Geez, Lora -- I don't know what to tell you. You definitely have a
problem! I wish I knew what to tell you, but I have never had this problem
(I attempted to rescue a FeLV+ Maine Coon Cat several years ago, and he did this
-- he went right back to the foster mom in Philly. I would have been
evicted from my apartment otherwise; I had no choice).
Try the website Nina suggested. I hope she can help!
=^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, and 5
furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth and Alec =^..^=
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:01
PM
Subject: Massive Spraying Issue!
Okay group, this is a matter of life and death. No
joke! If
Dartagnan does not completely and
successfully quit spraying I have no
choice but to
relinquish him into the care of the local county
Humane
Society and have him euthanized.
This is an extremely emotional decsion
for me to make
since I am completely anti-PTS! I absolutley do
not
believe in euthanasia. After Peeper passed it was
enough trauma for
me.
But my house is traumatized! It is completley ruined
and beyond
restoration. Nothing and I mean absolutely
nothing is sacred to
Dartagnan!
He spays electrical, metal, plastic, carboard,
wood,
fabric, and even glass! I have lost hundreds of
thousands of
dollars replacing the soiled items.
ELECTRICAL:
He sprays, my
electric outlets i.e. plug-ins and phone
jacks! I have electrical shorts in
the phone line as
well as with the appliances. Smokes just rolls out
the
outlets!
METAL:
He sprays my dishwasher, washing machine,
dryer, the
metal storm doors, door HINGES themselves, portable
heaters,
the oven, even the actual stove top and the
water heater! He actally even
extinguished the pilot
light! I literally had no hot water for two (2)
days
and never understood why!
PLASTIC:
He sprays my kitchen
trash can, recycle bin, laundray
hanpers, the exterior of the litter boxes,
any small
plasic applicance on the counter top i.e. the coffee
maker,
tea maker, toaster, blinder, etc. and plastic
bags. When I return home from
the grocery store I have
to literally race to empty the bags and put them
away
before he gets to them! (It is the same with brown
paper
bags!)
CARDBORD:
He sprays on brown paper grocery bags, cat
houses that
are designed out of "cardboard", boxes and Coke/Pepsi
cases!
I have to break them down and put the
boxes/cases in the recycle bin before
he get to those
too.
WOOD:
My lower kitchen cabinets are a
joke! Not only that
but he sprays table and chair legs, wooden doors
and
PANELS! The doorway thresholds are not immune to his
attacks! Forget
about having any wooden furniture this
hous! Curio/China cabinets,
bookcases, Grandfather
clocks, armoires, antiques, hutches and
T.V./stereo
entertainment centers all ruined. All have either
been
replaced or thrown out. The acid in the urine has
literlly eaten
away the varnish and the brown sticky
liquid has seeped into the carpet
staining the fabric!
FABRIC:
The carpet is unsalvageable! The
spray has gotten into
the actaul carpet pad and has soaked into the
wooden
floor beneath. I even had new capet installed only to
have to
that ruined too! The installers even applied
Kilz paint primer over the
original wood floor before
installing the new carpet. No luck!
My
curtains and upholstery are completely destroyed!
My couch/sofa, love seat,
recliners will never be the
same! I had the fabric furniture
professionally
steamed upholstered and then had then wrapped in
plastic.
Once the plastic was professionally
installed, I had slipcovers fitted for
each
inidividual piece. Now when he sprays, I simply take
the slipcoves
off and throw them in the washing
machine, but doing this every one (1) to
three (3)
months has worn out my washing maching! I had to
finally
break down and purchase a new one (1) last
month!
:(
GLASS:
Dartagnan sprays my glass windows when he jumps on
the
kitchen counter at night, the windows beside the front
and back
door, any glass installed in the wood
furniture and even pitcure frames!
When he climbs on
the cat tree-towers he literally sprays was walls
and
anything hanging on them!
I know that feline inappropriate
elimation and soiling
is the number one (1) problem with pet oweners,
but
this is ridiculous! He has managed to "mark" and/or
destroy every
piece of household funiture that I own
in two (2) years!
I have
twelve (12) indoor cats. Dartagnan is the
youngest. He is two (2). He was
netured at four (4)
months old and was equally and easily accepted by
all
the others.
There are thirteen (13) litter boxes throughout
the
entire house, all in which are easily accessible. They
are all
located away from windows/doors and are in
quiet places within the house.
Food and water bowls
are NOT in the same locations as the litter
boxes.
All thirteen (13) litter boxes are hooded types (I
tried the
litter "pans" but he personally did not like
those.) So I switched back to
the origianl hooded
version.
All of the litter boxes are scooped
twice a day and
are hand washed and sterilized once a month.
I have
tried every bran of cat litter known to man,
clay, scoop, non-scoop, paper,
corn/wheat based, ect.
and non seem to work. Currently, I am using Tiny
Cats
Scoopable version. It has been the most successful
thus far (and
that is NOT saying much!)
I have tried adding MORE litter to the boxes,
then
taking some out. Some cats like them deep while others
like them
shallow. Dartagnan does not seem to care
either way. He still continues to
spray regardless.
He has had a diagnostic laboratory urinalysis
and
urine culture performed once a year. All have come
back
negative!
He has been on Baytril, Clindamycin and Doxycycline
for
"possible" bacterial infections.
And he has been on Clomipramine a.k.a.
Clomicalm,
Amitriptyline and Buspirone a.k.a. buspar for
behavior
displacement and/or territorial aggression to no
avail. Even
all doped up he will still spary. He may
not be able to walk straight, but
he still manages to
somehow spray!
The house itself is a one (1) and
a half story Cap Cad
style with ample room for each individual cat.
I
reside in the county on six (6) acres of land and
there are NO outside
strays or litters lingering
about!
I do TAR a.k.a. Trap-Alter-Return
that is privately
and independally funded out of my own
pocket;
therefore, once the alterations are completed the
strays/ferals
are released back outside on the
PERIMETER of the land where they are fed
ELSEWHERE.
I immedately shower and wash my clothes upon
handling
these cats in order to reduce if not eliminate their
smell
entirely from being brought into the house.
The only two (2) things
that I have not yet done is
contact an animal behaviorist or an
animal
communicator, but with all the money that I am
investing in
household repairs, diagnostic laboratory
vet bills, medications and
cleaning supplies, I have
no more disposable income for a two-hundred
dollar
session with an animal behaviorist or
animal
communicator!
Not only that, but these individuals informed
me via a
free telephone consualtion (thank god) that they would
need to
see Dartagnan on several out-patient visits
due to the severe natual of the
circumstance AND to
"probably" set up sessions with the other eleven
(11)
individually!
WHAT! two-hundred dollars per cat for an average
of
five (5) consecutive visits a piece! That is $12,000
dollars!
IMPOSSIBLE! Who has that kind of money?!
Besides, I have already spent
close to that in the
refurbishing of the house, supplies,
veterinarian
bills, etc.
What the hell am I going to do?! Anyone
want a cat?
Lora
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