please help me cat people..

[Dar]

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my poor floors are right... I just spent $800+ on bamboo flooring to go in the computer room/home office and my room (they are joined by a door. I think at one time the office was a nursery) the floors have to be done in the same floor cause they connect directly. so thats not bad $400 per room for bamboo! (I think anyway)

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

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I had the same problem with my male cat, who was also neutered. Had this cat for about four years, from a tiny kitten so I know all history. When my daughter was born he started peeing all over the carpet. Took him in and had him checked out, all health systems were fine. Trouble was behavioral not medical. We opted to make him an outdoor kitty, and he prefers that anyway. We opted not to rehome him for a few reasons, first of which being we didn't want to make this behavior someone else's problem. Hes happy outside and healthy.

Fast forward to the home we just moved into. Same issue you are having, but it wasn't with our cat but with the previous owner's cat, with the same results: reflooring the entire house. We also had to paint the subflooring and wait for it to dry, then reapply the Kilz. It worked really well, we now have cherry laminate wood flooring and we don't smell the cat urine at all. With a several cats as you have had, if it were me I would not allow them in the house any longer -- new flooring is expensive!!! I know that sounds like a drastic solution but $7,000+ in new flooring I wouldn't take the chance.

My hope for you is that it is just isolated to the one cat.

 

[kooltex]

That behavior = Outside kitty at our house. Nothing worse than the smell of cat pee. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Skittlez]

I have had this problem also in the past. If your cat would tolerate a xtra large pet porter, maybe you can put him in one with a litter pan, food dish and water dish. I did this with my cat. My pet porter is the largest they make, there was plenty of room for everything the cat needs plus room for laying down. My cats problem was, he didn't like to share the littler box with any other cat. He has his own box, in his own area. He has not peed in my house since. I do have to keep the other cat from using his box, but I am fortunate enough to have my house set up to where it works.

Maybe your can't doesn't want to share a box. I kept my cat in the pet porter for 2 days, then started letting him out for small amounts of time and increased. I always watched him to make sure he wasn't sneaking off to pee.

 

[RiverOtter]

You can try rehabbing with a cage. 2x4s and hardware cloth and make a 3 level cage. Bottom level is just big enough for a really big litterbox. Middle level is a 1/2 shelf for sleeping, top level is 1/2 shelf for food and water.

Doing levels lets it take up less floor space and the cat is far, far less inclined to pee in it's bedding and sleep in the litterbox. I would put it in the living room and keep him confined in it when you aren't all in there watching TV and he can have a lap. And that's where he'd live for the next few months.
While he was in there I'd change his diet to something a vet said was very easy on the kidneys and try several different types of cat litter to find his favorite. Pine stove pellets are much cheaper then feline pine and work the same. Some cats really like shredded paper.'

We crate dogs, this is the same concept. It gives him his own territory and personal litterbox. Some cats just hate sharing. My cats all like to be the first to a clean box so they can spend 10 minutes digging to China. It is apparently wonderful to dig in a pristine box. After it is used once it is business as usual and my one cat will not set foot in a box that another cat has gotten too first. She will balance on the edge. Scooping isn't good enough either. She wants brand new litter in it or her paws ain't touching it!

 

[Dar]

I have 5 litter boxes in the house 3 covered and 2 not covered.. all are deep boxes to avoid an overhanging butt

I have changed the food thats a vet only script so its easier on the kidneys

I have not and will NOT put the cats on an anti depressant! (vet recommended this but the pets are not covered on the health plan..lol)

cats are in the top of the house and dogs are in the bottom of the house.. so cats have the run of the bedrooms and the office and game room... dogs have living room and kitchen and dining room... the reason for this is my moms dog who we are baby sitting since December 4th until June 15th

due to a house fire HATES cats and will chase them because this dog has NO manners and my dad thinks its funny when he chases them

(sour note dont get me started)

the kids spend most of their time in the games room so the cats are not lonely

Kiltz and Zinsser BIN are the same they are both shellac based primers and we will be using lots of it. we had to do this years ago when we were house training the dog who has now passed but she loved to pee in the babys room so when we swapped the carpet out we sealed it and it was fantastic!

 

[debilorrah]

Some male cats are just like that. I have never had a female one do it though. We keep our litter box on a hard floor with no carpet.