1MegMeg
03-15-2006, 06:12 AM
We have three cats and our newest/youngest one, Juneau, will sometimes pee on our futon. We got Juneau in December 2004 and the first pee incidient was in August 2005, with intermittent episodes since then. We finally discovered it was him because DH set up the web cam to see which of the three was doing it. Junueau has a clean bill of health from the vet, so it's definitely behavioral. He doesn't pee anywhere else (outside the box), just the futon.
This has been going on intermittently for months. At first it was just once every few months, now it's up to once per week or so. When he first started we would soak the spot on the mattress and the futon cover in nature's miracle and let it dry before putting the futon cover back on. Around a month or so ago we got one of those vinyl mattress covers to put under the funton cover to at least protect the mattress.
We still had the cloth futon cover off from the last pee incident a week or so ago and this morning he peed right on the vinyl cover. We have not changed the litter, food, etc. There are litter boxes in the same room as the futon.
Questions:
1. Would it be helpful to relocated the litter boxes to another room so he (maybe) doesn't associate that room with urinating?
2. DH did some reading online and wants to try spraying feliway on the futon every other day. In addition to this, is there something we can put on the futon to make it unattractive to Juneau (i.e. foil, etc.) - would this, in your experience, be effective?
3. Any other sage wisdom?
Thank you for listening! As any of you know who have dealt with this, it is *very* frustrating.
This has been going on intermittently for months. At first it was just once every few months, now it's up to once per week or so. When he first started we would soak the spot on the mattress and the futon cover in nature's miracle and let it dry before putting the futon cover back on. Around a month or so ago we got one of those vinyl mattress covers to put under the funton cover to at least protect the mattress.
We still had the cloth futon cover off from the last pee incident a week or so ago and this morning he peed right on the vinyl cover. We have not changed the litter, food, etc. There are litter boxes in the same room as the futon.
Questions:
1. Would it be helpful to relocated the litter boxes to another room so he (maybe) doesn't associate that room with urinating?
2. DH did some reading online and wants to try spraying feliway on the futon every other day. In addition to this, is there something we can put on the futon to make it unattractive to Juneau (i.e. foil, etc.) - would this, in your experience, be effective?
3. Any other sage wisdom?
Thank you for listening! As any of you know who have dealt with this, it is *very* frustrating.