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This is Izzy   He's a 3 year old Siamese that we've had for two years. I love this cat, he's sweet, loving, and gets along great with our other cats. He's also a playful jerk, will crawl up into my lap, purr like a chainsaw and then attack my face before running off only to come back and do it again. I don't think I've ever had such a great cat in all my life but he's stressing me out tremendously. He pees on the carpet constantly. The same space, twice a week at least no matter what we do. He's also hitting our entertainment center and I found dry pee all over my a/v receiver. We've taken him to the vet, he got a clean bill of health, no bladder issues at all. Nevertheless we put him on a prescription diet. This didn't change things. So we changed out his food again and again with no change. He and the other two cats have 4 enormous litter boxes, each with a different brand of litter. He still pees on the rug. I don't know what else to do, he keeps peeing. We finally moved our furniture around to block his spot and he peed on the front of the couch we moved over there. I don't know what to do. In January we are moving to a brand new complex, we will be the first tenant in the unit with brand new carpet. My girlfriend will also be the property manager of this complex. We can not have a rug-destroying cat. I need help. I need suggestions. I can't get rid of this guy and locking him in a cage or bathroom 3/4 of the day is cruel. Help me, please.
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Jul 16, 2014 00:19
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Have you tried putting a box on the spot he keeps revisiting to pee on? Have you tried soaking the peed on areas with enzymatic cleaners like Nature's Miracle? Is he fixed? Are there cats outside in the neighborhood? Have you gone back to your vet/gotten a second medical opinion? Have you considered anti-inflammatory supplements/ or anti-stress supplements? For some cats, cat stress = inflamed urethra = inappropriate peeing. It's difficult to get a clear sign of a medical issue if there's no blood in the urine.
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Jul 16, 2014 03:13
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Have you tried Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract Litter? This did wonders v for my cat with issues. Do you clean the places he pees with an enzymatic cleanser? I also like this to read through to maybe give you some ideas. http://www.vet.cornell.edu/FHC/health_resources/brochure_housesoiling.cfm
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Jul 16, 2014 03:16
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pandaid posted:Have you tried putting a box on the spot he keeps revisiting to pee on? I've poured two whole bottles on that spot over the last 6 months. He is fixed. We live on the second floor, there are few strays. There are dogs on the other side of the building but he never sees them. We have been to two vets, all his tests come back fine. I can't see how he's stressed, if I have to vacuum I gather the cats up, close them in the bedroom so they don't get traumatized by the noise. He just loafs around all loving day.
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Jul 16, 2014 03:36
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OP, did you steal my cats???  On a serious note, has there been any changes? Has he always grown up with these other two cats? Is this a NEW thing (the peeing) or something that he's always done? Is he peeing or spraying to mark territory?
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Jul 16, 2014 03:50
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DLAO posted:OP, did you steal my cats??? I got a black one too! We've been in this apartment for 14 months, these three cats have lived together for two years now. The cats almost never fight, when they do it's pretty obvious play fighting. And it's just this one spot over and over, we haven't found any pee anywhere else.
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Jul 16, 2014 03:58
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How many litter boxes do you have? There may have been a litter box dispute, and Izzy's just going, "gently caress, i'll just piss here". Put a small litter box in the location he's pissing, put Cat Attract in the box. Get a new bigger box, put it in a quite accessible corner away from the old litter box. My sister's 'Middle Child' cat, Atticus, had a similar phase. He was being swatted at by the bigger brother cat when he went to use the box, so he started pissing on the ottoman. She put a small box under the ottoman temporarily, found space for another box box, phantom pissing stopped.
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Jul 16, 2014 13:11
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I have a Siamese with the saaaaame problem. One word. Prozac. It's 15 bucks for a million pills that you cut into fourths. After one week he stopped completely. Do it!
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Jul 17, 2014 04:56
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Maximusi posted:I have a Siamese with the saaaaame problem. One word. Prozac. It's 15 bucks for a million pills that you cut into fourths. After one week he stopped completely. Do it! From my vet? I'll look into it!
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Jul 17, 2014 04:59
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Yep. You can also get it online, but you need a prescription. Do not stop giving him pills, or he'll go right back to peeing. You might not understand why, but your cat might be stressed out. When I moved to a new place, my cat started peeing along this one wall (I think because there are cats outside). I tried the feliway crap, didn't work. I tried moving the litter boxes. The only thing I didn't try was blocking the window. But anyway shortly after giving him the prozac, he calmed down and stopped completely. I've tried taking him off the prozac, but he always returns to his psycho, cat-peeing state. I use those pill pockets to give them to him, which makes things a lot easier. Make sure you get a pill cutter, unless the vet cuts the pills for you.
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Jul 17, 2014 05:04
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Maximusi posted:Yep. You can also get it online, but you need a prescription. Do not stop giving him pills, or he'll go right back to peeing. You might not understand why, but your cat might be stressed out. When I moved to a new place, my cat started peeing along this one wall (I think because there are cats outside). I tried the feliway crap, didn't work. I tried moving the litter boxes. The only thing I didn't try was blocking the window. But anyway shortly after giving him the prozac, he calmed down and stopped completely. I've tried taking him off the prozac, but he always returns to his psycho, cat-peeing state. I use those pill pockets to give them to him, which makes things a lot easier. Make sure you get a pill cutter, unless the vet cuts the pills for you. I will ask the vet when we go in for his check up. Last night I bought a whole new bottle of Nature's Miracle and doused like 10 square feet with it. So far so good.
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Jul 17, 2014 05:09
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Three days with no pee! He's being such a good boy 
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Jul 20, 2014 06:14
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Jul 20, 2014 16:19
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One of our cats just out of the blue started peeing in spots when we was 4ish. Was puzzling as to us nothing had changed that would trigger it. What we finally settled on that worked was we noticed he repeatedly peed in the same places and we just put food bowls in all those random places, he never pees near his food. Eventually (read three pretty painful years later) he stopped the habit as randomly and seemingly without reason as he started it. So far so good.
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Aug 2, 2014 08:37
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Has anyone suggested you pee on the cat yet?Rhyno posted:Three days with no pee! Oh good! I'm glad he's behaving.
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Aug 11, 2014 20:56
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gluing up the cat's penis is not an acceptable solution
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Aug 12, 2014 02:27
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He had another peeing binge, peed on some DVDs and a book. We bought yet another new type of food and some stuff to put in his litter that will tell us if he's has crystals in his bladder. We just got confirmation that we do indeed get the new apartment, possibly as soon as November 1st so we need to get him sorted out or else he's gonna have to live in a bathroom.
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Aug 12, 2014 05:36
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Poor kitty, poor you. He's adorable. Did you try the Prozac?
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Aug 13, 2014 02:40
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Uncle Salty posted:Poor kitty, poor you. He's adorable. Did you try the Prozac? The vet doesn't think it's a good idea, We're gonna take him in one last time and have them run a bunch of tests on his pee and bladder. If nothing has changed we'll do the prozac. And thanks, he knows he's pretty and will mug for the camera/phone if he sees you holding it.
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Aug 13, 2014 03:49
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I'll throw in a vote for prozac if nothing comes up on tests. My cat takes it daily after having a lot of pee incidents and hasn't peed anywhere weird since he's been taking it for the past 2ish years. I originally planned to wean him off, but his vet told me that some kitties (including mine) just do better on it if they take it indefinitely. Not only has it stopped his pee problem, but he's become much more relaxed, too. It's also dirt cheap-- I pay $9 for a 2-month supply at Target.
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Aug 15, 2014 04:22
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Have you considered a collar camera? to get a cat view. On my cat is from hell they discovered that another cat was looking in the window and stressing out their cat . season 5 from memory
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Aug 15, 2014 11:03
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