Hi,

I really need some advice about my cat.
He is about 2 years old and is a feral that we took in when he was a baby. We got him in Spain and he also lived in France for about 8 months with my family until he could come to England on the pet passport.
We have always had a problem with him weeing in strange places, in Spain it was the sofa, in France my Mum got so fed up with him weeing on washing / bed / carpet that she couldnt wait to get rid of him, and now in England he has a spot on the carpet and ALWAYS on the bed.
This is happening at least once a week now. we have tried all the home remedies like orange peel on the bed and tea tree oil but nothing seems to stop him.
He is neutered although he still humps my other cat all the time, as well as biting anyone that goes near him.
All the minor things i can handle - but i cant keep having the duvet and mattress cleaned every week. i really am at the end of my tether.
I've had some long talks with my partner and my mum about this and have come to realise that i cant keep putting up with this every week for the rest of him life.
I assume that he is the way that he is because he is Feral and they seem to be wired differently even if brought up by people from an early age.
If anybody can think of anything that could help PLEASE let me know.
I'm going to see a vet on saturday to discuss my options, at the moment i am wondering if it would be best to rehome him to somewhere like a farm where he can live outdoors with someone to put food down for him, as i live so close to a road i keep him indoors.
What do you think i should do?
I dont think the RSPCA would take him because of his aggression - and i would hate to have to have him put down.
Do you think i am being fair to him? i feel so terrible thinking like this but what other choice do i have?

Apart from keeping bedroom/lounge door shut im not sure what you can do.You could try a feliway plug in to see if this will settle him.does he use his litter box?also try using simple solution on soiled areas this neautralizes smells,you can get this from petshops,it may be called something else though,basically it contains the bacteria to neautralize smells of wee and poo.

i have never had this problem but have been told by a few people that Bicarbonate of Soda is very good for neutralizing the smell and stopping them going back to that same place. Good Luck!

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thanks for your help, he uses his box most of the time so he knows what its for. I have just ordered some feliway off the internet although i am sceptical as it says that it stops "urine marking" caused by stress but hes not actually marking, just squatting and weeing! but ill give it a go.
Ill try the smell neutraliser too, i went out and bought new mattress / duvet / pillows / bed sheets everything the other day in the hope that he wouldnt do it again but it didnt stop him.

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"Cat people are different to the extent that they generally are not conformists - How could they be with a cat running their lives?"

How long has he been in England? He does seem to have moved around quite a bit in his short life, and from being a feral to an indoor pet thats alot in 2 short years.

As has already been suggested, keeping bedroom doors shut so he doesn't have access may help break the habit. Urine Off R & L Pet Products - cats, breeders, shows, litter, food, and accessories. is another good product you could try to remove any smell on your bedding and the carpet.

The spot on the carpet he frequents you could try putting his litter tray over it. The same place that sells the urine off also sells Cat Attract a cat litter with "additives" that is supposed to encourage a cat to use it R & L Pet Products - cats, breeders, shows, litter, food, and accessories.

If you are seeing your vet anyway, I would ask him about possible low grade urinary infection. He may have a chronic condition that can be caused by stress. Some times inappropriate weeing as opposed to scent marking are an indication of this even if there are no other discernable symptoms. The cat feels uncomfortable weeing which they end up associating with the tray, so find somewhere softer to try. If it is something like that then treatment and maybe changing the tray and litter so there are no old reminders could help sort the problem.

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thankyou Saikou,

There is a small part of me which is hoping that it is a urinary problem that can be fixed by pills or even surgery so that we can get it sorted. he has been in England since about November, he has endured a lot of moving around poor little thing but he adapts very well which is good.
unfortunately i cant put the tray on the spot on the carpet as it would be completely in the way.
I've tried to confine him to the living room before but he howls a lot and scratches at the door, although perhaps if i put my other cats in with him he would be ok as he would have company.
I'm going to stock up on some of these sprays as well as putting a couple of extra trays around to try to encourage him and hopefully (im praying) that will do the job.
We took him when he was 2 weeks old and had been badly beaten in the street and nursed him back to health - it was touch and go wether he would make it through the first night but he took well to the bottle feeding so hes still here with us today! I wondered that maybe because he didn't have his mother there to show him how to do things that he may be a bit confused.
He thought he was a dog for a while as he had never seen another cat until he came to England!
I will try that cat litter aswell, anythings worth a go at the moment.
thankyou again

Wow well done you for getting him through all that. What sick ****** would beat a 2 week old kitten I hope you do find a solution to his problems, after all you have been through together it would be awful to have to give him up.

Even if the tray over his favourite pee spot is in the way, it might be worth trying for a bit, just to see if you can break the habit, it doesn't have to be long term.

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I swear by Cat Attract litter and now use nothing else. We have a cat who wees on the bed and a daughter who is incapable of shutting doors! Although she (the cat, not my daughter ) is not allowed access to the bedrooms any more, we have found that since we have been using the litter, the problem has virtually gone. She will still do it, on the odd occasion, but I think that is because she can! We get ours from R @ L Pet Products too, and they are incredibly efficient and do deliver. The initial outlay is expensive, but it clumps beautifully, so it is very easy to remove soiled litter and we have found that overall, it is very economical. Also, we have 3 cats and 4 trays, and that seems to help, as well.

I do hope that you manage to solve this problem. It is soul destroying and it did get so bad, at one point, we bought Duvets in bulk, in the January sales, because it was cheaper that having them cleaned and the double ones wouldn't fit in the washing machine! We still have about 6 brand new Duvets in the loft!

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