I am way past slightly annoyed right now. My one cat, Tycho, pees on the basement floor. A lot. For no apparent reason. And we know it's him and not the other cat because we've caught him.
He was just at the vet for his annual physical last week - no obvious issues, but I forgot to ask about his bladder since we hadn't had any incidents recently (so I thought.) I plan on making him a new appointment this week just to check his bladder and whatnot, but he's been doing this for so long that I don't think it's a UTI.
The couple of times I've caught him or found a new spot, I've rubbed his nose in it and told him NO. I then scrub the area and spray it down with Nature's Miracle. And then he moves on to another spot.
A couple of times, I've moved his litter boxes to accommodate his newest pee habits. Doesn't change anything. I scoop the two boxes every night and empty them and scrub them once a week. When he does use the box, he pees high on the side - doesn't squat at all. The spot where the boxes are located is covered in plastic shower curtains - floor and walls - to protect the ground. We've tried four different types of litter boxes, including a Littermaid.
He's never peed upstairs as far as I know, so it's not necessarily laziness - I mean, he has to go downstairs and all the way to the back of the basement, further than the litter box, to get to his newest pee spot.
Sometimes he pees on Russ's stuff - like today I found a nice huge section of Russ's play area rug had been peed on and several toys ruined. But sometimes he just chooses a corner with nothing in it, so it's not necessarily "revenge" for having a baby. (No, Russ hadn't been down there playing recently, and yes, I threw out the rug, shelves and toys that were peed on - that's why I'm so frustrated and he's so close to living in diapers right now!!)
As far as I can tell, nothing specific sets this off. I don't change his litter type, I don't change his food. He's flown back and forth to New Jersey several times with no serious issues. He's moved several times with us and this is the first house he's had issues in.
This summer I spent my time scrubbing every inch of the basement floor, priming it and painting it in order to mask any smells that may or may not have been setting him off. Obviously didn't help.
PLEASE, help! Any info I can have to discuss with the vet, anything. He's seriously close to diapers right now. When I was scrubbing the floor under the rug, I was nearly crying because I know I won't take him to a shelter - with his track record, he would never get adopted. But he's only 6 years old and I can't live with him peeing on my stuff for another ten years or so.
He was just at the vet for his annual physical last week - no obvious issues, but I forgot to ask about his bladder since we hadn't had any incidents recently (so I thought.) I plan on making him a new appointment this week just to check his bladder and whatnot, but he's been doing this for so long that I don't think it's a UTI.
The couple of times I've caught him or found a new spot, I've rubbed his nose in it and told him NO. I then scrub the area and spray it down with Nature's Miracle. And then he moves on to another spot.
A couple of times, I've moved his litter boxes to accommodate his newest pee habits. Doesn't change anything. I scoop the two boxes every night and empty them and scrub them once a week. When he does use the box, he pees high on the side - doesn't squat at all. The spot where the boxes are located is covered in plastic shower curtains - floor and walls - to protect the ground. We've tried four different types of litter boxes, including a Littermaid.
He's never peed upstairs as far as I know, so it's not necessarily laziness - I mean, he has to go downstairs and all the way to the back of the basement, further than the litter box, to get to his newest pee spot.
Sometimes he pees on Russ's stuff - like today I found a nice huge section of Russ's play area rug had been peed on and several toys ruined. But sometimes he just chooses a corner with nothing in it, so it's not necessarily "revenge" for having a baby. (No, Russ hadn't been down there playing recently, and yes, I threw out the rug, shelves and toys that were peed on - that's why I'm so frustrated and he's so close to living in diapers right now!!)
As far as I can tell, nothing specific sets this off. I don't change his litter type, I don't change his food. He's flown back and forth to New Jersey several times with no serious issues. He's moved several times with us and this is the first house he's had issues in.
This summer I spent my time scrubbing every inch of the basement floor, priming it and painting it in order to mask any smells that may or may not have been setting him off. Obviously didn't help.
PLEASE, help! Any info I can have to discuss with the vet, anything. He's seriously close to diapers right now. When I was scrubbing the floor under the rug, I was nearly crying because I know I won't take him to a shelter - with his track record, he would never get adopted. But he's only 6 years old and I can't live with him peeing on my stuff for another ten years or so.