Does anyone know anything to help with cat problems?

Question

Hey! So I have three cats and I have bought several litter boxes for them to use and I even bought them a cat genie. Although they use those sometimes, for some reason they love to go toathe bathroom on the rugs in my dining room. I've bought several sprays and tried them but the haven't been effective and spraying them with water doesn't work either. Does anyone know of any homemade concoctions that might help? Thanks !

Answer 1

Rugs have backings on them, and a LOT of the backings smell like pee to a cat.  Most especially bathroom rugs.....  

If you didn't neutralize the odor in the area of the rug that was peed/pooped on, the smell stays from that and they'll go back there. Get something like Dogtergent or any other urine smell remover and make sure the spot is odor free.  

A lot of cats don't mind being sprayed with water, it's not an effective deterrant and usually isn't a good training method.  Keeping the boxes free of odor and clean should work. Just make sure the litter boxes aren't in a high traffic area or the cats won't feel safe using it.  If you have covers on the cat boxes, take them off.  Once a cat gets ambushed inside one of those by another cat they won't feel safe using the box again.

Answer 2

Have you tried the enzymatic/enzyme destroying sprays. If you completely soak the stains in these sprays they will completely destroy the remnants of urine that other sprays only cover up for awhile. Also I just want to double check that it is all of the cats doing this, not just one which would indicate a health problem such as a uti or crystals in the urine that make it painful to urinate resulting in the cats avoiding their regular place of urination as they associate it with the pain. Doesn't sound like that is the problem though. I don't know of any home remedy's (other than taping your carpet which I don't think you want to do) but many pet store sell a cat pheromone spray that could come in handy here. Basically (once you have entirely rid the area of any remaining urine smell) you spray it on the area and it mimic the "happy" scent that cats leave behind with their scent glands to let other cats know the area is nice and safe. Then when the cats go to the carpet they will not want to urinate there. You may want to actually place a litter box directly on the carpet for awhile and slowly move it away over time. If all else fails and this is not a health problem they may just be stressed and asserting themselves as dominant over each other this way. The vet can give you some pills(kitty prozac) that will calm the cats down and stop the inappropriate urination if stress is the cause.  Lastly, I'm assuming your cats are fixed and not just spraying, if not it is unlikely you will be able to stop this behavior as they will continue to mark their territory.

Answer 3

i have not tried this but someone told me to buy peppermint oil(at the pharmacy)and put this on the spots something with the peppermint is supposed to deter them from doing this