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Note 2130.0 PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE URINATING CAT No replies
ERLANG::MAHONEY 0 lines 11-JAN-1989 11:03
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I wonder if someone can help me. I have three cats. The oldest
is about 1 1/2 years old and I have had him about a year. He is
the most affectionate cat I have ever seen and very people oriented.
I got him from the humane society. He is neutered and an indoor
cat. The other two are one that is about a year and we have had
her since she was a kitten. She is not spayed tho yet and goes
into heat frequently. The last, youngest one is a maine coon cat
and is about 9 months. She is spayed and very well tempered. The
problem we are having is that one of them is urinating on my furniture
in the living room and I don't know which one it is. We had one
cat that would go on anything personal of ours when we went away
for a weekend etc and left them in the house with food etc. We
figured it was Franie the oldest and most affectionate because he
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| 2130.2 | | VAXWRK::DUDLEY | | Wed Jan 11 1989 12:20 | 6 |
| The first order of business, IMHO, is to get your female
cat spayed. I don't find it surprising in the least that
you may be having an indiscriminate urination problem
because of this.
Donna
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| 2130.3 | | WITNES::HANNULA | Round Up the Usual Suspects | Wed Jan 11 1989 12:31 | 5 |
| My thinking was along the same lines as Donna's. Could it be that
when your female goes into heat, which you mentioned was frequently,
could cause you male to react to her scents and spray?
-Nancy
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| 2130.4 | It is the unspayed female | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Wed Jan 11 1989 15:19 | 13 |
| Female cats that are allowed to go in and out of heat frequently
without being bred will very often start spraying.
Get her spayed right away. It is not healthy for her to be in heat
that much without being spayed. Plus, she is trying to tell you
something by marking your furniture.
If you really want to find out if it is her, confine her to a bathroom
and see if the marking stops. Of course, this isn't a sure fire
way since once one cat marks, the others will often follow suit
in the same places.
Jo
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| 2130.5 | | ERLANG::LEVESQUE | Torpedo the dam; Full speed astern! | Thu Jan 12 1989 08:16 | 9 |
| I heard of a similar problem once. The household contained an unspayed
female and a neutered male. When the female went into heat, the
male would try to mount her. As he was unable to copulate, he began
to spray out of frustration and also to mark the territory against
any unseen intruders that might try to take his mate away. It is
possible that your male cat is doing the spraying as a result of
the smells he encounters from your whole female.
The Doctah
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