I went through this last fall when we put down new carpet and painted in the living room and dining room. The carpet hadn't been down 24 hours before I caught Ripley backing up to a corner the dining room and spraying - he never sprays.

Everyone here told me to use Feliway so I bought a plug-in for the dining room and I used the spray all around the living room. It seemed to help. We caught him trying to spray one or two more times and luckily nothing since, knock on wood.

We are about to have hardwood, vinyl and carpet put down in 2/3 of our house and I'm so afraid it will start up again. Reading your post just makes me really afraid now.

Cats and my husband - the two things on earth that can't stand change.