10year old Bengal cat that sprays, Female cat that sprays Options

[lsbeckner]

Hi,
I desperately need help with my female Bengal 10 year old cat that is spraying all over the house.
We have try alot of different sprays that are supposed to stop this but they have not helped.
Any suggestions?

Lsbeckner

[Muffy]

It sounds like she has become stressed for some reason. Are there any cats prowling around outside? Try some Rescue Remedy or maybe some Feliway.

The other thing is that she might have UTI or similar. Perhaps a vet visit is in order

[lsbeckner]

We have already been trying feliway -no results so far.
We added 2 new kittens to the household last July, but she only started this in the last couple of months.
We had her checked by the vet also- healthy. Was told it was behavioral problem.

[Muffy]

A girl on another forum tried an animal behaviourist with great results. If she has a clean bill of health, then it is a stress thing. One of my cats was great with a new kitten & now the kitten has grown he's not taking it so well, even though he has been given more attention, so maybe it is that the kittens are no longer kittens & she feels threatened.

[lsbeckner]

We have tried keeping her separated from the other cats and while she was in another room she sprayed.
Is this Rescue remedy for animals also? When I googled it came up to a site for people.
My husband is ready to drop her off at the pound(all the no-kill shelters are full in our area) or put her outside. I don't have the funds for a behavioral specialist.

[fleabag]

I'm only guessing but maybe now the others are getting older she's feeling threatened...I'm be trying to retrain her ..overnight in the laundry with her litter tray . Also you'll need to SERIOUSLY clean all the places she's wee'd.. use an enzyme based product like Biozet laundry detergent or Urine Off.

[Bonniebank]

I had a Burmese boy before I retired from vet nursing.
I then brought home a female (desexed) DSH (Annie-Anne) who had been dumped at our surgery and the 2 were great mates.......................however, any cat/kitten that came into our household after Annie-Anne, she absolutely hated!

When I brought my 2 Siamese kittens home, she used to bash them up but being intelligent creatures, they soon learnt to scream their lungs out if Annie-Anne so much as looked at them so I'd come running and save them.

I'd get there and tell them that she was nowhere near them and of course they screamed at me (as only a Siamese can) that "had you not come along, she was going to kill us!"

The threats of violence gradually stopped but then Annie-Anne let us know that she was not happy Jan (to say the least).

She sprayed everywhere. Curtains, furniture and her favourite on the bench tops was canisters, the kettle, the fruit bowl and the toaster.

Thank heavens the toaster was never switched on when she decided to combine electricity with a connecting stream of pee.

We sought vet treatment and Annie-Anne was prescribed hormones.

We also tried remedy rescue from a naturopath.
I don't think Feliway was on the market back then.

End result was that it was obviously stress and I refused to drug her up.

Vet advice was that the stress had to be removed. Either Annie-Anne or the Siamese must go.

I chose to do neither.

I took down the curtains and removed everything from the kitchen bench so that if she sprayed on the bench, I only had to clean it up and disinfect it.
Everything on the benches were put into cupboards.

I tried to keep her in a separate room away from the Siamese but it only increased her stress even more and wasn't really fair on her as she was there first.

We coped ( even though our visitors refused to eay fruit or toast).

The spraying did decrease but never completely stopped and our Annie-Anne left for the bridge aged 16.

I guess my experience isn't what you want to hear. We just loved her so much that if we couldn't find a remedy, then we would arrange our house to suit.



There are other things that have been introduced to the market now so maybe you'll have more success than we did.

All my very best wishes and will you please post about how it goes?

[fleabag]

I agree with the less drugs stance ...I was punished for going on holidays by one of my old girls..she would wee on the hotplates ..Charming..grin I learned to cover the whole stove top..

[Bonniebank]

I agree with the less drugs stance ...I was punished for going on holidays by one of my old girls..she would wee on the hotplates ..Charming..grin I learned to cover the whole stove top..

and if the hotplates are anything like the toaster and you turn them on before you realise, you then get that very (heated up) distinct odour wafting through the house!

I found this on the net. Not sure if it'll help.

http://www.herbal-treatments.com.au/newsle..._04.html#feline

[lsbeckner]

Thanks for all you advice and story. It does help to kno w that we are not alone in our battles.
I do not have the heart to give another animal away. Especially since she is already 10 yrs old (she has been with me since she was less than 2yrs- she is my husband cat-but she is momma's girl).
We have been using Feliway diffusers throughout the house for the last 2 months and I believe it has been helping. She has had a few sprays but nothing like before. She is still aggressive but that has alot to do with her breed (Bengal) and the fact that my 2 male kittens (age 1yr now) are pushovers- lovers not fighters. :a


Thank you again for your understanding and support

[fleabag]

Just keep rescue remedy in everyones water bowls ..and Feliway diffusers in the main room she sprays.
Good luck!

[fatty]

please help me. I am new to this site but I share the same problems as many of you. I have 2 cats and 2 dogs. we have lived happily for many years. the cats are both fixed and have been together for 11 years. well the male seems to go through phases of peeing inone spot or another. like my desk on my bills, which is not all bad. but I have had to get rid of 3 chairs, 1 leather love seat and a leather couch. I clean like a maniac and he will go right in the same spot over and over. stopped for a while but recently started again. i use bleach, water, vinager, alcohol, everything from pet stores. then a "no spray" spray. only to wake up or come home to the familiar smell and a mess to clean. i have never gotten fid of a pet before but I cannot have anything nice in this house bc of him and am embarassed bc i think that everyone can smell it not matter how much i clean and light candles. nothing has changed in the home. no stress. please help with more suggestions it makes me sad and is frustrating the boyfriend.