Update on my sprayer, Irwin *UPDATED YAY*

[lvpets2002]

I am so Glad so see this Thread.. My Rastus boy has decided to start spraying.. Oh then Now I have found him peeing on stuff.. He is neutered & has been since seven months of age.. He is just a bit of a yr old & just started this within the last two months.. I was needing advice too..

[JustineNYC]

I am so Glad so see this Thread.. My Rastus boy has decided to start spraying.. Oh then Now I have found him peeing on stuff.. He is neutered & has been since seven months of age.. He is just a bit of a yr old & just started this within the last two months.. I was needing advice too..

Just my experience with this nightmare, you should bring him to a vet to make sure its not a medical problem.

Males can spray if they have a simple UTI, especially if he started after he was neutered. He may also have crystals. If a cat tries to pee in the litter and they have an infection and it hurts, they begin to go outside the litter because they associate the litter box with pain.

Irwin was on my lap when he was 5-6 months old and actually sprayed ME. I told my vet I needed him neutered (he wanted to wait til he was 7 months) and they told me that because he had already started spraying, it may not stop after he was fixed. And it didnt.

I know its behavioral with him because Ive had urinalysis's done and he is also very very high strung and stressed.

[catmandu]

TUBSTER PANTHER STILL SPRAYS A BIT AS MIQIELITO THE LITTLE ORANGE LION IS ALWAYS STARTING FIGHTS
AND TUBSTER PANTHERS WHOS TWICE THE SIZE JUST DEFENDS HIMSELF AS THE ORANGE LION WAS THERE FIRST.
ITS BETTER NOW AS AS HES TNRED THE SPRAYS NOT THAT STRONG.
I HAD TO THROW A FEW CAT FANCYS OUT THOUGH

[krazyaboutkatz]

I sure hope that you'll be able to find something that will keep Irwin from spraying and peeing inappropriately.

I have both Storm and Starr on the generic form of prozac because Storm was getting very aggressive with Starr and some of his other siblings and he's just a very jealous and grumpy cat. Starr is on it to help ease his stress so he won't poop outside of the litter box. He has IBD/Colitis and is also on prednisolone but any stress causes him to become worse.

They were both doing very well on it and Storm's aggressive behavior dissapeared and he became a very calm laid back cat. Unfortunately, I have to wean Storm off of the prozac because he was having some bad side effects from it. He was becoming very lethargic and anorexic. I had to wake him up to try to get him to eat and then he wouldn't eat very much or he would refuse to eat.

Now he's getting the prozac every other day and I've already noticed that he's much more alert and is eating much better. I asked my vet if I could just give him the prozac a few times a week but she said that it wouldn't work and might cause more unwanted side effects so he has to stop taking it. He was only taking 1/4 of a 10mg tablet every day which is a very small amount. I guess it has to be taken every day for it to be effective.

Luckily Starr is still doing very well on it so he'll continue to take it. It's really helping his IBD/Colitis to become more stable and he rarely has any more accidents.

If I were you, I would try the generic prozac to see if this will help Irwin. I had it filled at Costco which is similar to a Sam's club and it was about $7 for 60 tablets that I then cut into 1/4's so it's not expensive at all. Jazzcat is also using it on her cat Rocky and he's doing very well on it. Good luck.

[JustineNYC]

Heres something interesting to note. When Irwin is confined to a bathroom, he gets a food bowl, water dish and his own cat litter. He will not spray "his" bathroom. There is always urine in the litter.

Does this mean that he isnt spraying because its already "his" room?

I have plenty of cat litters in the rest of the home, Ive seen him walk right by to spray a wall. But the rest of the home is "shared" with the other cats.

[lvpets2002]

Yes I have had Rastus checked out for UTI by the Vet && she says Rastus has a clean bill of health.. She can not find anything wrong with him.. And as you have mentioned I also put Rastus in the back bed room with a baby half doors && he stoped spraying & peeing on everything.. As soon as I let him out with the others he started with the spraying & peeing on everything including Me.. So I have put him back in his room & he has stopped again.. So I do think it is his attitude with other babies.. What gets me he has been around them all since he was 6 wks old.. Remember he was the orphan that was thrown in my front yard one morning..

Heres something interesting to note. When Irwin is confined to a bathroom, he gets a food bowl, water dish and his own cat litter. He will not spray "his" bathroom. There is always urine in the litter.

Does this mean that he isnt spraying because its already "his" room?

I have plenty of cat litters in the rest of the home, Ive seen him walk right by to spray a wall. But the rest of the home is "shared" with the other cats.