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[oryx]

My one experience of living with two tom cats (a housemate's, not mine) was that they sprayed everywhere. Especially in corners and places where it wasn't obvious. They were brothers, but didn't really get on. Both lovely cats, though, who I was very fond of.

And yes, they were both neutered!

 

[Epona]

My one experience of living with two tom cats (a housemate's, not mine) was that they sprayed everywhere. Especially in corners and places where it wasn't obvious. They were brothers, but didn't really get on. Both lovely cats, though, who I was very fond of.

And yes, they were both neutered!

Jakey doused the bottom of our bedroom curtains when we first got him, he had been a stud and had recently been neutered.

Females can be worse than males when it comes to spraying though!

 

[Skinny Ethel]

We have all done it. Pissing on the curtains.

 

[story]

Jakey doused the bottom of our bedroom curtains when we first got him, he had been a stud and had recently been neutered.

Females can be worse than males when it comes to spraying though!

Where is the “things I learned today” thread?


So… it’s possible the boy cats were getting blamed for girl cat stuff back in the big house with loads of cats.

 

[oryx]

Jakey doused the bottom of our bedroom curtains when we first got him, he had been a stud and had recently been neutered.

Females can be worse than males when it comes to spraying though!

I have literally never heard of a female cat spraying! Is it a form of releasing urine or something else <mentally adds Something Else to the host of unpleasant cat bodily fluids>

My friend's cats were the only ones I've ever lived with who've done this. I put that down to it being a male/male thing and thought my usual strategy of 'one of each' had worked!

 

[Epona]

I have literally never heard of a female cat spraying! Is it a form of releasing urine or something else <mentally adds Something Else to the host of unpleasant cat bodily fluids>

My friend's cats were the only ones I've ever lived with who've done this. I put that down to it being a male/male thing and thought my usual strategy of 'one of each' had worked!

It's using urine to mark territory in both male and female cats - both can do it, and it's generally for the same reason.
Entire cats are more likely to because they are more territorial, but neutered/spayed cats can also do it, usually as a result of what they perceive as territorial stress.
(Apparently between 5-10% of both male and female neutered/spayed cats will spray).
Male cat piss tends to smell a lot stronger though, so is more noticeable.

 

[ouirdeaux]

I had no problems with my two female cats. Their older brothers, from a previous litter, occasionally fought. One was sane and lovely, the other loopy. Sane cat got on with his younger sisters, but died young, mysteriously. Loopy cat, who became increasingly pissed off with everyone and everything, ran off when I had to move.

Their mother never really liked anyone, including her kittens after a few weeks. She moved out, and found some suckers up the road who thought she was an abandoned cat.

Basically, cats are cats.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

It's using urine to mark territory in both male and female cats - both can do it, and it's generally for the same reason.
Entire cats are more likely to because they are more territorial, but neutered/spayed cats can also do it, usually as a result of what they perceive as territorial stress.
(Apparently between 5-10% of both male and female neutered/spayed cats will spray).
Male cat piss tends to smell a lot stronger though, so is more noticeable.

Lilith pissed on the bed a few times as a kitten before she got to grips with her litter tray, and she did it after her previous human left and she was getting used to me moving into her room. I started spraying the bed periodically with Thai Lemongrass spray, which seemed to do the trick! Also works for deterring foxes from shitting on the doorstep.

 

[Epona]

Lilith pissed on the bed a few times as a kitten before she got to grips with her litter tray, and she did it after her previous human left and she was getting used to me moving into her room. I started spraying the bed periodically with Thai Lemongrass spray, which seemed to do the trick! Also works for deterring foxes from shitting on the doorstep.

Cat pissing behaviours can be really weird, can't they?

Sonic was attached to me like glue from the first moment I met him, and shortly after he first came to live with us, he went through a phase of quite deliberately pissing on N's feet when we were in bed while glaring at him.
It was almost like he was trying to eradicate any smell of N from the bed and cover it up with his own.
Sonic was extremely possessive towards me.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

"A bridge in Enfield Town will be named in honour of a beloved cat following a successful local campaign."

New River bridge set to be named after beloved local cat

A petition to name the footbridge after Barney was launched by a local residents' association following his death

enfielddispatch.co.uk

 

[Epona]

"A bridge in Enfield Town will be named in honour of a beloved cat following a successful local campaign."

New River bridge set to be named after beloved local cat

A petition to name the footbridge after Barney was launched by a local residents' association following his death

enfielddispatch.co.uk

...he also gained a reputation for scaring dogs and not allowing them to pass over the bridge

"Answer me these questions three..."

 

[story]

It's using urine to mark territory in both male and female cats - both can do it, and it's generally for the same reason.
Entire cats are more likely to because they are more territorial, but neutered/spayed cats can also do it, usually as a result of what they perceive as territorial stress.
(Apparently between 5-10% of both male and female neutered/spayed cats will spray).
Male cat piss tends to smell a lot stronger though, so is more noticeable.

I know female cats piss for territorial reasons but I never knew they actually spray.

I’m assuming that when you say they spray, it’s a physical spraying.
Or have I misunderstood?

 

[Epona]

I know female cats piss for territorial reasons but I never knew they actually spray.

I’m assuming that when you say they spray, it’s a physical spraying.
Or have I misunderstood?

Yes, physical spraying.

 

[sojourner]

Yeh, Raz sprayed all over the bloody house til we got her done. Another one with pissy curtains here.

 

[Epona]

Yeh, Raz sprayed all over the bloody house til we got her done. Another one with pissy curtains here.

I think they go for curtains in particular because they can see outside through the windows and therefore it's a territorial boundary

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Having happy dreams.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

this pair (as far as i know, brothers from the same litter) occasionally had arguments but usually put up with each other.



only had a couple of spraying incidents in the house - i found out that the magnetic catch on the cat flap wasn't working and another cat could get in

found out when there was a lot of meowing from the kitchen and i went through and a black cat about half the size of either of those two puds was eating their dinner. they weren't doing anything except meowing for me to come and sort it out... i had previously seen little black cat chasing these two round the garden.

 

[Epona]

Sonic and Jakey were utterly inseparable - Jakey was Sonic's nephew and was born the day after I brought Sonic home to live with me - so they didn't meet until a year later when I brought Jakey to live with us because he needed a new home.
They sniffed and groomed one another and that was it, they were best friends until Sonic died (which hit Jakey really hard).

They bickered almost continually over who was going to sleep where, but it was always mild and friendly and healthy cat dominance behaviour - smacking without claws and pinning down to show dominance in a particular spot.
Of course both being OSH, that could sometimes get a bit loud, because they are very opinionated and mouthy cats. But it was all along the lines of "you're on my side of the seat!" bickering, not once anything serious or aggressive.
And they adored one another.

 

[ddraig]

A beautiful black cat managed to get in through front door earlier and wouldn't go back out!
It was sniffing around everywhere downstairs whilst Kizzy was upstairs, kept calling her but nothing so went to get her and carried her down
They both looked shocked and a bit confused, I put Kizzy down and she chased and battered the invader, had to intervene so it could escape!
didn't seem that hurt and went out the front door
Kizzy has been on high alert since and maybe blames me!

Pic of it sniffing Kizzy's box

 

[Rebecca Riot]

We had a cat who was known as Quivering Jim. He turned up at our house when he was about 6 or 7 months old and probably came from the farm at the back. We had him neutered but he was always quivering his tail and because we thought he was about to spray we kept putting him outside. Turned out the poor cat was just showing affection and happiness and I don't think he ever actually sprayed in the house!

 

[sojourner]

Right, well it was a bit of a struggle getting our Jocks into his carrier this morning! I normally tempt him in with a trail of Dreamies, but after last week's manhandling/enema, he was just taking the Dreamies and running off to eat them. Ended up having to manually shove him in Thank christ the vet gave him his vax after his check up too cos it gives me plenty of time now to get back into carrier training with him. He bit the vet too, proper bite, broke flesh. He was NOT LIKING the belly-palpating that he was doing! Vet reckons he's still a bit constipated, even though he's been doing one a day since the enema, so I'll give his little system 24 hours to recover/react to the vax, then give him a dose of lactulose. He's only got a few more days of steroids now too.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Right, well it was a bit of a struggle getting our Jocks into his carrier this morning! I normally tempt him in with a trail of Dreamies, but after last week's manhandling/enema, he was just taking the Dreamies and running off to eat them. Ended up having to manually shove him in Thank christ the vet gave him his vax after his check up too cos it gives me plenty of time now to get back into carrier training with him. He bit the vet too, proper bite, broke flesh. He was NOT LIKING the belly-palpating that he was doing! Vet reckons he's still a bit constipated, even though he's been doing one a day since the enema, so I'll give his little system 24 hours to recover/react to the vax, then give him a dose of lactulose. He's only got a few more days of steroids now too.

Awww, poor baby! He's really been through the mill this last week or so, hasn't he. I hope today's visit sorts it.

 

[Epona]

Right, well it was a bit of a struggle getting our Jocks into his carrier this morning! I normally tempt him in with a trail of Dreamies, but after last week's manhandling/enema, he was just taking the Dreamies and running off to eat them. Ended up having to manually shove him in Thank christ the vet gave him his vax after his check up too cos it gives me plenty of time now to get back into carrier training with him. He bit the vet too, proper bite, broke flesh. He was NOT LIKING the belly-palpating that he was doing! Vet reckons he's still a bit constipated, even though he's been doing one a day since the enema, so I'll give his little system 24 hours to recover/react to the vax, then give him a dose of lactulose. He's only got a few more days of steroids now too.

Oh the poor love! (And poor vet too, they do get bitten and scratched fairly frequently).

Jakey used to be a terror to get into the carrier, what I do these days though thanks to advice from ouirdeaux, is put the carrier on the bed with the opening of the carrier just slightly over the edge of the bed so there's no platform for Jakey to put his feet on and resist.
Duvet over the carrier so he can't see it until it's nearly too late.
Long sleeve sweatshirt on in case he realises what is going on and starts to struggle.

But it's become so much easier to get him in the carrier this way.

 

[sojourner]

Awww, poor baby! He's really been through the mill this last week or so, hasn't he. I hope today's visit sorts it.

Thank you x

 

[sojourner]

Oh the poor love! (And poor vet too, they do get bitten and scratched fairly frequently).

Jakey used to be a terror to get into the carrier, what I do these days though thanks to advice from ouirdeaux, is put the carrier on the bed with the opening of the carrier just slightly over the edge of the bed so there's no platform for Jakey to put his feet on and resist.
Duvet over the carrier so he can't see it until it's nearly too late.
Long sleeve sweatshirt on in case he realises what is going on and starts to struggle.

But it's become so much easier to get him in the carrier this way.

Aye, vet had already been bitten by a German Shepherd and mauled by a cat by the time Jocky bit him!!

I might try that thank you, if the training doesn't go so well. He was absolutely brilliant before the enema visit - trail of Dreamies into the carrier, little nudge of his bum to get the last bit of him in, nae bother. I'm hoping, over time, we can return to this, as the memory of his bum trauma fades!

 

[Epona]

Aye, vet had already been bitten by a German Shepherd and mauled by a cat by the time Jocky bit him!!

I might try that thank you, if the training doesn't go so well. He was absolutely brilliant before the enema visit - trail of Dreamies into the carrier, little nudge of his bum to get the last bit of him in, nae bother. I'm hoping, over time, we can return to this, as the memory of his bum trauma fades!

Our Radar loved the carrier and kind of trained himself to go in it when I said "get in" - I demonstrated that "trick" to a couple of people back in the day and they were stunned by it

Then he had that massive surgery on his inner ears and had a lot of complications that meant we were back and forth to the vet and he came to really hate going in the carrier and wouldn't go in it any more when asked. But despite being an unholy horror in many regards, he was very easy for me to pick up and put in the carrier, he just looked very sorrowful about vet visits after that surgery.

And poor Jocky, I'd be wary after bum trauma too.

 

[sojourner]

Our Radar loved the carrier and kind of trained himself to go in it when I said "get in" - I demonstrated that "trick" to a couple of people back in the day and they were stunned by it

Then he had that massive surgery on his inner ears and had a lot of complications that meant we were back and forth to the vet and he came to really hate going in the carrier and wouldn't go in it any more when asked. But despite being an unholy horror in many regards, he was very easy for me to pick up and put in the carrier, he just looked very sorrowful about vet visits after that surgery.

And poor Jocky, I'd be wary after bum trauma too.

Awwr, bless.

 

[story]

I was a little concerned about Cat as I got ready to leave this morning.

He was just sat there in the draughty hallway, staring into space. I called his name and he only slowly responded. Then he stared at me like he was startled to see me.

I went over and ruffled his neck and he did an odd twisting manoeuvre. I started to pick him up to check him over and he trotted off to the kitchen. I followed him and only then saw that he's rinsed the valerian root.

Stoned to fuck. Probably to the tripping balls stage by the state of 'im.

 

[starfish]

Little old Mitzi enjoying a wee nap.

Re cats getting/not getting on. When we got Mitzi we already had our Bob & the 2 of them got on really well. Then we introduced Tango & again all 3 got on. Once Bob passed Mitzi & Tango used to sleep side by side. After Tango passed, we got Daisy, & Mitzi took an instant dislike to her. Even now, after 3 & a bit years they still dont get on.
I think Mitzi just had a thing for ginger boys.

 

[Epona]

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Little old Mitzi enjoying a wee nap.

Re cats getting/not getting on. When we got Mitzi we already had our Bob & the 2 of them got on really well. Then we introduced Tango & again all 3 got on. Once Bob passed Mitzi & Tango used to sleep side by side. After Tango passed, we got Daisy, & Mitzi took an instant dislike to her. Even now, after 3 & a bit years they still dont get on.
I think Mitzi just had a thing for ginger boys.

I love her distinctive markings, she's gorgeous
A lovely photo