Wow, this topic sure hit home. Hi, I'm Karen and I'm new to this site, but I've really enjoyed reading all of the articles so far. Our problem is our Black and White cat Scooter. We're just about at our wits end with this one. He has a behavioral problem, and it's...you guessed it...randomly peeing on the baseboards in our home. He totally destroyed the carpet in my husband's old apartment(this is my husband's cat). We moved to CA about a year ago and bought a house. Determined to let our new carpet stay smelling and looking new, we put Scooter in the downstairs master bathroom(it's large and has a window view to the backyard..so we didn't feel bad about leaving him in there). We figured that we would put him in there anytime we were not home and couldn't watch him. My other cat has no litter box problems. Anyhow, it's wierd, because sometimes he'll go a long time without peeing on the floor, and other times it's a daily thing. We took him to the vet earlier several times just in case is was UTI, but it's not. Our new Dr. here in CA pinpointed the prob right away as behavioral. He suggested using drugs. We tried the valium, but it didn't seem to work(it made him really nice and cuddly though!). There was another kind of drug that we were hesitant to try because it could cause a type of cancer that would kill the cat. He said he hadn't seen that happen the 11 years he's been prescribing it, but that doesn't mean anything when it's your cat. So, now we've resorted to buying a cat playpen that we keep Scooter in while we're away and can't watch him. He's basically forced to use his covered litter box, because he's not going to pee in his food or on the shelves in the playpen. Is this a good approach, or is it too mean? We let him out as soon as we get home and watch him like a hawk. He's been pretty good lately, but we still don't trust him enough to let him roam free unsupervised. Once we feel a little more confident, we'll move him back into the bathroom and try that again. We've used the Dr. Fosters and Smith Stain Away for the places he's gone on the tile in the bathroom.
It's a very frustrating thing for him to do for no reason. Any suggestions? What is feliway and where do you get it?

Thanks!