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New mother cat rebelling and urinating

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Question
My 16 month old Bengal cat has a litter of kittens in December 06. She was already peeing on a few things around the house. Mainly laundry and in boxes. When she was bred adn became pregnant she stopped peeing on things. While she was nursing and caring for the 2 babies (one was born dead out of 3) she was on her best behavior. When the kittens were 6 weeks old, she seemed to go back into heat and starting peeing on laundry again. Then she peed on my son's bed... we don't understand. One kitten went to a new home and we kept one (they were boys) and mom started getting worse. She has become obsessed with a male cat that wanders out side and she stands in the door and windows and bellow blood curtailing screams. She is urinating on EVERYTHING! She pees on our jackets, shoes, mail, computers, dryer top, washing machine top, laundry, beds, bathtub, behind the toilet, on the bathmat, etc. She has NOT peed on our couches, or rugs. She HAS been checked for medical problems. She also starts screaming at 5 AM and doesn't stop until she is exhausted. We close her in the bathroom at night to keep the urine contained, but even with skweaky clean litter boxes and being in the same room as one she refuses to use it to pee. We have tried paper litter, wheat litter, wood litter, unscented clay litter, scented clay, scooping etc... it doesn't seem to matter. She will often look right at us, squat and pee. I know it isn't our Calico, and I know it's not the kitten, because 90% of the time we watch her do it. What can we do???

Answer
Andrea,

It sounds as if your Bengal is in perpetual season. Many female cats urinate in inappropriate places when they are seasoning.  The best thing to do for your peace of mind is to have her spayed!  This will stop the seasons and take care of most, if not all, of the behavioral problems.

Believe me, she will make a much better pet once when is spayed.

Best regards... Norm.