I lived in another city for a year and during the last six months that I lived there I started feeding two stray young cats. So, when it came time to move, I couldn't just leave them there. When we got them to my parent's house, one of them took off and the other we took to the SPCA (no-kill shelter). Well, a week after we took him the other showed up and my parents decided to just keep him. He (Bandit) is the absolute sweetest cat. Unfortunately, things have taken a terrible turn for him and my parents over the last year.
Bandit started spraying/urinating all over the house over the last year. My mom has taken him to the vet, who found nothing, and they had her start using Feliway. Well, this seemed to work initially but now things have started back up and seem to be getting worse. He is actually now getting up on the counter tops and urinating and seems to be aiming at appliances (coffee maker, compact trashcan, etc.). My mom is just so fed up and doesn't know what to do. She is contimplating taking him to the SPCA but her heart isn't in it. She seems to think having him put down would be more humane than taking him back there, even if they are a no-kill shelter.
I have given her the lists of ideas on the urination/spraying forum to run it over and make sure she's done all of them, but it seems this isn't something she is going to be able to resolve. It will be heart breaking to take him to the SPCA, but with the investment my parent's have made in their new hardwood/carpet/tile floors, I understand why they don't want to live with him this way. By the way, he is an indoor/outdoor cat. The only reason they don't leave him out all the time is that he gets into fights with other cats. He does love to go out though so they don't necessarily want to refine him indoors all the time, especially when he pees everywhere.
So, I wanted to come here and find out if any of you have any suggestions on what to do with nothing else seems to work. Thanks in advance!
Bandit started spraying/urinating all over the house over the last year. My mom has taken him to the vet, who found nothing, and they had her start using Feliway. Well, this seemed to work initially but now things have started back up and seem to be getting worse. He is actually now getting up on the counter tops and urinating and seems to be aiming at appliances (coffee maker, compact trashcan, etc.). My mom is just so fed up and doesn't know what to do. She is contimplating taking him to the SPCA but her heart isn't in it. She seems to think having him put down would be more humane than taking him back there, even if they are a no-kill shelter.
I have given her the lists of ideas on the urination/spraying forum to run it over and make sure she's done all of them, but it seems this isn't something she is going to be able to resolve. It will be heart breaking to take him to the SPCA, but with the investment my parent's have made in their new hardwood/carpet/tile floors, I understand why they don't want to live with him this way. By the way, he is an indoor/outdoor cat. The only reason they don't leave him out all the time is that he gets into fights with other cats. He does love to go out though so they don't necessarily want to refine him indoors all the time, especially when he pees everywhere.
So, I wanted to come here and find out if any of you have any suggestions on what to do with nothing else seems to work. Thanks in advance!