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my cat wont stop peeing not spraying all over

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Question
i have a 3 year old cat who was neutered at 1 year  he has been peeing all over my stuff ever since my clothes if there on the floor any rug and some times in the sink please help

Answer
Ivy,

Was your cat spraying before you got him neutered?  Getting a cat neutered at 1 yo is a little late, and usually by then, they've started spraying.  Once a cat starts spraying, it can be hard to break that behavior.  And often, the spraying can turn into urinating or a combination of both.  It sounds like maybe you are having problems with your cat urinating, correct?

First thing you will have to do is clean up the urine stains with special products that actually eat away at the stain.  Otherwise, parts of the stain will remain, which means the ammonia odor remains, which means the cat will continue to come back and urinate there and other places.  If he's urinated on any part of your carpet or rugs, you will need to completely remove those stains.  The products that have been found over and over to be best at doing so are:  "Zero Odor," "Urine Erase," "EnzymD," and "Urine-Off."  

These products are molecular odor eliminators, oxidizers, bacteria only products, enzymatic cleaners, and bacteria and enzyme teams.  These products actually eat away at the stain, and therefore the odor to get rid of it completely.  However, you must use these products differently than a regular stain and odor remover.  Because urine will start saturating and spreading out, you must apply these products 10" out from the original stain.  As you clean, in the instance of urine saturated carpet, you need to lift up the carpet and clean the pad underneath, and if necessary, the cement or wood underneath the pad.  This is the only way to ensure that you are getting the entire stain up.  A cat will smell that ammonia smell if it's not completely gone, and when he smells that smell, that will tell him it's okay to urinate there because the smell is still there.  If the smell is not there, he will be less likely to urinate there again.  So this would be my first suggestion to you is to purchase any one of the above products.  I like the molecular odor eliminators and enzymes the best, and Zero Odor and EnzymD are 2 such products.  You cannot purchase them in big name pet stores, but instead at small independent pet stores, or even online.  

If your cat is urinating on your clothes, then you need to pick your clothes up.  You can certainly use the above products on your clothes, but they can be tough on clothes.  The easiest solution to prevent your cat from urinating on your clothes is to be sure you pick them up.  Put them in a hamper or fold them up and put them away.  If he can't get to them, he can't pee on them.  

I'm not sure why he's peeing in the sink, though.  That's unusual.  Do you have other cats that may have sprayed or peed in there and have given him any reason to urinate in there?  

If you haven't already, I would also go out to Petsmart or Petco and buy some Feliway.  It's also not cheap (about $35-40 per bottle or diffuser) but can be very effective.  Many people have had great luck with it.  I like to buy both the spray and the diffuser, because the diffuser will slowly and continuously emit the pheromones throughout the day, while the spray gives you immediate satisifaction.  

Feliway consists of facial pheromones.  Facial pheromones are good things, things that relax cats and make them feel happy and/or content.  Usually when cats smell a facial pheromone on something, they will back off from spraying or urinating, because a facial pheromone is a smell they like and they don't want to defile.  So, if you can plug in 1-2 diffusers (depending on how big your house is), and then spray some all over--on places or surfaces he's peed on before.  While it may not work immediately, it is sure worth trying.  It could take a few days, or even a wk or so before your cat may respond, so don't get upset if 2 days have gone by and he's still peeing.  A lot of people state they have good luck with Feliway, and additionally, it may also help calm him down, as perhaps he's experiencing some anxiety, and that's why he's peeing.  

Have you taken him to the vet?  It's also very possible that he has a UTI or stones/crystals.  This is actually the #1 reason why cats start urinating outside the box.  So, if you haven't taken him into the vet recently, I would do this first and foremost to check that he doesn't have a UTI or some crystals/stones that are causing pain, and thus causing him to avoid his litterbox.  You may also want to change litters as he may not like his litter any more.  And finally, you may need to change his litterbox as cats can also decide they don't like the one they've had for yrs.  Also, if you use litter liners, I'd stop using those as well, because those just create an unnatural environment that cats tend to not like.

Hopefully you can try some of these suggestions, and hopefully, one or all of them works.  Usually when a cat is urinating in places other than his litterbox is a sign that he's unhappy with something, or there's a health problem.  So, get him checked out for sure, and then go from there, for sure also buying one of the products I listed so that you can remove the stains so he doesn't smell them and be inclined to urinate there again.  

Good luck!

Savannah