Cat pee

by noni1974 44 Replies latest jw friends

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  wednesday

  Re indoor vs outdoor. I have had cats that lived a very long healthy life outdoors. it is more natural, but if your cat is a male he'll probably get in cat fights .We waited too late to have a male neutered and he got in fights all the time. currently we have cats that live indoors and i let them out for a couple hours each day. they have gotten to look forward to this and love it. they will roll in the dirt and eat grass and just play. As far as fleas, treat your yard with diatomaceous earth and it will cut down on that. You can use it on the carpet too. We give our cats flea baths and all that.

  also our city has an ordinance that says cats have to be on a leash like a dog. Most of us cat owners think that is really dumb but it is the law. Technically they can fine you if your cat is out and not on a leash even if it's laying in your yard. The dog owners in our city insisted cats are to be treated the same as dogs.

  Our cats live better that a lot of humans.
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  purplesofa

  There are some way serious threads that don't get this much attention.......

  I just had to get rid of a $2,000 WOOL rug that I could not get my cat to quit peeing on.........I dont know why he started doing it..........

  Now the rug is out of the house, No more problem....

  I miss the rug though.....it was really cool

  purps
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  restrangled

  Noni....

  Sorry, I was raised with cats all my life....peeing on you in your bed? Never heard of it and would not tolerate it.

  My cat is 10 years old, she has never gone in the house,....I don't even have a litter box. My previous cat, a beautiful Male persian never did anything close and taught the cat I have now to go outside.

  You've got a problem cat I would get rid of. Sorry to offend anyone....that cat isn't going to start behaving. If you want a life time of Cat piss, keep it. Otherwise I suggest either keeping it strickly outside or putting it down.

  That is absolutely not norrmal behaivor for a cat.

  r.
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  noni1974

  My cats are indoors only.I would have to train them to use an elevator and open 3 doors to get out.I live on the 7 th floor of an apartment buliding in the city.Not a place I would let my cats roam.

  The reason I used vinager is because I've used it before.He had peed on my comferter before and I didn't know it.I had put it into a plastic bag for the summer and when I opened it up last winter to put it on my bed I nearly fainted because of the smell.I tried everything I could find for urine smell removal and nothing worked.It would come out of the washer fine but when I put it in the dryer the smell would come back.I must have washed that comfeter 10 times at 5.00 a pop.I soaked it for 3 days in white vinager and then washed it again with oxi clean and laundry soap and it came out.He didn't go near the comfeter this summer when I stored it.I kept it in a cotten bag on the floor of my closet.

  I really am to blame.I should change the litter when I smell it.I do scoop it once a day but I have 4 cats at the moment.The feline pine I was using is not really scoppable at all.I had to buy a new type of litter because I can't stand the smell of the pine myself.It was good for killing the urine smell but I couldn't stand the giant hamster smell.That's what it smells like when you first change it.

  I really think he did this this time because of the new kitten I got a few weeks ago.He hasn't been as friendly or as cuddly as he usually is.I think he's jealous of the kitten.
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  wednesday

  noni think you may have discovered one problem for the peeing-a new kitten. Cats are so touchy. I have had cats all my life and i too like the idea of training them to 'go' outdoors for the potty, but if you are in an apartment-can't do that. do you have enough space for 4 cats?

  If a cat is overcrowded they react badly.
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  worldtraveller

  We have 4 watering bowls in our house and 3 of them flush, so there's no point to teach a cat like ours to take a dump in a bowl she for some wierd reason thinks is a watering bowl. Too freaking unsanitary, and how do you stop a cat from drinking out of a toilet bowl, then try to teach to do a #1 and a #2?
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  Robdar

  If you want your cat to use the litter box, clean it every day, whether you are tired or not.

  When you clean the box, pour in a small portion of cat litter, just enough to cover the bottom by an inch or so. The next, morning before you go to work, empty the box and pour in just enough litter to cover the bottom. Train yourself to do this everyday and you will not have to worry about training your cat.

  BTW, even if you use a spray to get the pee smell out of your comforter, it will still have pee in it. Better to take it to the laundromat. Regular soap and lots of water should take care of the problem.
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  OUTLAW

  How do you teach a cat not to drink from a toilet bowl?..Drop the toilet lid on the cats head a few times!........OUTLAW
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  NewLight2

  SnakesInTheTower says:
  *I had a cat that would just go in front of the box if I let it go more than 24 hours. I used scoopable litter, and it worked great until toward the end of his life...I think he had diabetes, because he would drink water like crazy, then go in the box like crazy...I had 2 boxes for ONE cat...they would both be clean when I left in the morning, when I got home in the evening, one or both boxes would be solid blocks....because poor cat had gone so much...This went on for a couple months before I figured out what was wrong. He died before I could get him to a vet....probably would have had to put him down anyway... I miss my Zac kitty.*
  
  Snakes, when did your kitty die? Was it a long time ago or just within the last 2 yrs?
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  BFD

  noni, 4 cats ! You have confirmed for me what I already suspected. You is crazy !

  I have 2 dogs and 2 cats. Sam just turned 18 on Halloween. He is an indoor cat. When I bought him 18 years ago I lived on the 4th floor in a condo. I had him de clawed-in the front. He has always used the litter box with the clumping action. I clean it every morning when I get up and every evening when I get home from work.

  Simon is the latest addition to the family. He is an outdoor cat and does not use the litter. He goes outside. After Sam kicks the bucket I will not have a litter box ever again. I have been cleaning cat shit/piss for at least the last 27 years and I am so done with it.

  I hope you are able to save your comfoter.

  BFD