My brown cat is up for a good home, who can break this habit

[Pawla]

I went through this for just shy of seventeen years with Ellie. We tried EVERYTHING!!! There was nothing medically wrong with him, he just had behavioral issues. When we first got him I lived with my Mom, she actually got him for me after a bad break-up. He RUINED her house! All the white carpet had to be replaced. It smelled awful! I took him with me when I got married. Same thing. My husband hated this behavior, but really liked El. When I got divorced I took El to my own place. He started this peeing thing again. I don't have a lot of money either, and sometimes I feel as if I don't have any money, so I came up with something else to try. I confined him to the kitchen with a baby gate. I gave him his food, water, green blanket, a few toys, and a litter box. This worked GREAT! Any time he would "relapse" he had to go back to the kitchen. He would go a good month out of confinement before he would pee in the floor. I don't know if you've tried this approach or not, but it may be worth a shot. I don't think your a bad person. Like you said, you are trying to find him a loving home here on PT. I personally feel like when I got Ellie I made a commitment to him for life. If Mom , or the Ex had had it their way, he would've been gone a long time ago! I hope you can come to a resolution without having to have him PTS. I know this is a VERY frustrating problem. I also know how offensive cat pee is, and it is embarrassing to have someone over. If you have not tried confinement, give it a try. It just might work for you and Sox. I know it sure made the last three years of Ellie's life better for the both of us. GOOD LUCK! And please don't let anyone make you feel bad. We all have to do what we have to do.

[Medusa]

Y'know, Pawla's right. That's something I had entirely forgotten about. I have a friend whose cat has ruined 3 mattresses. Three! So I told her "Why are you allowing her in your bedroom? It's your bedroom, not hers. Give her a designated place where she can sleep and keep her out of areas where she doesn't belong." Problem solved. Almost. There was some revenge peeing for a while but once she saw that she wasn't allowed in that bedroom, she eventually stopped it. As for my own cats, they all sleep in the partially finished basement. All their beds, toys, food, water and litter boxes are there and when I tap on the basement door and say "Roll call!", they all head for the basement door. Usually. Boo Bear and Coco Puff are the holdouts sometimes but that's rare. So IF they're going to pee, it's done in the basement. That's unacceptable, too, don't get me wrong. But at least they're not backing their little furbutts up against my furniture and worse, on my bed.

So now that you have all of us geniuses telling you what to do, are you thoroughly confused? I would be.

[jazzcat]

Oh I so know the rug thing. I've had to take up the rugs in the bathrooms and just use a towel in front of the tub. Ripley started spraying on rubber backed rugs. Fortunately he doesn't bother the thick foam kitchen rug in front of the sink.

Sounds definitely like behavior problems with Sox since it started when you changed your bedroom. That was how it began with Ripley, we painted and put in new carpet in the dining and living room and the very next day he backed up to the dining room wall and drenched the wall baseboard and rug right in front of me. A year later we had hardwood floors installed and immediately he peed on the wood in the corner of the hall closet. Last year he sprayed my freshly painted wall and new curtains in my bedroom - luckily I stopped him before much came out. He shows his distaste for change by peeing on it and he typically does it right in front of me! I've come so close to showing him the backyard many many times!

I use Urine Gone to clean the pee spot. The key is to use it first before any other cleaner and let it dry completely then if needed reapply. Like Medusa I buy it at Bed Bath and Beyond or Linen's N Things and I use their 20% coupons. It's not perfect but I think it's better than Nature's Miracle or the other enzyme cleaners I've tried. Also Feliway really helps. The plug-ins are similar to the Glade plug-ins - just plugs right into your outlet. A little cheaper is the Feliway spray but you have to remember to spray it regularly. When I use it I spray twice a day. Here's a link to the cheapest place I've found it online. They have affordable shipping and ship quickly too.
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