Training a cat not to spray

Is Toby the cat spraying everything and everyone in site? Is
this resolving in unwanted messes in the house? Is Toby on the
way out the door for good?

Male cats are known to spray when they are in heat looking for
Sue, the female cat to come around. Marking his territory to let
the other cats that may be in the area, this is his territory
and no one is not welcome.

Sue the female on the other hand is leaving puddles allowing the
family to step in, sit in, and yes even on the fresh clean linen
that are being urinated on. This is a sign that she is in heat.

An important thing that you may want to consider is having them
spaded. The percentage is around 90% that after they are spaded
that the spraying will stop. This will result in the household
coming back to normal routine. You will be able to sleeping
again at night, taking earplugs out or even being able to
communicate with your cat again.

If you are choosing not to have the spading done at this time,
there are other ways that you can help your cat thou this
period.

First, they will want to have all the activities at night. Try
playing with him during the daytime to keep him away in hoping
at night he will sleep, with out having the run of the house
while you are sleeping.

Make a room just for him. Since they will continue to spray at
times, you will want to have the flooring in the room easy to
clean up. Make sure the litter box is in the room, make sure the
litter box is clean with litter and free of any droppings that
they might of left. Make a soft comfortable bed for him or her,
pillows, blankets, prefer with some item that is his, and
washable. If the room is a guest room, you may want to cover the
bed and any chairs with plastic in case he gets the idea about
spraying that. There are scat mats out that can help you with
some other furniture in the room to keep him off. Make sure the
room has a window and that he is allowed to perch near it to
look out.

Make sure he has some water in the room, and proper healthy
food. Do not over do it, as he will want to go out for potty in
the middle of the night, and if he is trained to go outside to
go potty, you will be up.

Another thing you can do is get a pet carrier. Put him in that
during the times that you are not at home or at night when
activates are to start. One draw back with this is he will start
to holler with meows and this could keep you up. But putting him
in the kennel in a room with the door closed far enough away
from the family sleeping can take of the problem in a couple of
days.

When they do spray or leave puddles for you to clean up there
are different types of chemical products on the market that will
help take care of these smells and damage that maybe cause to
furniture, carpeting, or linens. Look around for products that
will help you take care of the problem.

Spraying is a natural behavior, take precautions when spraying
is evident, don’t let Toby or Sue the cat spray you out of the
house.