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

[karlyb]

I have trouble with a couple of my males spraying all over the house. I'm sure it is behavior and not medical. There are 15 adult cats and one tiny kitten that I'm hoping to find a home for (who am I kidding - he's probably staying). I have lots of high-walled totes for litter boxes and one 15 gallon tub that I bought at the feed store. The alpha male doesn't spray, it's mostly the next two males on the hierarchy that spray all over. I clean with Simple Solution and Nature's Miracle when I see them spray but there is still odor and I'm embarrassed to have anyone come to the house. A spray bottle filled with water has helped cut down on aggressive behavior. At this point drugging them sounds like a good idea if it stops them peeing all over.

All these cats are rescues, well-fed, well-cared for, and much loved. Most of them came knocking on my door looking for a home. I got the oldest boy (almost 18 y/o) from a friend, the next cat from the shelter, the last three from my elderly neighbor who couldn't take care of them, and the rest were strays. Look for me on an upcoming episode of Hoarders (just kidding!).

[Catlady711]

Thank you everyone for the support and suggestions. I'm a little calmer tonight, no pee found...so far, so I can think a bit clearer.

I actually bawled in my vet's office one day and that's when he told me about Clomicalm. Perhaps talk to your vet about Clomicalm and see what s/he says. It's been a godsend for me.

I'll have to ask about it. Normally our vets don't use drugs with behaviour problem cats for whatever their personal reasons are, or it could be our client base just doesn't ask for them. I'll look into it if this keeps up and everyone checks out after antibiotics/urine samples.

What kind of food are you feeding your cats?

Everyone but Jack eats Hills C/D (crystal diet) because of past problems with Ph and crystals mostly struvite, but a few oxilates now and then. Jack has to have W/D for his Megacolon problem since he won't eat fiber any other way and he hasn't had a bad urine report in about 6 years.

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 think it is online only, and

I'll look into that one.

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 can't put anyone else in with Cami. I took Pooky (who used to be her more prefered playmate) in a few times and it desolves into a hissing/swatting fest within a few minutes.

I'm thinking the only way to identify my main peer(s) is to spend alot of money and get a bunch of wireless web cams but I don't have the $$ for that and no clue how to set them up anyway.

What he does is stand up in the litter box and pee straight back. I solved the situation by putting boxes close together and white board against the wall and leaning on the boxes so the pee ends back up in the boxes. I also put a cheap area rug underneath the boxes and some plastic runners.

That's what Bear does! That's why I upgraded to a storage tub. The ones I use are Rubbermaid 39 gal I believe. Keeps the pee inside the box. I measured Bear's rump to know how high I had to buy them. I leave them as is (no cutting an entrance hole) and put a stool against them to make it easier for them to get in. Look like this....

For sprays I use OUT which neutralizes the odor fairly well.

I'll look into that one also.