How can I control the spell in my house?

Question

My husband and I moved in with my parents, in order to save up money to buy our own house. I have 3 cats of my own, my parents have 4 cats. We have a total of 2 females and 5 males. The cats all get along, but I think the males are having a spray war... What can I do to get them under control and stop peeing on EVERYTHING?

Yes I meant Smell... Sorry.....

All of them are nuetered except 1, so why are all of them peeing everywhere? All cats have access to outside and we have 5 littler pans. It seems they use the living room for a bathroom especially near my kids toy box. I have tried carpet shampoos, pet odor removers, odor neutralizers, air fresheners.... even after shampooing the rugs I can sttill smell it...

Answer 1

have them fixed, if that isnt what you want to do, you are going to have to live with it lol, you can also spray bitter apple, bitter lime spray, they will smell it and turn away from spraying there, but unless u want to spray your whole house Good luck

Answer 2

there are a lot of things you can do. i've found pheromone products that you can buy on the internet and at pet stores to be rather effective. also, if they are going in the same places over and over again, a product called catScram is really good, it emits a high-pitched noise that is motion activated and can't be heard by people or dogs, but it drives the cats wormy and they don't go anywhere near it. also, cleaning the urine sprays ASAP with straight ammonia will neutralize the odors that mark the territory, so to speak, and that can help keep them from spraying so often. or you can just keep the males from the two households separate.

Answer 3

Because cats are territorial, that 3 new cats have suddenly moved into your parents' cats' house is going to cause problems. Gradually allowing the cats to get used to one another (keep the new cats in a room by themselves for a few days, allowing all the cats to get used to one anothers' scents and to approach the door on their own) and this is followed by gradual steps in allowing them to get to know one another. They still may never like one another (cats are picky) but they are less likely to spray because they will feel less threatened.

Another approach (if it's too late for a gradual introduction) is to have supervised visits between the cats--allow the most mellow to get to know one another first, followed by allowing the most mellow with the more high strung and intervening (separating them) when violence erupts. You want the cats to associate pleasurable feelings with one another and not negativity. So, supervise play between pairings of cats, give them treats when they are together, and gradually increase the numbers of cats that are permitted to be in the room together. You'll also want to get that one cat that is not fixed neutered as soon as he is old enough.

It's going to take a lot of work; but it is possible for tolerance between cats to develop. If negativity becomes a habit (kitty violence and/or spraying) it is harder to change--best to put in the efforts now.

For the cleaning up the spray, many pet stores sell products that will help--I have used a carpet deodorizer with baking soda in it that helped when my cat sprayed once (thank goodness it was only once! he was stressed by the introduction of a new cat, even with the gradual introduction method). Citrus is often used to keep cats away from areas you don't want them to go near: so,after cleaning up, you may wish to rub lemon or spray a natural orange scent (non-toxic) onto the surfaces they have been spraying to prevent them from spraying in the same places.

Be consistent and be patient--these behaviors are not going to change immediately. Lots of luck to you.

Answer 4

well i have 23 cats and all my males are nutered and my females are spaded, and that helps some of it. u cant realy stop it but if u wipe every thing down bleach its gets the smell out pretty good if that dosnt work try washing the sprayed items of with amonia and water. (did u know thats female cats spray too)

Answer 5

You are talking about smell, not spell.

Have them all fixed. Clean the mess with Oxy Pet and make sure their litter boxes are separate and always clean.

Good Luck!

Answer 6

try febreeze air effects it not only smells good but it also eliminates the odor completley. it doesn't just cover the smell for an hour or so...

Answer 7

You got too much. Eliminate a few of them.

Answer 8

shampoo the carpet/s. and have them fixed...

Answer 9

you might have to....nuture them. we had the same problem until we chopped *them* off. -_-;

Answer 10

get rid of them.