A number of friends and family members can't believe the lengths I have gone to get this issue settled. So many times I hear that if they were dealing with this that they would've given the cat up by now but that just isn't an option for me. That would be like giving up a child just because they wet the bed at night. Sadly, I even had one supposed cat lover tell me I should just put her down because she had a health issue a few years ago. I not-so-kindly told him where he could stick his opinion.
I haven't tried the spray yet but the one I was thinking of was NATURE'S MIRACLE[emoji]8482[/emoji] Just For Cats No More Spraying Stain & Odor Remover. Not only is it a cleaner, it is supposed to also deter her from remarking. I was considering coating the bedroom around the edges to prevent marking in areas she hasn't hit yet. I am hoping that the 2 times I caught her being naughty were because it's a new place but I doubt it. She's moved with me 9 times in the past 14 years and has never sprayed before. Until this past summer she had only sprayed one other time in her life and that was her response to me giving her a bath (I can't remember what she had gotten into but she smelled so bad that I had to give her a bath....ooooooh she was mad at me!). After getting her back to using the box or a puppy pad, the only "fluids" going outside the box were when she sprayed. I do think that she has either lost her scent due to kidneys or maybe she's losing her sense of smell. Her urine is starting to smell like cat urine again, which is good news but stinky, and I haven't had an issue with her using the box since we moved in. Of course we got her the automatic box so she gets to use a clean box every time. Happy kitty, happy kitty mommy.
The Feliway diffusers haven't worked for me. I currently have 2 and can't afford the refills at $100 a month. I've used the Nature's Miracle stain and odor remover before and that worked on areas where the urine hadn't soaked into wood furniture. I plan to get this stuff this weekend and hope it works just as well. Even if I go through multiple bottles a month, they are only $13 each and much easier to budget than diffusers.
Here's one of my sweet girl's face.
I haven't tried the spray yet but the one I was thinking of was NATURE'S MIRACLE[emoji]8482[/emoji] Just For Cats No More Spraying Stain & Odor Remover. Not only is it a cleaner, it is supposed to also deter her from remarking. I was considering coating the bedroom around the edges to prevent marking in areas she hasn't hit yet. I am hoping that the 2 times I caught her being naughty were because it's a new place but I doubt it. She's moved with me 9 times in the past 14 years and has never sprayed before. Until this past summer she had only sprayed one other time in her life and that was her response to me giving her a bath (I can't remember what she had gotten into but she smelled so bad that I had to give her a bath....ooooooh she was mad at me!). After getting her back to using the box or a puppy pad, the only "fluids" going outside the box were when she sprayed. I do think that she has either lost her scent due to kidneys or maybe she's losing her sense of smell. Her urine is starting to smell like cat urine again, which is good news but stinky, and I haven't had an issue with her using the box since we moved in. Of course we got her the automatic box so she gets to use a clean box every time. Happy kitty, happy kitty mommy.
The Feliway diffusers haven't worked for me. I currently have 2 and can't afford the refills at $100 a month. I've used the Nature's Miracle stain and odor remover before and that worked on areas where the urine hadn't soaked into wood furniture. I plan to get this stuff this weekend and hope it works just as well. Even if I go through multiple bottles a month, they are only $13 each and much easier to budget than diffusers.
Here's one of my sweet girl's face.
