About a week ago our two cats were acting funny by our front door. My girlfriend called to me and said the cats our being strange so I told her to open the door and I bet there's a cat outside. Sure enough there he was. We had been feeding him for about a week when we decided to adopt him.
About two days ago we took him to a local shelter and had him neutered, rabies vaccine, FIV vaccine, distemper, and flea treatment. We currently have him set up in a spare bedroom with all the essentials: food, water,litter box, scratch post, window to look outside and there is also a feliway diffuser plugged in his room. When he is in his "saferoom" he is so well behaved and uses the litter box without problem. We started putting our other two cats in their room and allowing our new cat, Dexter, to get familiar with the house. The only problem is he walks around the house and pees in boxes and on rugs. I'm guessing to mark his territory, or perhaps from stress. The shelter estimated his age at around two years old which I know is not ideal for a cat to be neutered after he has reached maturity because spraying and urine marking maybe ingrained in his behavior by now.
I expected there to be some adjustment period for everyone involved but I'm not sure how to get him used to the house and our other two cats without him peeing on everything he comes across. He also licks his testicles (What's left of them) a good amount of the time. Could he have a UTI? I'm not exactly how to proceed from here. He seems content hanging in his room and is happy there. I was thinking about possibly moving the feliway diffuser to the parts of the house he has peed and perhaps adding a few more. I just feel bad keeping him confined to one room all day. We both stop in and sit with him and pet him when we can and he really enjoys it. Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.
About two days ago we took him to a local shelter and had him neutered, rabies vaccine, FIV vaccine, distemper, and flea treatment. We currently have him set up in a spare bedroom with all the essentials: food, water,litter box, scratch post, window to look outside and there is also a feliway diffuser plugged in his room. When he is in his "saferoom" he is so well behaved and uses the litter box without problem. We started putting our other two cats in their room and allowing our new cat, Dexter, to get familiar with the house. The only problem is he walks around the house and pees in boxes and on rugs. I'm guessing to mark his territory, or perhaps from stress. The shelter estimated his age at around two years old which I know is not ideal for a cat to be neutered after he has reached maturity because spraying and urine marking maybe ingrained in his behavior by now.
I expected there to be some adjustment period for everyone involved but I'm not sure how to get him used to the house and our other two cats without him peeing on everything he comes across. He also licks his testicles (What's left of them) a good amount of the time. Could he have a UTI? I'm not exactly how to proceed from here. He seems content hanging in his room and is happy there. I was thinking about possibly moving the feliway diffuser to the parts of the house he has peed and perhaps adding a few more. I just feel bad keeping him confined to one room all day. We both stop in and sit with him and pet him when we can and he really enjoys it. Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.
