Cat INSISTS on using my office as a litterbox! - GoFuckYourself.com

Gman.357 · 03-21-2003, 05:10 PM

He just did it AGAIN! I'm about two seconds away from shooting this little fucker!

I just had over $2000 worth of wall-to-wall carpeting installed in my office a couple months ago, and recently this cat has decided to use a particular corner of the room as his new litterbox! WTF!? He never did this shit before. So I took him up to the vet, and they said he has a urinary tract infection. Fine. He took all his meds for that, and is better now, but he's STILL going in that corner! Nothing I put there stops him. I've used all kinds of cleaning products (which only served to further ruin the carpet), and even tried building a "blockade" so to speak to keep him from that spot. Doesn't do shit. He pisses on whatever I put there.

Now it's starting to fuckin STINK like skunk piss in that area. Anyone know of anything to stop this? He's about 4 years old and is fixed, but not going to live long enough to see 5 if this doesn't stop.

I'd give the fucker away, but my wife loves the damn thing.

DrewKole · 03-21-2003, 05:11 PM

It's the cats fault he doesn't like your ass?

Gman.357 · 03-21-2003, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by DrewKole
It's the cats fault he doesn't like your ass?

I've had the fucker for 4 years. He just now decides he doesn't like me?

He's treated like royalty around here, fed nothing but the best catfood, etc. But my dogs are gonna have a feast soon if this bastard doesn't smarten up!

playa · 03-21-2003, 05:14 PM

i use that natural enzyme stuff, works really well

maybe you changed the litter and brand he doesn't like it anymore,, or its always dirty

DrewKole · 03-21-2003, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by Gman.357

I've had the fucker for 4 years. He just now decides he doesn't like me?

He's treated like royalty around here, fed nothing but the best catfood, etc. But my dogs are gonna have a feast soon if this bastard doesn't smarten up!

who said he just decided he didn't like you? Maybe he's finally got tired of all your shit, and is taking his revenge.

Seb From Holland · 03-21-2003, 05:15 PM

You could try poisoning it.

Sam I Am · 03-21-2003, 05:16 PM

Cats will do that if their environment changes or feel threatened by change. Like moving or a new baby? If the cat is losing hair too then he is stressed. Your vet can prescribe a female hormone temporarily to your cat and that stops 75% of the cases. If not your vet might prescribe Prozac (sounds ridiculous I know) My sister just went through the same thing with her cat that she has had for 6 years.

bryany · 03-21-2003, 05:19 PM

stick it in the microwave

Cat the other other white me

Gman.357 · 03-21-2003, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by playa
i use that natural enzyme stuff, works really well

maybe you changed the litter and brand he doesn't like it anymore,, or its always dirty

Well, I tried the enzyme stuff. Just makes him piss OUTSIDE the treated area. So in fact, it's causing more of the carpet to be pissed on, the more I put the stuff down. What brand are you using?

The litterbox is cleaned daily, so that can't be it.

I'm thinking of investing in sliding glass doors to seperate the office area from the areas of the house where he's allowed to roam. But that pisses me off having to do that. As I said, he's never done this before until he got sick. Now he just won't stop. Everytime I see him wandering his fluffy ass in here, I have to get out of the chair and chase him. Pain in the ass.

FlyingIguana · 03-21-2003, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by Sam I Am
Cats will do that if their environment changes or feel threatened by change. Like moving or a new baby? If the cat is losing hair too then he is stressed. Your vet can prescribe a female hormone temporarily to your cat and that stops 75% of the cases. If not your vet might prescribe Prozac (sounds ridiculous I know) My sister just went through the same thing with her cat that she has had for 6 years.

rofl cat has stress

Juicy D. Links · 03-21-2003, 05:22 PM

Throw the cat out the window

Seb From Holland · 03-21-2003, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by juicylinks
Throw the cat out the window

That won't work, cats always land safely on their feet.

badmunchkin · 03-21-2003, 05:26 PM

Orange peels will keep cats away. Or else just get one of those child gates so he can't come in. Sooner or later he'll forget that he wants to piss in that room so bad & you can take the gate down.

Gman.357 · 03-21-2003, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by Sam I Am
Cats will do that if their environment changes or feel threatened by change. Like moving or a new baby? If the cat is losing hair too then he is stressed. Your vet can prescribe a female hormone temporarily to your cat and that stops 75% of the cases. If not your vet might prescribe Prozac (sounds ridiculous I know) My sister just went through the same thing with her cat that she has had for 6 years.

You know, if I have to put him on fuckin Prozac, I'm just gonna shoot him. I love animals (even cats), but this is just out of control. If I have to install sliding glass doors, and replace this rug just because he has fuckin STRESS, I'm gonna be the one who needs drugs!

We have a baby on the way, but could cats sense that? I don't know, I'm grasping at straws now.

Gman.357 · 03-21-2003, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by badmunchkin
Orange peels will keep cats away. Or else just get one of those child gates so he can't come in. Sooner or later he'll forget that he wants to piss in that room so bad & you can take the gate down.

Child gate won't work. Entrance way is too large. I'd need sliding glass doors, or french style doors or something.

NineNine · 03-21-2003, 05:31 PM

Simple solution. Go to a real pet store (NOT a Petsmart or PetCo), and get this stuff called "Precious Cat Attract". It's a special litter. It comes in a small, red 20 lb bag. Use that. It'll solve your problem, guaranteed.

Sam I Am · 03-21-2003, 05:34 PM

Your cat knows your wife is pregnant! My sister just had a baby last week. Her cat started marking everything about 3 months ago. Somehow he knew she was pregant. I guess cats know because women get really focused on decorating a nursery and buying baby things. Weird how cats are that perceptive.

Gman.357 · 03-21-2003, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by NineNine
Simple solution. Go to a real pet store (NOT a Petsmart or PetCo), and get this stuff called "Precious Cat Attract". It's a special litter. It comes in a small, red 20 lb bag. Use that. It'll solve your problem, guaranteed.

Is there a place online where one can buy that stuff?

HS-Trixxxia · 03-21-2003, 05:40 PM

How about spraying him with water everytime he prances into the room? Keep him out of the room with carpet! It'll stink up your carpet, not to mention the hairs.

Anyhow, make sure your wife isn't cleaning out the litterbox. Here's a link about Toxoplasmosis

Hardcore J · 03-21-2003, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by Trixxxia
How about spraying him with water everytime he prances into the room? Keep him out of the room with carpet! It'll stink up your carpet, not to mention the hairs.

Anyhow, make sure your wife isn't cleaning out the litterbox. Here's a link about Toxoplasmosis

I tried spraying my cat with water and he just stared me down.

Cheshire · 03-21-2003, 05:54 PM

Put a feeding station there ~ he won't go to the bathroom on his food.

GTS Mark · 03-21-2003, 05:56 PM

Hmmm that is a weird one, usually cats only do that kind of thing when they are pissed off. One of my cats had a urinary infection and unfortunately died because of it. I am glad they caught your cat's infection in time.

DH

Rocky · 03-21-2003, 05:59 PM

i suggest you try reverse psychology

use the cat's litterbox as your office

Sam I Am · 03-21-2003, 06:01 PM

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Originally posted by Rocky
i suggest you try reverse psychology

use the cat's litterbox as your office

NineNine · 03-21-2003, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by Gman.357

Is there a place online where one can buy that stuff?

I dunno. I'd be selling it if my website was up, but it's not yet. That stuff is 100%.

Sam I Am · 03-21-2003, 06:13 PM

They have a website at http://www.preciouscat.com/
Not sure if you can buy it there. I typed in my zip code and it says it is available at Petsmart. http://www.petsmart.com/products/product_27921.shtml

Gman.357 · 03-21-2003, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by Trixxxia

Anyhow, make sure your wife isn't cleaning out the litterbox. Here's a link about Toxoplasmosis

Yeah, that's something I've been worried about from the get-go. Our cat's an indoors-only cat, but still. I won't let her touch the litterbox.

PersianKitty · 03-21-2003, 10:15 PM

Is the cat fixed or not?

Best thing to do would be to put a litter box there... get him using it and then move it a few feet each day to where you want him to go.

PersianKitty · 03-21-2003, 10:16 PM

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Originally posted by Gman.357

Yeah, that's something I've been worried about from the get-go. Our cat's an indoors-only cat, but still. I won't let her touch the litterbox.

I had a cat that was indoors only (got it as a kitten from the pound).. at the age of 18 years we found out she had Toxo. Often it doesn't show up until they age or get weakened by an illness...but they carry it all the same.

Marcus · 03-21-2003, 10:33 PM

Sprays work great for dogs, I dont know what they do for cats.

I just found a bunch of stuff on petsmart:

http://www.petsmart.com/cat/shopping...%5F15625.shtml

http://www.petsmart.com/cat/shopping...%5F28488.shtml

http://www.petsmart.com/cat/shopping...%5F15738.shtml

litlsweety · 03-21-2003, 10:46 PM

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Originally posted by Gman.357

Yeah, that's something I've been worried about from the get-go. Our cat's an indoors-only cat, but still. I won't let her touch the litterbox.

Its mainly for women who arent used to being around cats.. but still when I was pregnant it made me puke ...

jake2000xp · 03-21-2003, 10:50 PM

I would quote some replies, but 90% are a crack up..Das some good cracker

Gemini · 03-21-2003, 11:07 PM

One thing you have to do for sure, is to get a good carpet cleaning company in there. Call around, there are usually some that are realllll familiar with cat spray problems and how to go about cleaning it up. If even a hint of the smell is there they will continue to do it. Especially if they aren't fixed.

If there is a wood sunfloor under the carpet, you may need to even pull the carpet back and cover the area with a good sealer like Binz or Kilz. Abit of lemon mixed with water in a squirt bottle usually works pert well to put a cat in 'scoot' gear.

Some lemon pledge squirted in areas you want to keep a cat OUT of usually works well also.

You might talkt to your vet about removing the gland that male cats have as well. It excretes a hormonal based something or other and that is what makes the "urine" spray smell so terrible. It's some sort of oil based stuff to help insure the 'territorial marking' stays as long as possible. Sorry I don't know more details on that. I have a friend that is a vet tech and she has talked about that sort of thing before.

BVF · 03-21-2003, 11:11 PM

my cat started shittin behind my ceramic bathtub. I couldnt figure out why my bathroom stank so bad until I looked back there. so I grabbed the cat, smeared his face in his own feces, and slapped him around a bit. Then I put him outside on the balcony for 15 minutes. (it was wintertime).

He did it again and I did the same thing to him except beat his ass worse....

He never did it again......

hershie · 03-21-2003, 11:17 PM

Oh my, I hope my cat ages well.

A friend mentioned that cats share the same range of emotions and illnesses as humans. Didn't realize that.

hershie · 03-21-2003, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by BVF
my cat started shittin behind my ceramic bathtub. I couldnt figure out why my bathroom stank so bad until I looked back there. so I grabbed the cat, smeared his face in his own feces, and slapped him around a bit. Then I put him outside on the balcony for 15 minutes. (it was wintertime).

He did it again and I did the same thing to him except beat his ass worse....

He never did it again......

you are joking, correct?

03-21-2003, 05:10 PM	#1
Gman.357 Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 2,796	Cat INSISTS on using my office as a litterbox! He just did it AGAIN! I'm about two seconds away from shooting this little fucker! I just had over $2000 worth of wall-to-wall carpeting installed in my office a couple months ago, and recently this cat has decided to use a particular corner of the room as his new litterbox! WTF!? He never did this shit before. So I took him up to the vet, and they said he has a urinary tract infection. Fine. He took all his meds for that, and is better now, but he's STILL going in that corner! Nothing I put there stops him. I've used all kinds of cleaning products (which only served to further ruin the carpet), and even tried building a "blockade" so to speak to keep him from that spot. Doesn't do shit. He pisses on whatever I put there. Now it's starting to fuckin STINK like skunk piss in that area. Anyone know of anything to stop this? He's about 4 years old and is fixed, but not going to live long enough to see 5 if this doesn't stop. I'd give the fucker away, but my wife loves the damn thing. __________________ Ouch.

03-21-2003, 05:19 PM	#8
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03-21-2003, 05:26 PM	#13
badmunchkin Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,797	Orange peels will keep cats away. Or else just get one of those child gates so he can't come in. Sooner or later he'll forget that he wants to piss in that room so bad & you can take the gate down. __________________ Custom, Full Color Printing with BIG Discounts for GFY! ICQ 283197499

03-21-2003, 05:54 PM	#21
Cheshire Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Rosen-Villin Posts: 5,738	Put a feeding station there ~ he won't go to the bathroom on his food. __________________ just a little bit naughty

03-21-2003, 05:59 PM	#23
Rocky Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Living Off The Grid Posts: 3,022	i suggest you try reverse psychology use the cat's litterbox as your office __________________ Are you down with Sin?

03-21-2003, 05:11 PM	#2
DrewKole Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,193	It's the cats fault he doesn't like your ass?

03-21-2003, 05:14 PM	#4
playa Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: atlanta, GA Posts: 6,432	i use that natural enzyme stuff, works really well maybe you changed the litter and brand he doesn't like it anymore,, or its always dirty

03-21-2003, 05:15 PM	#6
Seb From Holland Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,747	You could try poisoning it.

03-21-2003, 05:16 PM	#7
Sam I Am Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 155	Cats will do that if their environment changes or feel threatened by change. Like moving or a new baby? If the cat is losing hair too then he is stressed. Your vet can prescribe a female hormone temporarily to your cat and that stops 75% of the cases. If not your vet might prescribe Prozac (sounds ridiculous I know) My sister just went through the same thing with her cat that she has had for 6 years.

03-21-2003, 05:22 PM	#11
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	Throw the cat out the window

03-21-2003, 05:31 PM	#16
NineNine So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 256	Simple solution. Go to a real pet store (NOT a Petsmart or PetCo), and get this stuff called "Precious Cat Attract". It's a special litter. It comes in a small, red 20 lb bag. Use that. It'll solve your problem, guaranteed.

03-21-2003, 05:34 PM	#17
Sam I Am Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 155	Your cat knows your wife is pregnant! My sister just had a baby last week. Her cat started marking everything about 3 months ago. Somehow he knew she was pregant. I guess cats know because women get really focused on decorating a nursery and buying baby things. Weird how cats are that perceptive.

03-21-2003, 05:40 PM	#19
HS-Trixxxia Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 2,946	How about spraying him with water everytime he prances into the room? Keep him out of the room with carpet! It'll stink up your carpet, not to mention the hairs. Anyhow, make sure your wife isn't cleaning out the litterbox. Here's a link about Toxoplasmosis

03-21-2003, 05:56 PM	#22
GTS Mark Vrume Mark Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 20,912	Hmmm that is a weird one, usually cats only do that kind of thing when they are pissed off. One of my cats had a urinary infection and unfortunately died because of it. I am glad they caught your cat's infection in time. DH

03-21-2003, 06:13 PM	#26
Sam I Am Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 155	They have a website at http://www.preciouscat.com/ Not sure if you can buy it there. I typed in my zip code and it says it is available at Petsmart. http://www.petsmart.com/products/product_27921.shtml Last edited by Sam I Am; 03-21-2003 at 06:16 PM..

03-21-2003, 10:15 PM	#28
PersianKitty Meow Media Inc. Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: In the valley of the sun, cactus, tacos, tequila, and nod Posts: 7,785	Is the cat fixed or not? Best thing to do would be to put a litter box there... get him using it and then move it a few feet each day to where you want him to go. __________________ Wondering what webmaster programs PK uses? Check them out here!

03-21-2003, 10:33 PM	#30
Marcus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,472	Sprays work great for dogs, I dont know what they do for cats. I just found a bunch of stuff on petsmart: http://www.petsmart.com/cat/shopping...%5F15625.shtml http://www.petsmart.com/cat/shopping...%5F28488.shtml http://www.petsmart.com/cat/shopping...%5F15738.shtml

03-21-2003, 10:50 PM	#32
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03-21-2003, 11:07 PM	#33
Gemini Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: o-HI-o Posts: 7,183	One thing you have to do for sure, is to get a good carpet cleaning company in there. Call around, there are usually some that are realllll familiar with cat spray problems and how to go about cleaning it up. If even a hint of the smell is there they will continue to do it. Especially if they aren't fixed. If there is a wood sunfloor under the carpet, you may need to even pull the carpet back and cover the area with a good sealer like Binz or Kilz. Abit of lemon mixed with water in a squirt bottle usually works pert well to put a cat in 'scoot' gear. Some lemon pledge squirted in areas you want to keep a cat OUT of usually works well also. You might talkt to your vet about removing the gland that male cats have as well. It excretes a hormonal based something or other and that is what makes the "urine" spray smell so terrible. It's some sort of oil based stuff to help insure the 'territorial marking' stays as long as possible. Sorry I don't know more details on that. I have a friend that is a vet tech and she has talked about that sort of thing before. __________________ <center><a target="_blank" href="http://dev.datedollars.com/index.php?s=signup&aid=535&cfg=aac"><img border="0" src="http://216.130.172.224/gfy/gsig.gif" width="490" height="100"></a><br><a href="http://dev.datedollars.com/index.php?s=signup&aid=535&cfg=aac" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#FF99FF"> Buy me away from Slavedriver Smokey!<br>It's May Sig Sweeps!<font></b></center> Last edited by Gemini; 03-21-2003 at 11:11 PM..

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03-21-2003, 11:17 PM	#35
hershie Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,642	Oh my, I hope my cat ages well. A friend mentioned that cats share the same range of emotions and illnesses as humans. Didn't realize that.