re: Cat behaviorist? Cat driving me nuts!

The opposable thumb is a trait not gifted to dogs and cats by evolution. Thus, dogs and cats can not grasp tools. Thus, dogs and cats can not build houses. Thus, dogs and cats were not intended by nature to live in houses. Toss that fricker.

you are welcome. i hope you find the help you need.

American College of Veterinary Behaviorists

https://www.dacvb.org/about/member-directory/

unfortunately, there are none in Louisiana

You would think there would be at least one here

Ya we tried an SSRI....i think zoloft or lexipro. It was a nightmare getting him to take it, so that didn't last long.

You have a cat. You deserve everything you get


Eta: drown the mother fricker

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Ya we tried an SSRI....i think zoloft or lexipro. It was a nightmare getting him to take it, so that didn't last long.

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i never thought i'd join in this meme, but i have to admit, it sounds as though you have an alpha cat living in a house of betas.

Pretty much, all the advice is correct. You should get a black-light/flashlight from a pet store to find every spot the cat has marked and clean it with an enzymatic spray cleaner (also from the pet store). Use a citrus scented soap as well. The problem is cats can smell far better than humans so if other animals are marking nearby, the cat is going to react.

Try spraying outside with a diluted vinegar/ lemon dish soap solution near the perimeter of your house. If you have a raised house, get a hose-end sprayer and treat the crawl space with straight vinegar. Do it early in the day or you'll smell it all night long. If you have flower beds, other cats are probably using them as a litter box. (Careful because concentrated vinegar will kill plants and grass.) There are some outside plants that cats seem to hate the smell of, but start with orange peels or citrus rinds in your flower beds to see what works best.

We get a lot of wildlife and the cat checks out every available window routinely. (I had to catch a feral cat stuck in our basement window well last year.) Rabbits, birds and prairie dogs are just potential food ... interesting but no biggie. Other cats, foxes, raccoons, and coyotes are definitely the enemy and must be defended against at all costs. (And don't feed them or you'll just compound your cat pee trouble.)

Go play in traffic.

Have you tried rubbing his face in it? Seriously

room mate (decades ago) did this to his cat, pissed that cat off to no end, never pissed in the house again