Hold off on finding a new home for your other critters! The very first thing you have to understand is that some cats are VERY strange and do NOT like change......what-so-ever.
First step is the Feilaway, please give it a week or longer before you make any further adjustments. Depending on the size of your house you may need more than one dispenser. Check on the label, I believe that one outlet covers 850 square feet.
Next, get a black light (remember them from the 70's??) but be prepared. You are going to see things you wish you never had!!
The "good" in all of this is that he is doing this in front of you. That means he is showing you WHEN he is stressed. Try to see what is going on when he does this (or what he just saw or did). Are you changing things inside your house? Have you had a lot of people come & go within the last few days, weeks? Believe it or not, all these things affect some cats.
Yoshi, my flame-point siamese (who is also a feral) started spraying about 2 years ago. What was going on in our house was a LOT of stress...........my mother moved in with us (what a story!) ; I decided to paint some rooms, we bought new furniture........all of this plus the fact that the doors & windows were open (springtime) didn't help him. I didn't know that all this was upsetting him......until one day he ran up to me and sprayed on the brand new couch!
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We now have a Feliway plug-in going......constantly. And yes, he is on kitty Prozac, but I am happy to say that we have been able to reduce the amount down to almost nothing now. Hopefully soon, he will be off of it completely. He is doing really well now, too.
But the main thing is to try to understand what he is going through. The littlest things can really upset a cat.....and they let you know it!! Good luck & hang in there, things WILL get better. You just have to do things slowly for Pickles.........don't upset him!!![]()





) ; I decided to paint some rooms, we bought new furniture........all of this plus the fact that the doors & windows were open (springtime) didn't help him. I didn't know that all this was upsetting him......until one day he ran up to me and sprayed on the brand new couch!
(pronounced: Marley).
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