my cats keeps on marking his teratory in the basement and its starting 2 get relly anoying?

Question

does any1 have any ideas

Answer 1

is he neutered? - Identify the reasons why your cat may be spraying. For instance, if your cat is reacting to the sight of cats outside, block your cat’s view. If your cat is reacting to the scent of cats outside, possibly through a screen door or from odors on your shoes, prevent your cat from coming into contact with these scents. Keep the door closed and remove shoes outside, before entering the home.

- Discourage cats from hanging around outside your house. Motion-activated devices, such as the Critter Gitter™, the Scarecrow™, or the Scraminal™, all function to frighten outdoor cats away. The Scat Mat™ and the Sofa Saver™ can be used to keep outdoor cats away from doors and windows.

- If your cat is spraying in one or a few locations, you can make these areas less appealing, using some type of booby trap, such as Ssscat™. Ssscat™ is a motion-activated device that sprays the cat with a harmless but unpleasant aerosol. Alternatively, you can put out an “unwelcome mat” for the cat by placing foil, plastic wrap, or upside-down vinyl carpet runner where your cat sprays. Be aware that cats often just choose a new spot to spray.

- You can also try eliciting a different behavior in the sprayed locations. Place items that stimulate behaviors incompatible with spraying, such as the food dish or toys, in the spots.

- You can try placing a litter box in each location. If the cat is spraying on the wall beside the litter box, try attaching a liner on the wall and drape it down into the box. Should the cat spray there, the urine at least will drip down into the box.

- Spray Feliway™ in the areas where your cat is spraying. Feliway™ is a synthetic pheromone designed to elicit calm, friendly behavior in cats. Research supports the claim that Feliway™ reduces indoor urine spraying.

- If the spraying is due to conflict among resident cats, you should seek counsel on resolving the conflict. You may need to separate the cats or at least isolate the spraying cat until you are able to restore harmony. If this is not possible, re-homing to reduce your numbers may be the only viable solution. A spraying cat might not spray at all in a new home with fewer cats.

- Drug therapy can help resolve a spraying problem. There are numerous medications that have been demonstrated to be effective in individual cases—e.g., the Benzodiazepines (i.e. Valium), other anti-anxiety drugs (i.e. Clomipramine or BuSpar), or progestins.

- Make sure you clean sprayed areas with an enzymatic cleanser designed to eliminate odors.

Answer 2

This is very frustrating for a cat owner to deal with. There are several things you can try. I am assuming that the problem is only in the basement since that is all you mentioned.
You could find a way to keep him out of the basement. It is very difficult to completely remove cat spray odor. Even if you cannot smell it, he probably still can. So he may be spraying in this particular area because he can smell it from the other times.
Some things you can try to eliminate the the odor are Equalizer, Simple solution, or other products you can find in any pet store.
If you can't block him from the area, put a litter box in the spot he most commonly goes to. This may encourage him to go in the box instead.
If you have multiple cats, this kitty may be one that needs to live by himself. Moving him into a room of his own may help.
If he is not neutered, getting him neutered may help.
These are some good and inexpensive things to try first. If these things don't work, see your vet and/or behaviorist for help. There are some drugs being used for this problem with success.
Keep in mind that this can be a very hard habit to break from a cat. It may take awhile, so try these things for up to months before you give up. You will likely not get results overnight, but that doesn't mean you won't eventually. Be patient.

Answer 3

There are many products that claim to get rid of Urine stains I have tried only one called Urine Gone and it worked great for my cat. It removes the deep down residue that you can't smell, but your cat can smell that keeps the cat coming back to that spot. If that doesn't work there are always professional cleaning services like Planet Urine. URLs for the sites to these things is below in source list.

Answer 4

Get him fixed and maybe keep him out the basement. Be sure his litter box is cleaned often, cats sometimes find somewhere else to go if the litter box isn't up to their standards.

Answer 5

Take him to the vet and get him fixed. Our cats used to that. After we got them neutered they stopped spraying. It's also much healthier for them.

Answer 6

Most of the time if they spray once they continue to spray. Sometimes they stop when they are "fixed" but most of the time it is already a habit and they won't stop.

Answer 7

Is he neutered? That usually stops it.
If he is neutered, check with your vet. The cat may be trying to tell you something is wrong.

Answer 8

take him to the vet he probably is trying to tell you he has a urinary tract infection

Answer 9

get him fixed