My male cat seems to pee in the summer. He is urinating, not spraying. We have 2 cats (the other is famale), a dog and a guinea pig. The cats are 8 years old this summer, the dog is a Cavalier King Charles and is 15 this summer. The cats have been together their whole lives, the dog came into their lives when they were 4-5 years old, though they have lived with a dog their whole lives. The dog is disiniterested in cats, but will eat out of the litter boxes, so we have them blocked or up high.
We live in a two bedroom flat and have three litter boxes with unscented corn litter. Both cats prefer dirty, smaller boxes. The male, Ferris, will generally not use a freshly cleaned box with fresh litter until the female goes first. The boxes are not covered and scooped around twice daily. Ferris is rewarded with a treat every time he uses the box. He actually started faking it to get more treats at one point.
When we brought the dog Misha initially, he was OK for 6 months. Then Misha started eating cat deposits so we got a litter robot. Ferris was so upset by it, that he started to use the carpet. We switched back to traditional boxes, but the problem never stopped. He is put in a 4 story cat condo when he pees and let out on supervision. This happens usually twice in the summer and takes 4-8 weeks to reintigrate him with confidence. He doesn't seem to have issues in the winter.
He is also obsessed with food and constantly yowling for it. If you go near it, he will run under your feet and trip you. He has been this way his whole life. He eats 1/2c Science Diet (he has IBD and will lose it from both ends even on the natural foods if we switch) split into two meals daily. The food is put into a ball with holes that he has to bat around to get it to come out. He is a healthy weight. We will switch both cats to canned when we have more money. He also craves attention, and is always always always dancing around in yor lap and demanding to be pet. We don't pay him as much attention as he likes because we are both in grad school. He is leash trained and comes out in the nice weather to garden with me.
We have tried feliway, more litterboxes, larger litterboxes, paying more attention to him, and cat attract. Nothing seems to work but confinement and reintegration.
He has also been cleared by the vet every time. He is healthy with no issues other than the IBD that only bothers him when he eats foreign cat food.
I am really at my wits' end with him. He is going to be permanently in diapers because I can't stand the pee! Help please!
We live in a two bedroom flat and have three litter boxes with unscented corn litter. Both cats prefer dirty, smaller boxes. The male, Ferris, will generally not use a freshly cleaned box with fresh litter until the female goes first. The boxes are not covered and scooped around twice daily. Ferris is rewarded with a treat every time he uses the box. He actually started faking it to get more treats at one point.
When we brought the dog Misha initially, he was OK for 6 months. Then Misha started eating cat deposits so we got a litter robot. Ferris was so upset by it, that he started to use the carpet. We switched back to traditional boxes, but the problem never stopped. He is put in a 4 story cat condo when he pees and let out on supervision. This happens usually twice in the summer and takes 4-8 weeks to reintigrate him with confidence. He doesn't seem to have issues in the winter.
He is also obsessed with food and constantly yowling for it. If you go near it, he will run under your feet and trip you. He has been this way his whole life. He eats 1/2c Science Diet (he has IBD and will lose it from both ends even on the natural foods if we switch) split into two meals daily. The food is put into a ball with holes that he has to bat around to get it to come out. He is a healthy weight. We will switch both cats to canned when we have more money. He also craves attention, and is always always always dancing around in yor lap and demanding to be pet. We don't pay him as much attention as he likes because we are both in grad school. He is leash trained and comes out in the nice weather to garden with me.
We have tried feliway, more litterboxes, larger litterboxes, paying more attention to him, and cat attract. Nothing seems to work but confinement and reintegration.
He has also been cleared by the vet every time. He is healthy with no issues other than the IBD that only bothers him when he eats foreign cat food.
I am really at my wits' end with him. He is going to be permanently in diapers because I can't stand the pee! Help please!
