Posted on 08/10/2008 9:17:48 PM PDT by Huntress
very carefully
one cat is just “peed” off at the other one
why not consult the “anointed one”? he can do everything?
bring people and cats together (sarcasm)
Take her to the vet. You’re probably correct to assume she has a medical problem.
I have three neutered boys and there are rarely any issues with them. Reilly, my mouser, suddenly started spraying the house and urinating everywhere *but* the box or outside. He also started attacking the other cats. We had lots of fights for awhile there.
I was so fed up I was about to give him away or put him down. As a last ditch effort I took him to the vet. She shot him up with antibiotics and all the problems went away.
The poor guy just had a bad UTI. He was stressed, in pain and grumpy.
I will try this. Thank you.
See my post #83.
How does one collect a urine sample from a cat?
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We set up a clean litter box, and at each end bring a fold of the liner down over the litter forming a little pocket or depression on top of the underlying litter across the tray at each end about two inches wide. The cat usually pees at an end and some or most of the urine will be collected in these liner depressions without the underlying litter contaminating it.
The cat may scratch up a few grains of litter into the urine but it is biologically clean and should be OK.
This is usually enouch of a sample (one or two tablespoons) to take in for analysis.
The other option is to give the cat a cup and tell him to go in the bathroom and pee in it.
I suggest the first method.
Sam's Club or Costco are good places to get peroxide. Two one-quart bottles for less than two dollars.
First, add more litter boxes. Second, makes sure you clean up where the cat urinated on the floor with a cleaner designed to clean up cat urine. You can find enzyme cleaners in pet stores. Third, try locking the aggressive cat up for two weeks. That sometimes will “reset” their behavior. Finally, there are “happy cat” pheromone sprays that you can buy that are supposed to calm cats down. They aren’t cheap but they might reduce the aggressive behavior.
Remember that cats don’t train like dogs. They don’t care what you want and punishing them will only make them afraid of you. You need to convince them that they want to do what you want them to do.
I also assume you have both cats fixed. If not, do that.
Cats are just killers in disguise. My daughters kitty will ambush me from anywhere, and I never know where the attack is coming from!!!!
This is my suggestion also. And boy kitties are particularly prone to UTI/bladder infections. If that's the problem, antibiotics should fix that right up.
yup. Sounds like a UTI or something to me, too. Male cats get UTIs a lot from dry cat food, apparently.
Cat, the other white meat.
Olympic boycott?
It's worth a few bucks.
Did you take them to the vet to make sure it wasn’t a urinary problem? Also, the two litter boxes in each end of the house is good.
Yeah...because there is nothing like a noisy barking needy smelly drooling poop eating dog to walk at least 3 times a day.
They need two litter boxes. I am a “one” person, “two” cat household also. I use two boxes, and they each have their favorite box. The only problems I have outside the boxes is when they find a dark towel, or article of clothing on the floor — they think it is an invitation to poop/pee on the item. I suggest laying a while towel in the urine corner to discourage going in that place.
while = white
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