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Hello guys Before I trouble you with the actual problem I'm having, let me give you a bit of a background first.
I adopted a very young kitten about a month ago and we estimate that by now it's about 2.5 months old. It's a male. When he first came into my home, he was such a good little boy, asking for a lot of contact but also sleeping and resting a lot. He got his parasite paste and got washed and all that, and he's looking healthy. The vet looked at him and confirmed that he's healthy and strong. He uses his litterbox regularly. He even switched from bentonite to wooden pellets with ease. I keep it clean, sift it every other day, take out the solid waste twice a day. I don't wash it with anything that contains ammonia, and I wash it monthly.
He eats Orijen dehydrated catfood now, I mix it with cooked liver and egg sometimes as well as wet foods for cats. He has different toys - mice (which he loves), balls, scratching post where he can climb, pinecone wands that I made etc, so he's not bored when I'm not around.
So as you can see, he is being taken care of with a lot of love and dedication.
Now for the tricky part. I work 8 hours a day and live alone. He doesn't mind that time because whenever I come back home, it's intact - everything is where it's supposed to be. Whenever I come home I take care of his needs and play with him for at least half an hour up to an hour but he never tires, and I do. So I thought, ok energetic cat, it's nature.
However, when and if I don't pay attention to him or reprimand him for say - sticking his nose into my coffee cup or my plate and put him down to the floor, he pees. He peed in my lazy bag, on the cushions on my chairs, anywhere. And I reprimand him for that (I use the water sprinkler) but it just doesn't work. He does that out of... spite? I know cats don't have that emotion but still, looks like that.
Vet suggested adding valerian root into his water every 24 hours, but it doesn't work. He doesn't care about valerian at all. Or catnip. He's completely resistant.
If you have any suggestions please let me know... I'm at the end of my wit. I don't want to give him away but I will have to if this continues :/ I will have him sterilized after his re-vac, but until then I don't know what to do.
And by the way - his instincts couldn't have kicked in yet, and it's not spraying. It's definitely urine.
Thank you in advance!
I adopted a very young kitten about a month ago and we estimate that by now it's about 2.5 months old. It's a male. When he first came into my home, he was such a good little boy, asking for a lot of contact but also sleeping and resting a lot. He got his parasite paste and got washed and all that, and he's looking healthy. The vet looked at him and confirmed that he's healthy and strong. He uses his litterbox regularly. He even switched from bentonite to wooden pellets with ease. I keep it clean, sift it every other day, take out the solid waste twice a day. I don't wash it with anything that contains ammonia, and I wash it monthly.
He eats Orijen dehydrated catfood now, I mix it with cooked liver and egg sometimes as well as wet foods for cats. He has different toys - mice (which he loves), balls, scratching post where he can climb, pinecone wands that I made etc, so he's not bored when I'm not around.
So as you can see, he is being taken care of with a lot of love and dedication.
Now for the tricky part. I work 8 hours a day and live alone. He doesn't mind that time because whenever I come back home, it's intact - everything is where it's supposed to be. Whenever I come home I take care of his needs and play with him for at least half an hour up to an hour but he never tires, and I do. So I thought, ok energetic cat, it's nature.
However, when and if I don't pay attention to him or reprimand him for say - sticking his nose into my coffee cup or my plate and put him down to the floor, he pees. He peed in my lazy bag, on the cushions on my chairs, anywhere. And I reprimand him for that (I use the water sprinkler) but it just doesn't work. He does that out of... spite? I know cats don't have that emotion but still, looks like that.
Vet suggested adding valerian root into his water every 24 hours, but it doesn't work. He doesn't care about valerian at all. Or catnip. He's completely resistant.
If you have any suggestions please let me know... I'm at the end of my wit. I don't want to give him away but I will have to if this continues :/ I will have him sterilized after his re-vac, but until then I don't know what to do.
And by the way - his instincts couldn't have kicked in yet, and it's not spraying. It's definitely urine.
Thank you in advance!