How to stop my Male siamese from spraying!! -?

Question

Please help me, we have tried EVERYTHING! We have 4 cats in the house, 2 male and 2 female. 2 of which are siamese and 1 tonkaniese and 1 tabby. 1 siamese and the tonkaniese are both male. It is the siamese one we're having troubles with! He wont stop spraying. They have all been neutered. Nothing as far as we know has changed in the house, yet at every opportunity, he will spray anything! We have used Feliway, which has no affect, and at our wits end.
Our last resort is to adopt out the two siamese - which I really dont want to do. Does anyone know of a good Cat behaviourist/psychologist I can get in touch with - Im desperate!

Thanks for your help!

Help - my cat IS neutered Thats the weird thing about it! There's nothing that is going to stop this cat from spraying! The plug-ins don't work, the neutering doesnt work!

What do I do that doesn't require me to split them up?

Answer 1

We have two male moggies, both neutered at 6 months and now just over a year old. One of them constantly sprayed or urinated in particular areas all over the house - it does appear to be a bit of a myth that neutering will 100 % stop them from spraying.

Take your cat to the vet and first get him checked out for a urinary tract infection - they will probably prescribe antibiotics as a precaution. Our cat was also prescribed "Comicalm" (not sure if that is correct spelling) which enables the cat to relax a bit more - our vet explained that a possible cause of spraying / urinating is stress or maybe bullying from other cats (inside or outside the home). He has been on the calming tablets for 2 weeks now, and touch wood it appears to have worked.

Good luck

Answer 2

The person who would best be able to address your problem would be the veternarian. Neutering usually stops the sprayings, but if it wasn't done early enough it will sometimes continue afterwards. It is a male cat's way of marking territory and advertising there is a male in the area to other males. All cats mark territory, using scent glands in their chins- but that particular odor is not normally noticeable to humans, unlike the urine your cat is spraying. That particular habit was started by the hormones which triggered his puberty, and are now a learned habit. It could be he feels crowded and needs to proclaim himself "top kitty" in the place, or dominance over the other male cat. The quickest way to end kitty habits you don't like is doing something they don't like- usually a hose with a spray bottle, or the like. I had one cat that REALLY liked my cookoo clock and refused to leave it be- even if it meant having to take running leaps to get to it and climbing curtains to make a leap. I tried the Feliway, the spray bottle, the sharp noise- and ended up using an old plastic fly swatter to the posterior whenever he went for the clock. It took three rounds with the swatter and he finally quit. I hated to do it, but I wanted both the cat and the clock, and something had to give. It may come down to something like that for you as well- if all the other methods don't make some progress for you. It's either that or adopt out the cat. The problem with that is, he will either end up an outside cat, or dropped off at a shelter, or worse. The swatter might seem radical, but in the end it might be what saves him and you.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Maybe you are not treating your cats equally, you should make sure they all get the same attention, eat and sleep together and sometimes that helps. Also you should clean the spray with something lemon-y because apparently that helps.

Answer 5

he is marking his dominance over the others by claiming his territory. he may need to go to an 'only cat' home

Answer 6

Get him Neutered!

Answer 7

Get his nuts cut off, it'll soon lose the inclination

Answer 8

Get your male can fixed. They don't spray when fixed.