hi there... I hope someone can help me as my husband is fed up and threatening to send our male cat to the shelter....
By way of background, I have 2 cats; a female that is 7 and a male that is 5. We got the male as a kitten after having the female for a couple of years. They are both fixed and in general get along.. they play, cuddle, groom each other etc.
For roughly the past year we have had a problem with our male cat urinating outside the litterbox. The strange thing is, that he will not pee on the floor --- only things on the floor. Any towel, rug, or piece of clothing. He has also resorted in the past couple of weeks to peeing on things that aren't clothing but are flat, such as a plastic bag, an empty laundry basket, and my dustpan...grrrrr. I just want to reiterate that he doesn't go on the bare floor or carpet,and he never poops outside the litter box.
I am tired of having to either wash things to death or throw them out. But he's my baby.. I can't see sending him away. How do I get this behavior to stop? I took him to the vet and he's healthy. The vet suggested medication, some kind of antidepressant, and I took the pills home but I'd rather not drug my cat if there is another way. I have tried multiple litter boxes and that didn't work. Is there some kind of spray, anything??
By way of background, I have 2 cats; a female that is 7 and a male that is 5. We got the male as a kitten after having the female for a couple of years. They are both fixed and in general get along.. they play, cuddle, groom each other etc.
For roughly the past year we have had a problem with our male cat urinating outside the litterbox. The strange thing is, that he will not pee on the floor --- only things on the floor. Any towel, rug, or piece of clothing. He has also resorted in the past couple of weeks to peeing on things that aren't clothing but are flat, such as a plastic bag, an empty laundry basket, and my dustpan...grrrrr. I just want to reiterate that he doesn't go on the bare floor or carpet,and he never poops outside the litter box.
I am tired of having to either wash things to death or throw them out. But he's my baby.. I can't see sending him away. How do I get this behavior to stop? I took him to the vet and he's healthy. The vet suggested medication, some kind of antidepressant, and I took the pills home but I'd rather not drug my cat if there is another way. I have tried multiple litter boxes and that didn't work. Is there some kind of spray, anything??
