Hi everyone!
So here's the scoop:
My 2 year old cat, Okage, had a little of kittens around February. She had three, and we decided to keep one. We named him Brutus, and he's a very playful, affectionate, and opinionated little kitty. At the time, one of the kittens had peed on the futon. We learned it was Brutus. Then there was new urine every day. No amount of cleaner was stopping it, the only thing that temporarily worked was double-sided tape. Eventually, we threw out the futon and got a new couch when the other two kittens had been adopted. The urinating ceased after this.
Now Okage had another litter about 6 weeks ago. There are four little babes. Brutus paid them no attention at first, but now he is quite playful and fatherly to them. Two weeks ago, we found urine on some of my boyfriend's stuff (weaponry for Amtgard, made out of pool noodle, duct tape, and nilon if that's relevent at all). We ended up throwing them out right away so whoever peed wouldn't do it again. Now the kittens are free to roam, and someone has urinated in the exact same spot, on similar items to the first time.
We threw the stuff out again, but my boyfriend is afraid this is getting costly, and is considering getting rid of our two cats (the kittens are all going to have homes in a few weeks anyways).
We're moving into a new place soon that has carpet, so he's worried that they will have similar accidents there, and we'll never get the smell out. Since the two incidents are spaced so far apart, I think there may be an outside trigger, rather than health.
The main problem is:
a) we don't know if Brutus is the one peeing, possibly in protest to the kittens. Or if Okage is doing it, because we don't let her outside anymore and that's where she used to often go to the bathroom (we don't want her pregnant again until we can afford to have her fixed). The items in question are frequently outside, and I wonder if the the 'scent' of outside causes her to want to urinate there.
b) the room isn't often frequented by either cat, or the kittens.
A friend suggested setting up a webcam to catch the culprit, but again, it's only happened twice, so I'm not sure how long we would have to wait for another accident.. especially if it might have only been a matter of the litter boxes being slightly too dirty for someone's liking.
Any suggestions?
I really, really don't want to lose my cats.
So here's the scoop:
My 2 year old cat, Okage, had a little of kittens around February. She had three, and we decided to keep one. We named him Brutus, and he's a very playful, affectionate, and opinionated little kitty. At the time, one of the kittens had peed on the futon. We learned it was Brutus. Then there was new urine every day. No amount of cleaner was stopping it, the only thing that temporarily worked was double-sided tape. Eventually, we threw out the futon and got a new couch when the other two kittens had been adopted. The urinating ceased after this.
Now Okage had another litter about 6 weeks ago. There are four little babes. Brutus paid them no attention at first, but now he is quite playful and fatherly to them. Two weeks ago, we found urine on some of my boyfriend's stuff (weaponry for Amtgard, made out of pool noodle, duct tape, and nilon if that's relevent at all). We ended up throwing them out right away so whoever peed wouldn't do it again. Now the kittens are free to roam, and someone has urinated in the exact same spot, on similar items to the first time.
We threw the stuff out again, but my boyfriend is afraid this is getting costly, and is considering getting rid of our two cats (the kittens are all going to have homes in a few weeks anyways).
We're moving into a new place soon that has carpet, so he's worried that they will have similar accidents there, and we'll never get the smell out. Since the two incidents are spaced so far apart, I think there may be an outside trigger, rather than health.
The main problem is:
a) we don't know if Brutus is the one peeing, possibly in protest to the kittens. Or if Okage is doing it, because we don't let her outside anymore and that's where she used to often go to the bathroom (we don't want her pregnant again until we can afford to have her fixed). The items in question are frequently outside, and I wonder if the the 'scent' of outside causes her to want to urinate there.
b) the room isn't often frequented by either cat, or the kittens.
A friend suggested setting up a webcam to catch the culprit, but again, it's only happened twice, so I'm not sure how long we would have to wait for another accident.. especially if it might have only been a matter of the litter boxes being slightly too dirty for someone's liking.
Any suggestions?
