Care for growiing feral kittens

Our 2 feral kittens are now 1 year old and just the most beautiful kittens--Muse and Shadow.

we have 2 questions and would love your help.

1.As they are both long hair,we have concern about hairballs--what is the best product we can give them to avoid this.

2.Shadow,the doctored male either sprayed for the first time or had an accident--either way we were greeted

with that wonderful odour this morning-----

Firstly,I was under the impression that male cats urine didn't smell after they were doctored ???

Secondly,can anyone recommend a product that WORKS for urine smell.

Other than this,the kittens(teenagers???) wre wonderful

Tony and Kat (owned by ex feral kittens Muse and Shadow)

Thank you for taking in 2 kitties and giving them a home! Truly wonderful

For the hairballs there are several products out there that work just great, I really do not have a preference. I use Lax a Nip, or Lax a Tone, because that's what I get at work,and both seem to do just as well as the other. I would get a product from a vet though, instead of buying OTC. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I see so may OTC pet products that do more harm then good, I just don't trust them.

As for the spraying.....how long ago was he neutered? The smell can take a while to go, like a couple of months, especially if he was neutered at a year. If he is freshly fixed his body is still full of testosterone, and that's what is causing the odor. If he has been neutered for a while and still has an odor, I would check with your vet to be certain he wasn't cryptorchid (had an undescended testicle), or if they had a problem locating the teste for some reason. It seems pretty straight forward, but I have seen a vet "miss" on a cat that wasn't very well endowed and they took out a lymph node instead! Not likely, but not impossible either. You will need a good enzymatic cleaner to get rid of the "tom cat" smell. I love Anti Icky Poo, it was designed for cleaning up crime scenes, so it's pretty awesome stuff, I have heard good reviews from people about Nature's Miracle as well. Then there is the issue of WHY did he spray in the first place? If the issue is not fixed at the root, the problem could continue. Was he stressed, did something change, are there cats outside that he feels threatened by? Is he having a medical issue, like a urinary tract infection, so he didn't want to go in the litter box? Do some thinking and see if you can figure out what caused it. Good vibes to you and your cats!

Thanks for your reply

Well he was neutered at about 16 weeks so its quite a long time ago.

He has never sprayed before so I am inclined to think that it was stress of some sort.

He is an indoor cat but spends a lot of time looking out of our sliding doors and there are some outdoor cats that visit now and then.

Being an ex feral cat,we are reluctant to take him to a vet unless really required as that is super stress for him.,he certainly seems healthy.

We will try and locate all the spray spots and clen them and then wait to see if it happens again.

Once again,thanks for your reply

Tony and Kat