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| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
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| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5089 |
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3055.0. "Revenge on Mommy?" by TALLIS::FRANCESCHI () Thu Nov 16 1989 17:15
Medea is an 8 year old, beautiful sable Burmese kitty. She is an
indoor kitty, spayed, and the most loving playful kitty I've ever had;
and up until recently, also the best behaved kitty I've ever had.
Here is some background: I've had her for about a year. We lived in
an apartment until I moved back home with my parents in June. Then
some trouble started. It appears that she was previously in a 1 cat/1
dog home (except when she was breeding) and when we moved in with my
parents, it became a 3 cat/1 dot environment. She has no problem with
the dog, but my Medea has taken over the upper 2 levels of the house
and has confined Midnite, a nervous anyway black kitty, and Popsicle, a
huge fluffy orange tabby tomcat more than twice her size (both are
indoor/outdoor cats) to the lowest level. Popsicle has just started
venturing up since he discovered Medea is more howl and hiss than bite
and has no claws up front. I am hoping that the 3 cats will eventually
live in harmony/and or learn to pass eachother like ships in the nite.
The problem I am having now is, as of about 8 weeks ago, if I go away
for the nite on a weekend, she urinates on my bed. She doesn't urinate
anywhere else except for her litterbox at any other time. I think this
may be revenge on her Mommy. The nites I am not there for her to
cuddle up with, she becomes the "grandcat" and sleeps between her
grandmommy and granddaddy, both who adore her almost as much as I do,
and hug her and play with her and cuddle with her, so it's not as
though she is alone. I have resigned myself to covering my bed with
plastic when I don't spend the nite at home so she won't damage the
matress (which I am having trouble getting the smell OUT) any further,
but is there any advice on hopefully getting her to stop this?
ANY advice would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Gina and Medea
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| 3055.1 | that's a tough one | FORTSC::WILDE | Ask yourself..am I a happy cow? | Thu Nov 16 1989 17:22 | 11 |
| Once was probably a punishment for leaving her...now, Medea smells the
spot and goes back. There are enzyme treatments on the market that
are designed to kill the scent, even for the cat, but I don't know how
well they work with a mattress. You might check with a manufacturer
of one of the products by letter and ask them what they think. Most
pet supply centers will carry one of the "smell removers" and their
labels carry the address for questions. Good luck on this one...it
can be hard to clean a mattress of the smell of anything.
Other than that, plastic over the bed is the next best thing I can
think of.
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| 3055.2 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Thu Nov 16 1989 18:03 | 11 |
| I had this problem with Holly. I have two suggestions for dealing with
the mattress problem. The rest of it I think is just waiting for things
to settle down and giving her extra love and cuddles. here are the
suggestions: (1) yes, an enzyme product like Nature's Miracle does
work on mattresses. Be prepared to wait a couple of weeks for the
smell of the NM to go away however as it is extraordinarily slow
drying. NM smells _awful_. (2) A mail order place sells mattress
pads with plastic sandwiched in between normal mattress pad stuff, so
you don't have to do the plastic on the bed number. I will try to
remember to bring in the address. I think it is the Vermont Country Store.
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| 3055.3 | | CRUISE::NDC | DTN: 297-2313 | Fri Nov 17 1989 07:59 | 18 |
| How long have you been living at home?
I would interpret her urinating on your bed as insecurity rather
than punishment. She considers you her territory and when you
aren't around she feels even more insecure in this new environment.
Spraying is a cat's way of saying "This belongs to me" - I believe
that is what she's doing.
I had a fostercat who caused real problems. The tough part
was Mao's reaction. Anyway when I discussed the problem with
the vet and said he'd been there three months, the vet told me that
wasn't a long time for the cat to adjust. So if its only been a
month, well they're just getting started.
re: Nature's Miracle etc You can also get this stuff at cat shows
(Plymouth on 11/18, Haverhill on 12/2-3) at very reasonable prices.
Nancy DC
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