WHAT do cats HATE!!!

Sounds bad, I know, but I am desperate!
I adopted a cat named Nina about a year ago who was up to date on everything including spayed. A year later, I find out they lied and she was never spayed. She only had one heat cycle that I know of. Before her heat cycle she started peeing around the house. I foster other cats and some are mommas with babies. She is not social and I assumed that it would stop when they left. Well...when they left she continued to pee in spots around my house. Now the other cats are starting to pee in the same spots. It has progressed to someone (or more than one) peeing on the bathmats in the bathroom and pooping in the shower. We make sure and close the bathroom door so they have now started poopin in the sink outside the master bathroom and peeing on the floor outside the bathroom door. I have treated the carpets with Natures Miracle, Simple Solutions, Vinegar and nothing seems to work. I have put litter boxes and pee pee pads in those areas and they are ignored. I was wondering if there is something that cats really don't like to keep them away from the area?

Some cats hate citrus smells - try lemon peel on the floor or lemon air freshener.

Stopper the drains and put an inch of water in the sink, tub, and shower.

A frustrating situation......

Tape some tin foil to the areas that she pees/poops. I've heard they will not go on the stuff.

Thanks, has anyone heard of placing moth balls around? I heard they don't like them. I will fill the sinks with water before we go to bed. It seems like whenever I close one option, they find another. I have plenty of litterboxes.

Originally Posted by AMYSCRAZY

Thanks, has anyone heard of placing moth balls around? I heard they don't like them.

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I read somewhere moth balls are toxic. Perhaps diluted hot pepper spray?
I tried that on an area where there were electical wires that I did not want my kitties near.

Are moth balls really toxic? I mean, they don't smell that good and I can't imagine a cat running up to one and scarfing it down, but I have seen cats eat some crazy things.

My neighbor sprinkled moth balls around her garden to keep the stray and heer own cats out. I mentioned that I believe moth balls are not good if the cat eats them. She seemed to think it was absurd to think a cat will eat a moth ball in the first place.

Originally Posted by Jen

Are moth balls really toxic? I mean, they don't smell that good and I can't imagine a cat running up to one and scarfing it down, but I have seen cats eat some crazy things.

My neighbor sprinkled moth balls around her garden to keep the stray and heer own cats out. I mentioned that I believe moth balls are not good if the cat eats them. She seemed to think it was absurd to think a cat will eat a moth ball in the first place.

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I did a quick search of the forums...

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...ght=moth+balls

Online article... http://www.petplace.com/article-prin...y.aspx?id=5873

try a dish of their food on the spot/or in the area..ive only had this problem with a semi feral i took in-she might have been afraid at the time to use the box due to my other cats...i put her in a 3 foot dog kennel for a few days with a towel, litter box and water...fed hera little dry in at night and a few meals of wet during day...after 3 days i let her out with the food pan moved to where she peed in the corner. since then shes never peed anywhere but litter box. also try different litter box types/sizes and litters(i have a few cats who hate the silica and most of my guys HATE the wood pellets...fresh step scoopable works well, or tidy cat non scoop. Good luck RJ