Cataholic
11-12-2009, 10:46 AM
Only now, in retrospect, is this comical. It only became comical after 1 month time, an online purchase of OdorXit and Feliway, and THREE cats to the whitecoat (two of them with full panels done- ouch.).
I forget some of the exact dates..but, we got a little strippy from my sister and his name is Tuck. He came to live with us end of August- if memory serves me right. About 2 weeks later, we adopted Cali- an absolute pistol of a black cat. She equals 5 of my other cats in efforts of care.
I observed Cali pee on a plastic bag as she was FRANTICALLY awaiting food. I thought she just got too excited and pee'd...kind of like a little puppy would do. No big deal. A week or so later, or maybe more, I found pee in my newly built built-ins in the living room. No way anyone but a kitten could get in there to do that. No big deal, it had such a minimal smell (like kittens do), and I cleaned it all up.
On 9/18 I witnessed Dakky spraying at the fire place. I fell over. I then cleaned it up. Daks had PU surgery two years ago, and I am on high alert for urinary tract issues. I took him to the vet, full panel, antibiotics, etc. Daks is harder than a wild boar to medicate- but I did it with minimal blood loss to all.
About 20 days ago- I heard Minnie under the bed covering up something. Not a good sign- there is NO litter box under the bed. There was a deposit and a pee spot. It hardly smelled like pee. (yes, I often smell wet areas in my house). I cleaned it up. The next day, Minnie was in the vet office, full panel, antibiotics, etc. I get her home, and give her one dose of the antibiotic, and she scoots under the bed.
I go into the living room and talk to my mom. She had stayed with J while I went to the vet. We are sitting there talking and I notice the "hey I smell something" stance from one of my cats. I can't remember which. I go over to the area of the odd behavior and lo and behold...I find cat pee in the fireplace, next to the basket of toys that I have in there (non working).
Like a lightbulb- I knew what was going on. One of my kittens was pee'ing. Not Daks, not Minnie. Why? Cause Daks couldn't get into the fireplace, next to the basket to pee without a crow bar. AND, when I think back to where I saw him pee, it was nearly the same spot that I found THIS new pee...all with that same light, barely pee smell of a kitten. Minnie would never come out of the room to pee in the living room...and, while she does poop under the bed sometimes- that wasn't what she was covering up last month. It was the kitten PEE that she was now nervously covering up.
How do I know? Cause Minnie has never pee'd under the bed, never covers up her poop (which is like ten year old tootsie rolls).
So, I take the kitten in that same night..and she took the rest of the antibiotics. The vet was like, "well, if you think that, then okay....".
I just know that was what was going on, and I had to examine all the clues after the fact to figure it out.
Don't have more than one cat. Too hard to figure out the pee issues. :)
I forget some of the exact dates..but, we got a little strippy from my sister and his name is Tuck. He came to live with us end of August- if memory serves me right. About 2 weeks later, we adopted Cali- an absolute pistol of a black cat. She equals 5 of my other cats in efforts of care.
I observed Cali pee on a plastic bag as she was FRANTICALLY awaiting food. I thought she just got too excited and pee'd...kind of like a little puppy would do. No big deal. A week or so later, or maybe more, I found pee in my newly built built-ins in the living room. No way anyone but a kitten could get in there to do that. No big deal, it had such a minimal smell (like kittens do), and I cleaned it all up.
On 9/18 I witnessed Dakky spraying at the fire place. I fell over. I then cleaned it up. Daks had PU surgery two years ago, and I am on high alert for urinary tract issues. I took him to the vet, full panel, antibiotics, etc. Daks is harder than a wild boar to medicate- but I did it with minimal blood loss to all.
About 20 days ago- I heard Minnie under the bed covering up something. Not a good sign- there is NO litter box under the bed. There was a deposit and a pee spot. It hardly smelled like pee. (yes, I often smell wet areas in my house). I cleaned it up. The next day, Minnie was in the vet office, full panel, antibiotics, etc. I get her home, and give her one dose of the antibiotic, and she scoots under the bed.
I go into the living room and talk to my mom. She had stayed with J while I went to the vet. We are sitting there talking and I notice the "hey I smell something" stance from one of my cats. I can't remember which. I go over to the area of the odd behavior and lo and behold...I find cat pee in the fireplace, next to the basket of toys that I have in there (non working).
Like a lightbulb- I knew what was going on. One of my kittens was pee'ing. Not Daks, not Minnie. Why? Cause Daks couldn't get into the fireplace, next to the basket to pee without a crow bar. AND, when I think back to where I saw him pee, it was nearly the same spot that I found THIS new pee...all with that same light, barely pee smell of a kitten. Minnie would never come out of the room to pee in the living room...and, while she does poop under the bed sometimes- that wasn't what she was covering up last month. It was the kitten PEE that she was now nervously covering up.
How do I know? Cause Minnie has never pee'd under the bed, never covers up her poop (which is like ten year old tootsie rolls).
So, I take the kitten in that same night..and she took the rest of the antibiotics. The vet was like, "well, if you think that, then okay....".
I just know that was what was going on, and I had to examine all the clues after the fact to figure it out.
Don't have more than one cat. Too hard to figure out the pee issues. :)