My cat pees all over the house!!!!!!

[sadiegirl]

WHY DO YOU GUYS POST TWICE? Well..n-e-ways-he is a boy. My dog has been around for about 3 years and he started doing this about 1 year ago. He has had a record of a bad temper!!!LOL!!!Thanx bunches!!!!!

[Zaza]

Dear Sadie,
I note that you mention that your cat has been recently declawed. Am I
right in suspecting that the erratic urinary behavior appeared after the
cat had been declawed? In that case, I am afraid that you have brought
upon this yourself.

It is common knowledge that cats who have been subjected to a traumatic
and monsterous experience like declawing become nervous, irritable, and
often refuse to use their litter box. The last is because the operation,
which amputates, or otherwise mutilates the claw-bearing digits in the
cat's paw, leaves the cat with sore stumps, which take a long time to
heal. Obviously, digging through the litter with sore stumps is, to say
the least, painful for the cat. Hence (s)he chooses to pee
indiscriminately all over the house. Consider if you would want to sift
through kitty litter if your finger tips had been surgically removed, or
altered!

In fact, not investigating the behavioral aftermath of a declawing
procedure thoroughly before having it inflicted on your pet, was
tragic, and downright irresponsible of you and your family. Stroping
its claws is a natural feline behavior. If the damage to your furniture
because of your cat's habits was intolerable, you should have given him
away to another family in the first place, instead of subjecting him to
such a cruel operation!

There is little you can do at this stage, but to wait for his paws to heal
thoroughly, and hope that the cat will not have realised that there other
places besides the litter box where he can pee and even defecate.

As I see it, the only thing that has resulted from the declawing operation
is a traumatised and distrustful, cat in deep pain -- *you* are now going have
stinky furniture, instead of scratched furniture now. And I very much
doubt that the former is preferable to the
latter!

Please inform other cat owners about the horrors of this operation. It is
disgusting and even wicked that pet owners continue to inflict it on their
cats despite it being banned by the Cat Fanciers organizations, among
others. There is sufficient information available on the internet against
declawing a cat.

Besides, when you take in a cat as a pet, you enter an implicit contract
to care for the animal and to put up with certain natural traits, in
return for its love and devotion to you.
If you cant tolerate the natural behavior, then please don't keep a cat
as a pet. Declawing is just abusing a dumb animal because it is powerless
to protect itself against the whims of misguided owners and unscrupulous
vets.

-Zaza.

[Ben E Gas]

Although I was too sleepy to make it through Zaza's long post. He is right about the declawing.

[sadiegirl]

MY CAT IS 11 YEARS OLD AND HE GOT DECLAWED WHEN WAS ONLY A KITTEN NOT JUST A WHILE AGO 10 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND DAD AND MY MOM BOTH READ ALL OF THESE MESSAGES!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS

[Pam]

Zaza...Your post was emotionally charged and inflammatory. Using words like irresponsible, implying that people who have had their cats declawed are some kind of monsters, was uncalled for. I have posted this before so those of you who have already heard this please bear with me. I came from a dog background. My first cat came into my life 8 years ago and all of my acquaintainces who have cats (which are several, I might add) had declawed cats. I was never around anyone with cats whose claws were intact. Yes, I had the deed done. In fact when I got my second cat he met the same fate.

I have been an animal lover all of my life. I have loved each and every animal I have had with all my heart and I have taken excellent care of them. They have been absolutely beloved family members. They eat good food, keep regular vet appointments, kept clean and are well socialized. To call someone like me irresponsible cuts to the quick. There is not a thing I wouldn't do for my pets.

I am not condoning what I have done. When I started reading the posts on Pet Talk I came into contact for the first time with people who had cats that were not declawed. If I had it to do over again would I not declaw? Yes, of course.

One last point...Your statement that "it is common knowledge that cats who have been subjected to a traumatic and monstrous experience like declawing become nervous, irritable and often refuse to the litter box" is ridiculous. My friends' cats all use their litter boxes and neither of my cats has ever gone anywhere except in their litterbox. Also, my cats are far from nervous and irritable.

Yes, I did something that I quite possibly shouldn't have and so have many others. My cats are in a loving home where they are adored. To say that your post was not diplomatic is a bit of an understatement.

I am sorry this post is long and heated but I had to weigh in here. There are LOTS of us out there who have had their cats declawed and we still do make good pet owners, believe it or not.



[This message has been edited by Pam (edited May 08, 2001).]

[This message has been edited by Pam (edited May 08, 2001).]

[Ben E Gas]

I agree. We may be for or against one particular subject. But we'll never dislike or degrade anyone for their opinion.

[BassetHound08]

Sorry I posted twice... I didn't try it I double clicked the send button.
sorry

[4 feline house]

Bassett-no need to apologize - Ben's just teasing you - he does that alot!

[Tiggerbelle]

SadieGirl, I understand your frustrations and I hope that you find a way to stop the undesirable behavior. I have a suggestion that might help get the smell out of the carpet. I have used plain white vinegar to get rid of cat smells and it works like a charm - in fact my roommate had her winter coat sprayed on by a cat and not even the drycleaners could remove the smell but wash with a little vinegar and the smell was gone. I've also used a product called "Natures Miracle" the took the smell out of the litter box. Sometime when we love our pets we have to put up with some undesirable behaviors but if we can at least have a way to get the smell out then it helps. I hope this helps you and anyone else who is dealing with similar behaviors.

[sadiegirl]

Thank you Tiggerbelle. I will have to try it sometime. I REALLY appreciate it!!Thanks again.