Does anyone have a male cat, who keeps pissing everywhere?!?!?!?

Question

...it is driving us crazy! he will go sit in a corner where he thinks no one is watching him and pee on things. like shoes clothes blankets, ect... he is not fixed and IS litter trained!

Answer 1

If he is not neutered he is being driven by his hormones to mark territory and spray. Neutering him should take care of this problem. It doesn't matter if he is perfectly litter trained. As long he has his testicles, the hormone will keep on coming. These hormones will also drive him outdoors to seek mates and fights with other males. The urine of an un-neutered male will get very strong and the smell will be difficult to remove from your belongings.

Answer 2

Cats urinate outside the litterbox for many reasons:
a dirty litter box is one possible cause,
he could have a problem with the type of litter in the box
(some types of cat litter can actually harm cats)
if the litter box is placed somewhere he doesn't like (too close to his food and he won't use it, if the area that the box is in is noisy or crowded then he won't want to use it then either-think of all possibilities...is the box in the laundry room? Maybe the drier turned on while he was in the box and he got scared to go in there anymore.)
if the type of litter was recently changed
OR
if the box was recently moved
(most cats are finicky about changing litterbox procedures)
the cat's age should be thought about as well, if he is under a year then he may still be learning how to use the box-if he is a senior cat (cats live to be 20+ years however, once they reach 7 or 8 years old they may be considered senior cats) he may be developing and age problem with the litter box
if the cat is male and is not altered (or was not altered until after he had already learned to spray-altering him now will not change the behavior since he has already learned it)
if the cat feels that his territory was threatened by a visitor or new member of the house (all cats [male, female, altered, un-altered-doesn't matter] all cats have several ways of marking, one is to urinate or "spray" and another is to rub either bodies or their paws against something; they have scent glands all over their body and in their paws which release their scent when they rub up against things such as your legs or your furniture, most cats begin to feel territorial if there is another cat or dog around OR if the cat does not have a scratch post)
if more than one cat shares a litterbox then that can cause territory issues as well, (another reason for your cat to go outside the box)
cats can develop urinary tract infections and when they do it causes them to not want to use the box, so if urinating outside the litter box isn't normal for your cat (even if he still uses the box to make solid bowel movements), you should probably take him to the vet and have them check to see if he has a UTI
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there are ways of training your cat out of this habit:
first you need to throughly clean the place where he urinated (because if he can smell the urination there, he is more likely to urinate there again, if you get rid of the smell then training him will be far easier)
then you will need to educate your self on the problem from your cat's point of view: remember that your cat is not a dog nor a human, he is a cat and he has a problem otherwise he wouldn't have done this-you will need to figure out if this problem is spraying or if this is a litter box problem, because you will handle it differently depending on which kind of problem it is
here is a link to a short video discussing how to tell the difference between spraying and a litter box problem:
http://www.petvideo.com//play.cgi?showid...
if your cat has a spraying problem then follow this link to decide how to handle it better in the future:
http://www.petvideo.com//play.cgi?showid...
and, if you decide your cat is not spraying and that he's having a litter box problem then, at the next link you will find two more short videos discussing how to trouble-shoot common litter box problems such as this:
http://www.petvideo.com//index.cgi?categ...
this link will show you some great products to remove the odor of your cat's urine so that even he (with his excellent sense of smell) won't be able to smell it anymore:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/na...
and here are some informative veterinary articles about cats:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/catego...
I suggest reading the two entitled, "stop your cat spraying 6 easy ways" and the in-depth look at "urinating outside the litter box"
good luck with figuring out what your cat's problem is and training him out of this behavior
please note, if your cat is spraying then you'll notice that he sticks his tail straight up in the air and backs up to a vertical surface then releases a short stream of very smelly urine
whereas a litter box problem would be characterized by the cat squatting down on a horizontal surface and releasing a large amount (a puddle) of urine
spraying is harder to train a cat out of, and requires that you do not get angry otherwise the cat will only do it more
whereas a litter box problem is most often solved by a quick trip to the vet and a good house cleaning
good luck!

Answer 3

Your bad.

You'll probably end up having to have him put down because you weren't responsible enough to get him fixed at 6 months of age.

sorry if that was harsh, but you do what so many people do. You don't research, because if you did, you would know that male cats must be fixed by 6 months of age or they will mark their territory. You would know that this habit, once begun, is almost completely impossible to stop, you would know that a male cat fixed by 6 months of age (BEFORE they start the habit) is almost guaranteed to NOT have this problem.


This is male cat behavior tied to hormones. It is impossible to stop, once started. Your only bet for saving his life and your house is to try to find him a home as a "barn cat." You know, someone who lives in the country and will keep him on their property, outside.

If you fix him now, there IS a small chance he might stop. But there are no guarantees. Certainly not like the 99% guarantee that he never would never have sprayed if he'd been fixed around 6 months of age.

WHY WHY WHY don't people just SPEY and NEUTER???? People kill thousands of cats a year just by refusing to spey and neuter their own.

Answer 4

If he is not fixed, don't blame the cat. It is only natural. You must fix him. And check him for a urinary tract infection, but I think since he is not fixed he is marking. If this has become a habit, you have 50% chance that he will stop it after getting fixed, depending how old he is too (how long he's got the habit for).

Answer 5

Unless you get him fixed, he will continue this behavior.

You should have him checked for a bladder/kidney infection, but male cats are notorious for peeing everywhere.

Unfortunately, some cats develop a habit of scent marking and "inappropriate urination" and never re-train.

There are diapers you can get for him, if he will tollerate it.

Answer 6

Do you have a female cat? Is he an outdoor cat?
Those two things and him not being fixed can cause male cats to be much more territorial.

Answer 7

I did. We had to put him down because he had a UTI (Urinal Tract Infection).
Bring your cat to the vetarenarian (iffy spelling) and see if he has a UTI.
It also depends if you have him neutered. They have still produce testosterone so they feel the need to mark their territory (male dominance and all that jazz).

I'm not really sure, maybe check the internet?

Answer 8

He's marking his territory.
The clothes smell of certain people and he's marking them as "his" people.
Getting him fixed should help with this.

This is one reason why people who breed cats and keep a stud usually keep him in a pen outside.

Answer 9

Unless you plan on breeding him, you should get him fixed. It sounds like he's either spraying or has something else wrong with him. Take him to the vet to make sure.

Answer 10

We had a cat like that, we got him fixed and it cured the problem.

Its because he is marking his spot by the way.