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Cat question

kathys.clown14 — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:58:07 GMT

Master Puss has reached puberty and has started weeing inside.

Will desexing stop these behaviours?

Re: Cat question

julie-in-oz2 — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:53:25 GMT

I have heard that it is generally toms that spray and desexing normally helps. Haven't had this problem myself - perhaps because I had them desexed in time. A phone call to your vet should shed some light on this.

Re: Cat question

tcmsecretuseid — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:30:40 GMT

It should help. However, if you don't keep the cat box clean, all cats will go outside of their box.

Also, now that the spray scent is already in other places in your home, he might think that it is okay to continue to spray those places.

Clean the sprayed areas with pet urine cleaners. Empty the clumps in the cat box daily, and change the litter completely once a week or so.

Have him neutered as soon as possible. He will be much happier after you do that.

The bad news is that some male cats continue to spray after they are neutered, especially if they are not neutered when they are kittens. Some male cats stop as soon as they are neutered.

I've had several male cats over the years, and none of them have sprayed, or clawed my furniture. I do know that I'm lucky.

Good luck.

As Julie suggested, call your vet, or spay clinic(if you have them), and they will give you good information.

Re: Cat question

*elizabeths-mum* — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:26:13 GMT

Our older cat sprays. 😞 He was one of about 20 left behind when some neighbours moved out and was probably around a year/18 months old when he moved in with us and we had him desexed. He is around 15 now and is getting worse.
The younger cat has been seen spraying in the garden but I've never caught him doing it inside. I think he was around 4 months when he was 'done'.

Re: Cat question

channys_mum — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:49:20 GMT

The only way to find out for sure is to have him done and see what happens. It will have some effect. Hopefully for you it will stop it all together.

My man cat was about 5 when I got him and has not sprayed since he lost his valuables. Well not that I have noticed.

Re: Cat question

***super_nova*** — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 22:10:58 GMT

The only cat I had that was a real problem spraying was castrated when he was less than 3 months. When we lived on acreage we had up to 10 cats (most of them dumped strays, but all coming inside) and had little problem; once I forgot to castrate my Chinchilla cross, and he never sprayed inside. I only realised he was not castrated when he got a stick tangled in his fur near his tail, and by then he was over 2.

But the castrated male pee does not smell as bad as entire male.

Re: Cat question

lealta — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 22:28:11 GMT

We have three male cats and all of them were neutered when they were about 4-5 months old. We've never had any problem with spraying, although one of them acts like he is going to spray, by shaking is body and his tail, but nothing ever comes out. It's the weirdest thing.

Re: Cat question

*elizabeths-mum* — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:32:51 GMT

I haven't noticed a strong odour thankfully, so that could be because our sprayer is castrated.

Have you checked if there is a wet patch lealta? Our boy does all the motions but what comes out is a very fine mist, sometimes invisible which shows up later when it's had time to dry and harden. 😞

Our boys were castrated differently (both at vets), the older one has nothing left, while the younger retained the scrotal sac and apparently the testes were removed from inside. I don't think it has any relevance, I just thought it interesting and the younger boy still has the fun of cleaning them until they almost sparkle.

Re: Cat question

lightningdance — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 01:03:31 GMT

uh oh, too late now, his hormones have kicked in and you really should have had him done earlier.

They never stop spraying once they start. Sorry.

Re: Cat question

2106greencat — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 01:25:44 GMT

@***super_nova*** wrote:
The only cat I had that was a real problem spraying was castrated when he was less than 3 months. When we lived on acreage we had up to 10 cats (most of them dumped strays, but all coming inside) and had little problem; once I forgot to castrate my Chinchilla cross, and he never sprayed inside. I only realised he was not castrated when he got a stick tangled in his fur near his tail, and by then he was over 2.
But the castrated male pee does not smell as bad as entire male.

Did you really get your cat 'castrated' ?

ouch LOL

Re: Cat question

***super_nova*** — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 01:37:42 GMT

@2106greencat wrote:
@***super_nova*** wrote:
The only cat I had that was a real problem spraying was castrated when he was less than 3 months. When we lived on acreage we had up to 10 cats (most of them dumped strays, but all coming inside) and had little problem; once I forgot to castrate my Chinchilla cross, and he never sprayed inside. I only realised he was not castrated when he got a stick tangled in his fur near his tail, and by then he was over 2.
But the castrated male pee does not smell as bad as entire male.
Did you really get your cat 'castrated' ?

ouch LOL

Well, yes, what do you do with the boys?

By the way, all cats will spray,; entire males have the strongest impulse to do it, it has a strong smell, but females even those that have been spayed will also spray. My old cat does on the bushes in our front yard, not doubt she is telling the cats in our area to stay away.

Re: Dog question

karliandjacko — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 02:16:44 GMT

I've never had a male cat. So no help at all.

Re: Dog question

katydidthat — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 04:11:31 GMT

Some cats "spray" when they have other conditions ... like liver problems, so best to have a check by the vet.