Anyone with multiple cats had sucess with innapropriate elimination??? UPDATE 11/12

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear that you're still having pee problems. What kind of food are you feeding your cats? My Storm had to have PU surgery because he became blocked 2 times and even when he was put on Royal Canin Urinary S/O he would still sometimes get UTI's. He also had struvite crystals. All of my cats are now on grain free diets and eat both dry and canned food and now Storm's urinary problems are over.

One summer I was having aggressive problems with my cats and both Storm and my RB Starr started peeing on my carpet. I took them to the vet and they were both fine so it was behavioral. I also tried the Feliway spray and plugins and they seemed to work at first but later they seemed to become immune to it and it didn't seem to help with the aggression.

My vet suggested Cat Attract litter and this worked immediately. I also put out more litter boxes in the areas where they were peeing. One of them was peeing by my front door so my vet suggested that I put a litterbox there and then gradually pull it down my hallway into a different location. I did this without any more peeing problems. I always scoop 2 times a day. I also use an enzyme cleaner called Simple Solution. I've also used Zero Odor on my litter boxes and it really works well to hide the urine scent. It does kind of smell like bleach though.

I tried to put Storm on some meds to help calm him down but none of them worked well for him and they did change his personality. I tried Clomicalm which made him very lethargic but I think he was on a higher doseage than Mary's cats. He was also on prozac which worked great at first but then he became anorexic and lethargic. He was also on an herbal pill for a while which really helped at first without any side effects but later on it didn't seem to help and then the company started adding wheat to it which I didn't like. Now Storm seems to be better about his aggression but he still has his moments. I think that my RB Starr may of had something to do with it as well as my RB Sunny. Time will tell though when my kittens are grown up. Storm loves kittens but then seems to not tolerate adult cats very well.

Right now I have 5 litter boxes for 6 cats and it works out well. Sometimes they don't even use them all. I'm also using Dr. Elsey's Unscented Precious Cat Litter which everyone seems to like. I haven't had any more peeing issues since that horrible summer several years ago. I hope that you'll be able to find a solution to your peeing problem. Good luck.

[Cataholic]

I totally get your panicky feelings, totally! I have 7 cats, and two weeks ago, I could have told you my pee problems were 99.99% non existant. I have had multiple cats for years, and can only say there have been a handful to times I had pee issues. This last week I have had 4 episodes of peeing, the last time on my bed, as I slept.

I suspect it is Minnie, my feral. I spent just under $400 to rule out the medical. I believe it is behavioural. So, what do I do? I up my scooping, I don't leave anything on the floor (including the bath mat), and this time, I am trying to pay extra attention to her. I was medicating her for potential infection, but now that it has been ruled out, I am not. I grab her and go into the bathroom for about 10 minutes of loving. That is about all she can handle.

One thing you said struck me...that it was almost as if the feliway CAUSED the peeing. I had just switched my plug in, and the peeing started. I am removing it this moment. Is it a coincidence? Maybe...but I am not taking any chances.

I have learned that if you don't get the pee smell up, they will pee again. I absolutely swear by Odorxit. I know others use other products...but, I have yet to experience what Odorxit does. I had someone use those plastic under the bed storage bins as a litterbox. The clothes were saturated, dried and saturated again. The Odorxit totally removed it. I think it is online only, and I need to re-order.

I guess I don't have any real answers for you, but wanted to sympathize with you for what that is worth. Usually, it is temporary. Good luck.

[Freedom]

Oh how I know the feeling!

Once I put Mandy in a bedroom by herself, back in July, it all stopped, here.

So, I am wondering it you can identify a "culprit," and put that one in the room with Cami? See if this calms things down?

Meantime, Cami gets some company and you get to see how that goes!

I put one cat in with Mandy overnight now and again. As long as it isn't Tommy, they get along fine. That darn boy, he is 3 times her size and seems to think he has to PICK ON HER!