Laugh if you must but why would my cat spray all over my brand new comforter?

Question

I just bought it 2 weeks ago, and this morning I noticed my cat (that's been neutered) sniffing my comforter. I put my nose to it and could smell a cat urine smell. They did it to the dust ruffle too.
My kittens are only 5 months old, aren't they too young to spray? And if not why all over my comforter?

Answer 1

Aww man, that just BEYOND stinks. Literatly! Aside from all the answers, which I dont know if I agree with the cat being angry therory. But there's a chance that the comforter you bought had a smell to it, that the cats did not like. It could have come in contact with animal smell from sitting in factories. And im assuming you've washed it, even though you've done that-once they do it, its like drugs, they cant stop. If they were nuetered, they shouldn't be spraying. They might be pissing on it, but spraying is a sign of a health problem, if indeed they are spraying. Nuetered kittens will not spray. Thankfull you still have time (because they are young) to re-train them. If you are gone during they day, consider either taking the comforter off, or putting some type of plastic sheet over it.
You could also try re-turning the comforter, and get another, to see if it is in fact a smell that they sensed. I wont go into re-training the litter box thing, thats sort of self explanitory, but if you need help with anything, feel free to contact me. Good Luck, hope I was of some help.

Answer 2

The cat that was sniffing it wasn't the cat that did it. It was one of the others or another cat snuck in when you weren't looking lol. They will do it because it smells different to the rest of the house so they are claiming it as yours or theirs.

Are the litterboxes cleaned out regularly? Cats are naturally clean creatures and some are very fussy and won't share a box or will only use it once. With two cats, you may need to scoop twice a day (or more) and clean it out every other day. Have you changed the brand or type of litter? Some don't accept changes and they have to be phased in.

You need to wash the comforter and dust ruffle in a laundry detergent which contains enzymes in order to break up the proteins which contain the smell, do not use fabric softener or anything containing ammonia as it attracts cats back to the same place. On the rinse cycle, add a cup of white vinegar which will help neutralise any remaining smell. Urine contains ammonia and cats can't distinguish between it and urine.

Answer 3

No they are not too young they will begin to spray around the 5 or 6 month mark. The reason he is spraying has a lot to do with marking his territory. He loves you and don't want no one else to have you. Now since his neutered, My 2 year old cat begin peeing on my comforter and I called my vet, he said that I had made my cat mad for some reason. He was doing it to get back at me . I think it was because I brought a new cat in my house. I got rid of the new kitty and my cat stopped. Any way I hoped this will help you.

Answer 4

I think cats (and dogs) like to mark new stuff that comes into the home. When my mom got a new couch, the dog peed on it a few weeks after we got it. He did it again after a while. Now he isn't allowed on the couch.
My mom bought a new rug a few weeks ago. When we came back home from visiting relatives in the South and put the rug down, that same night, the dog peed on a corner. He also peed on a toy while we were down South. Doesn't matter if it's 700 miles away, he'll mark it as his territory.

We haven't had problems with the cat, but we neutered him before he started to spray, so....

Answer 5

You have something new in your house so any time something is new to a cat they will mark or spray it so they know that object is now theirs. If you are lucky he wont spray your comforter any more. As for your kittens they are not to young to spray. We have a kitten that is just a few months older than that and he has been spraying for awhile now but our cats do not spray or use it in the house. They have learned by watching our dog that if they have to use it they will go to the door and scratch to be let out so that they can do their business.

Answer 6

I am not laughing. This is very serious. The #1 reason cats are surrendered to shelters.

Go to www.littlebigcat.com. Dr. Jean Hovfe has about four articles on cats' urinating inappropriately. I am sure you will find something in one the articles that will help you with this problem.

If the cats have been neutered and are only five months old I think the possibility of a medical issue is slight. Since you say "neutered" I assume they are both male. Please be sure to check out her article on the horrors of dry food. Males are particularly prone to get alkaline urines, crystals, painful urination, etc. Knowing this about diet may prevent a fatal blockage for your cats in the future.

Answer 7

Cats will spray to mark their territory... i don't know which cat did it though. Try a spray that neutralises bad odours, we have Febreeze in the uk so if you are from a different county i am sure you will find something similar, it doesn't mask the smell but neutralises it so look for that on the spray bottle.

Answer 8

Unfortunately, they are marking their territory, like gang bangers tagging. We adopted a 9 month old male cat that had been a stray and we decided he would be an indoor cat only (his original owner had him neutered and declawed). He wasn't too happy about that and let us know by marking our down comforter. We had it cleaned and he did it again. The vet said he did it to show us he was angry.

Answer 9

Even neutered cats can spray to mark their territory. I'm afraid I don't know how to train a cat to not spray. I don't think it can be done....you might consider making this cat an outdoor only pet.

Answer 10

Sometimes they do this to show other animals that this is "their's" by marking the spot with urine. Does the cat like to sleep there alot? Maybe that is why he is spraying. My kitty used to do that too, but not anymore since he is older.