Hello all,
I have a 13yr old neutered male cat who for the past 18 months has been spraying inside the house.
He is an indoor/outdoor cat and has forever sprayed outside ('marking his territory' I guess) but 18 months a go he started doing it inside. He then stopped about 6 months a go but has started again the past month.
I am at my wits end.
It's every day and while its sometimes in the same spots it's more than often not. I can usually smell it the moment I walk into the room and therefore can isolate where it is and clean it up quite quickly but there are times when I haven't been in a room for days and it's dried up and the smell, while there is not as strong and it takes a long time to find where it is.
He had sprayed over the girls boxes of games and over books, on furniture, it's just random.
I have taken him to the vet but they don't have much advise unfortunately other that at first suspecting a UTI but it's not that, so my question is in 2 parts.
The most important question - Any ideas on what I can do too stop this?
And
Black lights... I have one but it doesn't show me it. Am using the wrong thing? Is there a light I could use that would help me find the location easy?
I have a 13yr old neutered male cat who for the past 18 months has been spraying inside the house.
He is an indoor/outdoor cat and has forever sprayed outside ('marking his territory' I guess) but 18 months a go he started doing it inside. He then stopped about 6 months a go but has started again the past month.
I am at my wits end.
It's every day and while its sometimes in the same spots it's more than often not. I can usually smell it the moment I walk into the room and therefore can isolate where it is and clean it up quite quickly but there are times when I haven't been in a room for days and it's dried up and the smell, while there is not as strong and it takes a long time to find where it is.
He had sprayed over the girls boxes of games and over books, on furniture, it's just random.
I have taken him to the vet but they don't have much advise unfortunately other that at first suspecting a UTI but it's not that, so my question is in 2 parts.
The most important question - Any ideas on what I can do too stop this?
And
Black lights... I have one but it doesn't show me it. Am using the wrong thing? Is there a light I could use that would help me find the location easy?