I am cross posting from another forum I belong to with the hope someone can help Tigger.
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My husband and I need some advice...since we got Tigger from his coworker 4 years ago he has had this bad habit of urinating on stuff. Anything from clothes in clothes baskets, to anything laying on the floor (including dog toys), on rugs etc. I'm sure you get the picture. We have done everything we can think of. We took him to the vet to make sure nothing was wrong, he's fine. We had done the feliway (I think thats what that stuff is called) thing. I have tried making sure there is nothing for him to urinate on sitting on the floor (like towels or clothes) and that is when he started going on the dogs toys. I have tried cleaning the litter box everyday to make sure it stays clean. Nothing has helped. In the last week he has gone into the bathroom twice (where his litter box is) and urinated on the bathroom rugs instead of in the box. We do have two litter boxes one for each cat, but it was their decision to share. The cats use which ever on is closer to them when they need to go.
We live in an apartment at the moment; however, we are in the process of purchasing our first house. This is where the problem is, we love Tigger dearly but we do not want him ruining our house. We have discussed trying to find him a new home but he has Indolent Ulcers in his mouth, so I don't think it would be very easy to adopt him out. Not to mention the stress of the situation will make his mouth swell up. So we are stuck between a rock and a hard place. We are going to be investing alot of money into this house, but we also don't take having a pet lightly. We made a commitment when we got him and I feel really bad for wanting to get rid of him. All of our friends and family say we should have gotten rid of him a long time ago because of this, but we have stuck with him hoping he would grow out of it. At his age now it's a learned behavior and I do not see any way to get him to stop. I would appreciate any advice you can give. We will be closing on our house sometime in June, so we have less than a month to figure out what to do. Help please!!!!
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My husband and I need some advice...since we got Tigger from his coworker 4 years ago he has had this bad habit of urinating on stuff. Anything from clothes in clothes baskets, to anything laying on the floor (including dog toys), on rugs etc. I'm sure you get the picture. We have done everything we can think of. We took him to the vet to make sure nothing was wrong, he's fine. We had done the feliway (I think thats what that stuff is called) thing. I have tried making sure there is nothing for him to urinate on sitting on the floor (like towels or clothes) and that is when he started going on the dogs toys. I have tried cleaning the litter box everyday to make sure it stays clean. Nothing has helped. In the last week he has gone into the bathroom twice (where his litter box is) and urinated on the bathroom rugs instead of in the box. We do have two litter boxes one for each cat, but it was their decision to share. The cats use which ever on is closer to them when they need to go.
We live in an apartment at the moment; however, we are in the process of purchasing our first house. This is where the problem is, we love Tigger dearly but we do not want him ruining our house. We have discussed trying to find him a new home but he has Indolent Ulcers in his mouth, so I don't think it would be very easy to adopt him out. Not to mention the stress of the situation will make his mouth swell up. So we are stuck between a rock and a hard place. We are going to be investing alot of money into this house, but we also don't take having a pet lightly. We made a commitment when we got him and I feel really bad for wanting to get rid of him. All of our friends and family say we should have gotten rid of him a long time ago because of this, but we have stuck with him hoping he would grow out of it. At his age now it's a learned behavior and I do not see any way to get him to stop. I would appreciate any advice you can give. We will be closing on our house sometime in June, so we have less than a month to figure out what to do. Help please!!!!
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