Behavioural advise needed!!!

RE: Behavioural advise needed!!!

Sarah S — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:11:10 GMT

Hi, thanks for the reply.

The vets don't think there is a medical component to his behaviour as he actively seeks out his litter tray and will jump up on the bed and look at you then pass a FULL bladder worth of pee and then walk off. Plus he doesn't do it all the time-maybe once a week!

We have Feliway in the house at all times but i'll give the calmex a go as we stock it.

As we have 2 cats, then we already have 2 food bowls and 2 water bowls each in different places around the house as well as 4 litter trays.

I'll try all these suggestions and if these fail then i'll get a behaviourist as i'm sure they'll be able to point out something i'm missing.

RE: Behavioural advise needed!!!

Sarah S — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:50:20 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a go with the solutions recommended and see how it goes. I've only changed the cat litter once so don't think his behaviour is to do with him not liking his litter.

RE: Behavioural advise needed!!!

nickyc — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:38:18 GMT

Personnelly I would get a proper behaviour consult at home carried out.. These type of behaviours are often really complex especially with a multi cat household.. Although they are not cheap behavourist are worth their weight in gold, and they will be able to design and put in place a behaviour modification programme for you. As this will likely not get better on its own. In the mean time I would restart your feliway and add in a product called Calmex. I would also make sure you have several food and water stations, and I would also use different litter types in a few of your trays so the cats have a choice.. Does he definately have full bladder control due to his previous injuries? As this will obviously affect the behaviour if he physically cannot hang on or cannot feel that he needs to go?? You could also try drug therapy, which would help hugely, but I wouldn't do this unless you have a modification programme in place, as then your not really solving the problem, and the aim would be to wean off the drugs once the programme has taken effect and the cat is feeling happier in himself, and able to cope without the medication and not restart the behaviour.

RE: Behavioural advise needed!!!

bumble bee — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:38:58 GMT

Any cat will try to cover stronger smells stronger than its own urine.Anything scented will disintergrate & smell completely different in a few hours/days. Cats sense of smell is about 100 times stronger than ours & combined with the jacobsons organ disinfectants & preventative sprays will smell awful.Recomended method is 10% solution of a biological washing powder/liquid (these digest the ammonia),rinse in plenty of clean water & then lightly spray with surgical spirit .Allow area to dry before allowing cat back in the area.Some cats don't like to much change so try not to change litter substrate to often and rinse well if using disinfectant when washing the trays.Hope this helps.

RE: Behavioural advise needed!!!

Sarah S — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:43:57 GMT

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I changed the cat litter as I wondered whether it was due to the texture that he didn't want to use it properly and both the cats seem happy using it. For a couple of weeks after changing it, he did stop peeing inappropriately but for some reason started up agan. When cleaning out the litter daily, i only change the litter and once a week give it a good clean out.

I watched a feline behaviour webinar that said to use Zoflora to clean up urine as it was safe and effective but again seemed to work for a bit. All the products ive used are ammounia free as I know this will highten the smell of urine and make the problem worse.

RE: Behavioural advise needed!!!

PSA-David — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:34:55 GMT

[quote user="Sarah S"]washed anything he pees on in disinfectant/biological washing powder[/quote]

these won’t help a lot as they contain ammonia, thus will help intensify there urine sent. Try using non-biological.

was there any reason for a change in the cat litter being used?

when he uses a litter try leave a very small bit of soiled matter in there when cleaning. as this will help him to realise where he needs to go also.