Hi. I have a super lovable male cat named Jasper who is 4 years old. He is very needy and loves to be petted constantly. He had a sister cat who was a litter mate. I adopted them both when they were a few weeks old. The female cat ran away a few months ago and I also moved to a new residence. Now, before you list those reasons as factors, the cat was spraying before all this happened.
I'm sure its a behavioral thing. I keep his litter box clean and give him what I consider to be an adequate amount of attention, although he always seems to crave more than I give him. He sprays a small amount mainly in places where I spend time like on my couch or under my computer desk. I tried this new product called Feliaway that seemed to help but I didnt do it religiously so he has started spraying again. I love this cat to death but I cant handle the spraying. Not on my new leather couch or in my new clean apartment!!
The weird thing is that he is CONSTANTLY exhibiting spraying behavior i.e. backing up against things and shaking his tail, kneading his rear feet etc. but nothing comes out. I know he IS spraying because I've found the evidence but I rarely seem him actually spray. He can do these motions up to 20-30 times per day but rarely actually sprays. He also uses his litter box when he has to reguarly urinate because I've seen the large amount of clumped litter.
I'm going to try the feliaway product again, and my vet recommended amitryptyline. Does anyone have any further ideas I havent listed? I'm at my wits end because I can't tolerate
the mess but I couldnt stand to take him to the pound or have him euthanized. I couldnt give him away because if he continued the bahavior somewhere else the inevitable would happen. thanks in advance for any help.
I'm sure its a behavioral thing. I keep his litter box clean and give him what I consider to be an adequate amount of attention, although he always seems to crave more than I give him. He sprays a small amount mainly in places where I spend time like on my couch or under my computer desk. I tried this new product called Feliaway that seemed to help but I didnt do it religiously so he has started spraying again. I love this cat to death but I cant handle the spraying. Not on my new leather couch or in my new clean apartment!!
The weird thing is that he is CONSTANTLY exhibiting spraying behavior i.e. backing up against things and shaking his tail, kneading his rear feet etc. but nothing comes out. I know he IS spraying because I've found the evidence but I rarely seem him actually spray. He can do these motions up to 20-30 times per day but rarely actually sprays. He also uses his litter box when he has to reguarly urinate because I've seen the large amount of clumped litter.
I'm going to try the feliaway product again, and my vet recommended amitryptyline. Does anyone have any further ideas I havent listed? I'm at my wits end because I can't tolerate
the mess but I couldnt stand to take him to the pound or have him euthanized. I couldnt give him away because if he continued the bahavior somewhere else the inevitable would happen. thanks in advance for any help.
