Cat urinating on stuff...

[Markbnj]

A switch is flicked by dog owners who have babies and almost immediately the dog is just a huge pain in the ass.

I disagree with this, but honestly it just comes down to whether you have an affinity for them and enjoy their company. We actually didn't have any until after our kids came along. Dogs and kids go together.

 

[rickturpin]

Stop pissing the cat off.

 

[Leros]

Cats prefer to be clean. Litter box problems are generally indicative of some problem. Could be a medical problem (e.g. a UTI) or just a behavior thing (e.g. stress).

My cat stopped using the litter box for poop only. It took several vet visits to figure out, but it turned out that she had some sort of digestive problem that made pooping hurt.

 

[Drako]

Hmm, seems like he's threatened by something. Cat's are very territorial, and any threat can lead to behavior like this. Any changes in the environment?

 

[Drako]

BTW, I'm not going to be buying cats ever again. Honestly pets are filthy animals. Nasty, filthy bastards. Cats get in their litter box with shit and piss on their feet and then track it through the house. Dogs can't clean themselves so they stink unless regularly bathed. Dogs have better personalities (by a million times) but I know many dog owners who are absolutely just fed up with taking care of the damn things, particularly once babies come along. A switch is flicked by dog owners who have babies and almost immediately the dog is just a huge pain in the ass.

Quoted for the Lulz.

I feel sorry for your still living pets. You sound like a very caring individual.
I'm sure your pets are just paying you back for being a jackass.

 

[ViRGE]

That's a little fucked up to tell someone. Even for me as a non pet person who values stuff more than pets.

It's harsh, but it's true. Sometimes a cat simply ends up "broken" and can't be fixed; it'll pee everywhere for the rest of its life.

 

[Markbnj]

It's harsh, but it's true. Sometimes a cat simply ends up "broken" and can't be fixed; it'll pee everywhere for the rest of its life.

For what it's worth there are shelters that will take cats in these situations. Noah's Ark in NJ will take a cat for a fee. I don't recall what it was, but I think it was around $75. I don't know what they do with the cats. Probably send them to a farm where they can frolic and chase barn mice.

 

[LegendKiller]

We found a great cat ~13 years ago and took it in. She's very sweet and gentle and didn't really have problems. She was always overweight and we found out eventually that she had diabetes. We give her regular injections, clean out her box and do all sorts of other things to mitigate the problem. However, we moved a year ago into a hotel for 2 weeks, then to an apartment for 5 months, and now to our brand new house. At the apartment she started peeing and we had to confine her to our bathroom. In our house she's in the mud room but pees everywhere. We have been putting down pads, trying to give her antibiotics and will eventually try to give her prozac. I know that sounds crazy but we are trying everything. I don't want to put her down but if she doesn't respond within the next 2 weeks we will have to.

Cats are crazy.

 

[Eos]

Actually I cautiously agree with him and I have two cats. The main problem I have had with cats is that when they get old they vomit EVERYWHERE. Until earlier this year I had three cats. I tried various foods, spent money at the vet, etc. but geriatric cats vomit. That is not the end of the world to clean up. However, one of my cats will piss in a blanket if it is left around and not folded. It really only does this in the basement, so now it's just not allowed in the basement.

If this cat ever decides to just start pissing wherever the hell it wants it's going to get a trip to the vet. And no drive home. It already shits sometimes in random spots, but cat shit is easy to clean up--like rabbit turds. Their urine is disgusting and vile and I won't put up with it.

BTW, I'm not going to be buying cats ever again. Honestly pets are filthy animals. Nasty, filthy bastards. Cats get in their litter box with shit and piss on their feet and then track it through the house. Dogs can't clean themselves so they stink unless regularly bathed. Dogs have better personalities (by a million times) but I know many dog owners who are absolutely just fed up with taking care of the damn things, particularly once babies come along. A switch is flicked by dog owners who have babies and almost immediately the dog is just a huge pain in the ass.

I have a small shop vac dedicated to cleaning up cat barf and hairball discharges. It actually works very well.

 

[Thebobo]

 

[Newbian]

Stop pissing the cat off.

You could help it by giving us free ipads.

 

[Newbian]

Sounds like you are screwed op as you let it go on since you got the cat it sounds like thus it will not stop as you trained it to keep doing it.

Got to train them early, especially cats as they are little furballs of stubborn pain in the asses but cute enough to keep in most cases.

 

[Broheim]

BTW, I'm not going to be buying cats ever again. Honestly pets are filthy animals. Nasty, filthy bastards. Cats get in their litter box with shit and piss on their feet and then track it through the house. Dogs can't clean themselves so they stink unless regularly bathed. Dogs have better personalities (by a million times) but I know many dog owners who are absolutely just fed up with taking care of the damn things, particularly once babies come along. A switch is flicked by dog owners who have babies and almost immediately the dog is just a huge pain in the ass.

maybe they shouldn't be dog owners then.

we had a dog and a cat when I was a baby and it wasn't a problem at all, the dog actually helped my parents keep me preoccupied. They'd put me and him in my playpen* while they were doing chores and the dog would just calmly lay there and let me abuse the hell out of him, then we'd all go for a long walk, and then my dad, me, the cat, and the dog would take a long nap on the couch. Having the dog didn't really add to the workload, it slept when I did, walked when I did, and played when I did.

*whether this is a good idea depends entirely on the individual dog.

 

[Poulsonator]

There's an electric diffuser product made by Feliway, that a lot of people have good luck with. We have two cats, and one of them peed on two of our beds. Just out of the blue, nothing wrong with her (took her to the vet, all tests clean). The vet suggested the diffuser, and we tried it. She hasn't peed on anything since.

Now, I'm not saying that's what fixed it, but if you want to keep your cat, it's worth a try. Unfortunately, it's kind of pricey, and the bottles last a week or so. We haven't had to use but the one bottle so far (I bought a six-pack of refills, just in case). It's worth looking into:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_pet-supplies?_encoding=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Feliway&node=2619533011

 

[AViking]

1. There is another cat present that is upsetting your cat. It doesn't have to be your cat either. It can be a cat from a mile away that is coming to your house everyday to piss off your cat. Get rid of that other cat.

2. You are not giving your cat enough attention. New baby, new job, etc.

3. Your cat is sick

 

[AViking]

Actually I cautiously agree with him and I have two cats. The main problem I have had with cats is that when they get old they vomit EVERYWHERE. Until earlier this year I had three cats. I tried various foods, spent money at the vet, etc. but geriatric cats vomit. That is not the end of the world to clean up. However, one of my cats will piss in a blanket if it is left around and not folded. It really only does this in the basement, so now it's just not allowed in the basement.

If this cat ever decides to just start pissing wherever the hell it wants it's going to get a trip to the vet. And no drive home. It already shits sometimes in random spots, but cat shit is easy to clean up--like rabbit turds. Their urine is disgusting and vile and I won't put up with it.

BTW, I'm not going to be buying cats ever again. Honestly pets are filthy animals. Nasty, filthy bastards. Cats get in their litter box with shit and piss on their feet and then track it through the house. Dogs can't clean themselves so they stink unless regularly bathed. Dogs have better personalities (by a million times) but I know many dog owners who are absolutely just fed up with taking care of the damn things, particularly once babies come along. A switch is flicked by dog owners who have babies and almost immediately the dog is just a huge pain in the ass.

I've had a lot of cats. My oldest one just died and she was 23. You're feeding the cat wrong. When cats get old they're just like people. Slow, blind, deaf, and always tired. They don't get old and just start pissing and vomiting everywhere.

Keep a clean litter box, feed the cat correctly, give them the attention they need, and they're great companions. What you're saying is kinda like buying a Labrador and leaving him home alone all day long. Of course that Labrador will eat your whole house, bark like crazy, and shit all over your things. That doesn't make the lab a bad dog. It makes the owner a bad owner for getting a dog and not taking care of it correctly.

 

[unokitty]

There's an electric diffuser product made by Feliway, that a lot of people have good luck with. We have two cats, and one of them peed on two of our beds. Just out of the blue, nothing wrong with her (took her to the vet, all tests clean). The vet suggested the diffuser, and we tried it. She hasn't peed on anything since.

Now, I'm not saying that's what fixed it, but if you want to keep your cat, it's worth a try. Unfortunately, it's kind of pricey, and the bottles last a week or so. We haven't had to use but the one bottle so far (I bought a six-pack of refills, just in case). It's worth looking into:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_pet-supplies?_encoding=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Feliway&node=2619533011

Feliway ++

Our cat's problem was different. More of an anxiety problem.

At the vets suggestion, we tried the Feliway diffuser. Vet was careful to say that while there are several similar products, Feliway was the only one that she was familiar with. Certainly seemed to work for us.

Uno

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Just slap the piss out of it.

 

[Azraele]

Take the kitty to the vet to rule out anything medical. Things like a uti make cats avoid the box because they associate it with pain.

Next, look into behavioral issues. Some cats prefer a place to pee and a place to poop. Try getting a second box. Also, how often is the box cleaned? If it's not often, the cat may just think the box is too dirty.

Finally, get an enzymatic cleaner like Nature's Miracle and thoroughly clean any affected areas. If something smells like pee, the kitty will think it's ok to pee there. The cleaner will remove the smell, but it may take several applications (hint: animals can smell pee when when people noses can't).

 

[uclaLabrat]

Cats are higher up than dogs on the useless scale for the fact that you don't have to pick up after them, they don't drool everywhere, don't have breath that smells like ass from 6 feet away, and generally don't act retarded and spastic or feel the need to be insecure and bark endlessly at shit 10 times their size from behind a protective screen.

I like cats, probably more than dogs for the above reasons, but I can't have either. My stuff is far too expensive for a $50 animal to piss on or puncture with a claw. And I refuse to imprison or modify an animal to suite my own needs.

Tried having a kitten once, but it laser focused on the *one* thing it couldn't have even after providing a taller more inviting cat tree; my Definitive Tech BP3000TL speakers, 6' high covered in a cloth "sock". And it knew two. Let it into the room, it would look at you, look at the speakers, slowly inch over, then BAM straight up mad dash with dialated pupils... ex had to give it to her parents, we weren't having that. Not at all.

My dog is so cool, it behaves just like a cat!


Said no person, ever.

You don't have to pick up after your cat? You don't have to clean out the litter box? Or you just let it run free and shit in all your neighbors' yards?

 

[halik]

Probably medical stuff.


We have/had similar problem before - one day the doors to the room with the litter box got accidentally closed and the cat ended up peeing on the rug right by the door. From that point onwards he would randomly pee on that very spot, with the litter box being in sight... my best guess is he smells the pee and it induces him to do it. Needless to say, that rug is gone now.

 

[mizzou]

It is extremely unusual for cats to pee in anywhere other then what they are supposed to.

#1 Do they have easy access to a nice litterbox. A nice litterbox is:
-not one in a dingy backroom basement, it's somewhere nice to take a pee and shit where you don't get bothered by people or spiders.
-on the same level of the home (Buy more litter boxes for more floors!)
-you change the litter frequently
-you don't have one of those poo domes on top that traps poo/pee air. Cat's hate those.
-you don't have one of those automatic scoopers, cat's are scared of those
#2 you spend time and love your cat, an unhappy cat is an evil cat
#3 your cat could be sick, urinary tract infection, needs to go to the vet
#4 your cat could be getting old, maybe doesnt have time to make it to the litterbox so it pisses on something else
#5 you tried to PUNISH your cat for peeing on something. You don't punish cats like dogs (rub their faces in it or spray them) it is counter productive.

There are so many reasons!

 

[mizzou]

:awe:

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

How old is your cat?

Mine never made a mess until she turned 15. Then she started peeing anywhere there was tile - the bathroom, entryway, back door. It was the first sign of kidney disease.

Get your cat to the vet. They can do blood tests to find out if he's healthy, rule out any problems. I hope it's not kidney disease - that shit sucks.

Good advice here. You'd be wise to heed it if you care about your cat

 

[drebo]

Cats are interesting creatures, I was putting my new pc together, as I was talking on the phone I saw the cat out of the corner of my eye jump on the table then a moment later fly out the back door. I didn't think much of it, cat's always do shit for no reason.

So when I went back to finishing my build, low and behold the last screw for the heatsink's back plate was gone. I went out back and the cat was nowhere to be found. I looked around but didn't see the cat or the screw anywhere. Of course it was some uber specific screw, so I won't have a spare laying around. Not even sure if the company will send me another or sell just the screw. I emailed them, but if they don't help me I guess I now have a $70 paper weight thank to my awesome kitty.

Return it to the vendor saying it was missing parts. Exchange it for a new one.




No, not here.

That's not what this forum is about.

You do what you feel comfortable with, but don't post about advocating fraud here.


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