinate the cat squats and deposits a volume of urine on a horizontal surface. The cat may then scratch at the area around the urine although this is not always the case. Common sites for inappropriate urination include carpet, settees, duvets, baths or sinks.
To spray urine the cat stands up, usually making a treading motion with its back feet, quivers its tail and a small amount of urine is sprayed backwards onto a vertical surface such as a wall, leaving an obvious scent mark. Common sites for spraying include doors, windows, around cat flaps, curtains, electrical equipment and shopping or rubbish bags. Once it has been ascertained which of the two the cat is doing it is necessary to take action to resolve the behaviour.
Oh...I get it.
Like the GOP..!!
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1322&articleid=509
Trust me, if you have ever smelled an anal gland being expressed, you will know immediately it is not piss.
I’ve smelled it from a dog—stinks to high heaven—I know. My dog’s released for some reaons in my dad’s car. But cat spray is the spraying of urine. I’ll ping vetvetdoug—he will know.
So are Al Gators.
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