Trouble In Paradise!!! Update 6-16-07 Things Are Going Well!!!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Hi everyone. I just can't seem to get a break. Now that Starr's doing so well and is back to acting like a normal cat again, Storm decides to start peeing on the carpet and walls. I took him to the vet a little over 3 weeks ago because he was having problems peeing. He was jumping in and out of the litterboxes and peeing only small amounts of urine. It turned out that he didn't have anything wrong with him except that he was a little bit dehydrated. He was put on metacam for pain and inflammation.

Last Sunday morning, I found Storm in my dining room sitting next to some liquid. I found out that it was urine. I wasn't sure if he had done it or not. I tried to clean it up the best I could. On Tues. morning one of the cats had peed all over one of the blue kitty mats that I sometimes use to feed them on. It's right beside the original accident spot. I used vinegar, simple solution and folex and I could still smell some of the urine smell so I tried sprinkling some left over arm&hammer litterbox deodorizer on it and I also put some regular baking soda on it. The smell finally went away and let if sit for a few days before I vacuumed it up.

I called my vets office and made an appointment for Storm since he's been the one having urinary problems lately. He couldn't be seen until 12pm on Wed. The vet only found a little blood in his urine so she thought that he may be in pain when he urinates so he's back on metacam again. She even did an ultrasound free of charge and his bladder looks good and there are no stones or crystals.

I gave him a fairly large dose of metacam on Wed. and he seemed to be feeling a bit better. Then for the next 3 days I was supposed to give him half the dose I did the first time and them only give him the metacam 2 times a week for 2 months to see if this would help him or not. I found more pee on the blue kitty mat on Friday morning.

I had also contacted Nancy the pet psychic and she confirmed that it's Storm doing the peeing. She said that he's very emotional and he feels like he's being closed in or that there are too many cats. I now think it's most likely a behavioral problem due to stress. I bought 2 feliway plugins and some spray on Friday night. All of the cats seemed to calm down and it seemed to be working but Storm was still lashing out at Sky, Ziggy, and Starr.

I have the plugins in the kitchen and the dining room and my hallway and entry way don't have any outlets so I have to spray in here. I don't want to put any in the living room because I have several litterboxes in here. I didn't bother to put one on my bedroom because I close this door when I'm not home.

Everything was going well this weekend and then I found another accident in the entry way near my front door. I forgot to spray this area last night and Storm also didn't take his metacam because he's now only on it 2 times a week. I pm'd Catty1 today to ask her about Oscar's feliway collar idea. I'm now trying this idea and I'm spraying Storm's collar 2 times a day. I take it off of him while I spray just a little bit on it. I sure hope it works or my vet said that prozac would be a good stress relieving drug to try on him. I hope that it won't come to this. Thanks for reading this. Please keep Storm in your thoughts and prayers. If this was your cat, what else would you do? Any thoughts or advice please.

[Hellow]

Mabye this can be of any help: http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-13836.html

[Killearn Kitties]

I'm so sorry this is happening, Tracey. You have had such a lot to deal with already. I certainly don't have any other advice for you, apart from sending Storm lots of positive vibes.

[jenluckenbach]

I sure do understand the frustration. And the guilt (like it is some how your fault). Maybe the prozac will end up being the answer (but I got to tell you, it seems to have stopped working around here )

Prayers for Storm.

[Laura's Babies]

Awwww! He is stressed! Poor baby! Amy is also peeing in places she normally hasn't and I know it is stress. I had ran out of the Feliway plug ins so I got more and hope that helps. I also got some rescue remedy and am trying that.
While things are going a whole lot better with Boo, things are still stressful in here because of how she started out attacking everyone.

[Medusa]

I know I probably sound like a commercial but give Clomicalm a try. I've got some pee cats and it works really well. I thought maybe I'd take them off it to see if it would make a difference. Oh yeah! Next day, pee! Back on the Clomicalm. I've noticed the biggest change in Coco Puff. He's a cerebellar hypoplasia kitty and after nearly two year of living here, he's decided to start spraying. I put him on it and he calmed right down. It doesn't make them drowsy or change their personalities or anything negative. I feel I need to make a disclaimer here and say that, of course, all cats are different just as humans are, and medication affects them differently. But talk it over w/your vet and see what s/he says. It's been a godsend to me and it's inexpensive. It's priced around $30 or so for a 30 day supply. My vet gives me 20 mg. tablets and they get 1/4 tablet at night at bedtime. So if you have only one cat that's peeing, then you'll get 4 times the amount of medication. See what your vet says but it's made a big difference around here. Good luck.

[Logan]

Tracey, I'm so sorry you have yet another issue to deal with.

It is terrific that Starr is back to himself, though. You know he has a special place in my heart since he looks so much like my Butter.

I've never had more than two cats at a time and have never dealt with this kind of problem with any cat I have ever had (knocks on wood). I will hope and pray that Storm will get past this, but I wouldn't hesitate to use the Clomicalm if you need to in order to settle your home down and bring peace for all.

Best of luck to you and your babies.

Logan

[Taz_Zoee]

While I do not have any suggestions for you in your situation, I can only offer my thoughts that Storm will get better soon. And I'm glad to see Starr is doing well.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks everyone. I found more pee this morning on the blue kitty mat again. I had even sprayed some feliway around this area. It only seems to be happening some time during the night or early in the morning. Storm used to want to sleep in my room with me but he hasn't wanted to do this for a long time and if he starts out here he wants out a few hours later.

I also forgot to mention that Pearl and Storm never cuddle any more and they don't seem to like each other any more. I caught Pearl attacking Storm last night in my bedroom. Pearl has taken over my room at night so I think that she feels it's her room now. Sky will also usually sleep in my room and Sunny will end up in here in the early morning hours.

The only thing that's really changed around here is that Starr is now acting like a normal cat and he's been socializing and playing with the others. I guess this has just pushed Storm over the edge and it's been too much for him to handle.

I had already e-mailed my vet about the possiblity of putting Storm on Clomicalm but she said that prozac works better in her opinion. I called and left her a voice mail this morning and I hope to hear something from her today. She also works tomorrow and she's off for a while after that so I hope to get something to help Storm asap.

This is the first time that I've dealt with a stress related behavioral peeing problem. All of the other times it's been medical. Even when I had Cirrus nothing like this ever happened so I'm very new to all of this. I just want peace and harmony around here again. I'm also having Nancy do readings on all of my cats but she's very busy so she won't be able to them for a few weeks. I'll continue to keep you updated. Wish me luck.

[Catty1]

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[K & L]

I’m sorry to ready you’re having issues right now. The only advice I can offer is patience and continually cleaning up. I would also watch and pursue vet visits in case his tests came up negative first go round. We went through this and finally, knock on wood, it’s under control again. Feliway didn’t work for us, but that doesn’t mean it won’t for someone else. One thing that seemed to help our problem is I moved a litter box closer to the kitchen/dining room area inside a closet. Seemed there were a couple cats afraid to go to the back rooms where I had them placed. It calmed down quite a bit after that. Good luck Tracey and keep us posted.

[Catty1]

Hmmm....yeah, maybe if Storm had his "own" box that he didn't have to share, that would help. How you are going to do that, not sure, unless the rest of the cats are used to one area, and you could show Storm where "his" is.

[Randi]

Oh Tracey, I'm so sorry about Storm. It seems you've done all you could, so I can only add some very positive thoughts. Hope you'll get this solved soon.

It could well be that he thinks it's a bit too crowded.

(((hugs)))

[catmandu]

Wow!
We Are Sorry That Storm Is Acting Up All Of A Sudden.
That Always Been A Fear Of Mine That One Of The Found Cats Would Start Doing Bad Things.
We Are Praying That You Can Find A Way To Return Things To Normal.

[jazzcat]

Oh gosh Tracey, I'm sorry to hear about Storm. (Great news about Starr being healthy and feeling like a normal cat though). I had issues with Rocky marking cat beds and various things around the house and I took Medusa's advice about the Clomicalm. It has really helped. I can only get it in a cream form from a compounding pharmacy but it's nice because no pilling, I just rub it in his hear. We are on our second 30 day supply and now I only have to use it about every 3-4 days. It stopped the marking and his aggressive behavior towards Scout. When he quit picking on her so did the others thank goodness. He doesn't seemed drugged on it like with Valium - just mellow. Maybe Pearl could use a little to help her stop picking on Storm.