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Got a bit of a problem with our male cat (1yr). It is my daughters cat and she loves the thing to death. So that kind of limits my options in dealing with this issue. Problem is that he is spraying now in the house. We have been to busy to get the balls snipped so he is getting into maturity now and he is starting to spray. We have a lot of very expensive and nice furniture in our home. A lot of it from Morocco that we bought a few years back. This cat sprayed on one of our Moroccan couches. It took me a bit to restrain myself from booting the cat out the door. Any quick tips on solving this issue would help.

The only fix is to get him snipped.

why can't you still get it neutered? :confused:

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

My friend's cat sprayed into his DVD player and fucked it up. Lulz were experienced.
Now, I'm no expert on kittyballsnipping, but is it too late to get the little bugger neutered? If it is, I recommend covering all your furniture and electronics in foil. Failing that, cover your cat in foil.

Got a bit of a problem with our male cat (1yr). It is my daughters cat and she loves the thing to death. So that kind of limits my options in dealing with this issue. Problem is that he is spraying now in the house. We have been to busy to get the balls snipped so he is getting into maturity now and he is starting to spray. We have a lot of very expensive and nice furniture in our home. A lot of it from Morocco that we bought a few years back. This cat sprayed on one of our Moroccan couches. It took me a bit to restrain myself from booting the cat out the door. Any quick tips on solving this issue would help.
have him fixed. quick. if you wait, he'll keep spraying.

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

Pair of scissors?

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

You'll need to keep him in a room by himself until you get it done. Otherwise there is no quick fix.

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

kitty diapers?;)


i don't know. i guess you could do your best to keep the cat away from certain rooms (keep doors closed as much as possible, etc). might help limit the spray

Any temporary solutions?No.

My friend's cat sprayed into his DVD player and fucked it up. Lulz were experienced.
Now, I'm no expert on kittyballsnipping, but is it too late to get the little bugger neutered? If it is, I recommend covering all your furniture and electronics in foil. Failing that, cover your cat in foil.

Nope. It's never too late to neuter your animal.

Get him fixed, and soon.

Nope. It's never too late to neuter your animal.

Get him fixed, and soon.

Ah, ok then.
Yeah, agreed, fix him up. Or your expensive, Moroccan furniture will get very sticky.

Give him some nice cat food (http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006926138). ;)

Take care of that problem :p

Throw him in the basement. Or throw him outside.

You need to make the time to get his neutering done. There is no other way to get it to stop.

Throw him in the basement. Or throw him outside.

You need to make the time to get his neutering done. There is no other way to get it to stop.

Yeah he is in the basement at the moment. Guess will be calling the vet asap.

Give him some nice cat food (http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006926138). ;)

Take care of that problem :p

Crossed my mind but don't think the daughter would forgive me.

Yeah he is in the basement at the moment. Guess will be calling the vet asap.do that. and there is nothing more funny than a cat waking up from anesthesia.

Crossed my mind but don't think the daughter would forgive me.

Leave the front door open on accident. If its accident, then she has to forgive you :p

Give your cat a very cold bath whenever he does something wrong. He'll learn very quickly.

To hate you.

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

No, and since he's already picked up the behavior fixing him may not stop it.

do that. and there is nothing more funny than a cat waking up from anesthesia.

Staggering around with their bottoms all shaved...

Yeah, it can be pretty funny. :D

No, and since he's already picked up the behavior fixing him may not stop it.

Great.....

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?Um, you just take him in to the vet and pick him up again later. That's not exactly terribly time consuming.

Great.....

Look at it this way, this is why you shouldn't procrastinate. My last male cat got fixed when he was pretty young, it was never an issue. Never seen a calmer more mellow cat in all my life. He died when he was about 14, his mother at 17 is still around and frankly bitchy.

Cats. I did notice I never had to train him not to scratch at the furniture, apparently his mother taught him it wasn't the thing to do. Every time she tried it we'd throw something at her. Something heavy.

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?
Drop him off at the fucking vet on the way to somewhere and tell them to neuter it then pick him up on the way back. It really isn't that damn hard.

Um, you just take him in to the vet and pick him up again later. That's not exactly terribly time consuming.

Yep. When I had mine fixed, I dropped them off in the afternoon, picked them up the next morning. $50 per cat. You do have to keep them quiet and calm for a while after, but they recover really quick. Females take a bit longer, iirc. I may be wrong. Never owned a female anyway.

Plus, if it's an outdoor cat, neutering helps the desire to wander. They'll stick closer to home, which will probably make your daughter happier to know that there's less chance of him wandering off.

get him snipped, your daughter doesn't need to know that it involves mutilation. as a temporary measure i'm sure there're aerosol sprays you can get that can be used on furniture and the like to deter pets from going near them.

WTF? Get the cat neutered, this is a problem with you, not the cat.

Drop him off at the fucking vet on the way to somewhere and tell them to neuter it then pick him up on the way back. It really isn't that damn hard.

I am personally gone on business most of the week. This is part of the problem and the wife has been to lazy to go down and drop him off. I think this will change her mind though. She doesn't know what he did yet. Anyway to the vet he goes.

Cat problem... Need some scissors

Fixed. :D

Fixed. :D

Bad pun. :p

I am personally gone on business most of the week.
1) The cat is a damn year old.
2) Most of the week is not all of the week.

Cat burgers for all NSG. *Yum*

Nueter Him!

Got a bit of a problem with our male cat (1yr). It is my daughters cat and she loves the thing to death. So that kind of limits my options in dealing with this issue. Problem is that he is spraying now in the house. We have been to busy to get the balls snipped so he is getting into maturity now and he is starting to spray. We have a lot of very expensive and nice furniture in our home. A lot of it from Morocco that we bought a few years back. This cat sprayed on one of our Moroccan couches. It took me a bit to restrain myself from booting the cat out the door. Any quick tips on solving this issue would help.

Get rid of it. Filthy animals. You're far better off owning a small bird.

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

Stop being a lazy irresponsible pet owner and get it done?

Just to clarify, spraying = ejaculating?

Get rid of it. Filthy animals. You're far better off owning a small bird.

What are you talking about? Have you ever even owned a cat? They're probably the cleanest pets you can buy with the lowest maitinence.

My cats are always clean and they smell soooooo good. :)

What are you talking about? Have you ever even owned a cat? They're probably the cleanest pets you can buy with the lowest maitinence.

My cats are always clean and they smell soooooo good. :)

I've lived with several different roomates with cats. They piss everywhere, they maul the furniture, and they shed over everything. They bring half-dead animals into the house.

And they get static cling and then rub themselves all over you, unbidden.

Filthy things - cats are a blight, they should never have been allowed indoors in the first place.

Um, you just take him in to the vet and pick him up again later. That's not exactly terribly time consuming.

QFT.

I've lived with several different roomates with cats. They piss everywhere, they maul the furniture, and they shed over everything. They bring half-dead animals into the house.

And they get static cling and then rub themselves all over you, unbidden.

Filthy things - cats are a blight, they should never have been allowed indoors in the first place.

They only piss everywhere before they're house-broken or if the litter box is too messy.

The furniture? This is why you de-claw the cats. They also have a harder time killing things like birds and lizards.

Shedding is a problem depending on the cat. My long haired cat sheds constantly. She sheds when I pet her, she sheds when she eats, sleeps sits down, rolls over, or anything else. Well, I think I've said everything a cat CAN do.

My other medium haired cat on the other hand sheds just a small amount.

All you really have to do is put down a cloth where they normally sit, and shedding no longer becomes a problem.

Besides, whenever my friends come over I can lure them over to where my cats sit (On top of the sofa) and I can cackle in amusement as they are engulfed in cat fuzz.

Just to clarify, spraying = ejaculating?

Pissing. Like what dogs do to mark their territory.

I've lived with several different roomates with cats. They piss everywhere, they maul the furniture, and they shed over everything. They bring half-dead animals into the house.

And they get static cling and then rub themselves all over you, unbidden.

Filthy things - cats are a blight, they should never have been allowed indoors in the first place.
Your roomies did not clean out the litter box enough -- which is in my house once a day.

No cat piss, no cat smell, no scratching (a waterpistol deterred her from that fast enough) and... ok, you got me on the hair.

They bring half-dead animals into the house.

They do it to please the owner though.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/squrl.jpg

They only piss everywhere before they're house-broken or if the litter box is too messy.

The furniture? This is why you de-claw the cats. They also have a harder time killing things like birds and lizards.

Shedding is a problem depending on the cat. My long haired cat sheds constantly. She sheds when I pet her, she sheds when she eats, sleeps sits down, rolls over, or anything else. Well, I think I've said everything a cat CAN do.

My other medium haired cat on the other hand sheds just a small amount.

All you really have to do is put down a cloth where they normally sit, and shedding no longer becomes a problem.

Besides, whenever my friends come over I can lure them over to where my cats sit (On top of the sofa) and I can cackle in amusement as they are engulfed in cat fuzz.


Or you could just get rid of the wretched thing and avoid the hassle. Your friends'd no doubt applaud.

Oh, and they get into the compost bins, too.

Not my kitty, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GPTicklesTaleRazMaTaz.jpg

:D

Not my kitty, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GPTicklesTaleRazMaTaz.jpg

:D

lmao. Last year I was trying to find a cat, and saw that picture and tweaked it with photoshop to show the sort of cat I was after. I posted the pictures on a cat-lovers message board but was quickly banned.

I told them I wanted that cat from the wiki pic but more pink...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/pink.jpg

Or more blue...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/blue.jpg

And, if possible, with a unicorn type horn...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/blue2.jpg

lmao. Last year I was trying to find a cat, and saw that picture and tweaked it with photoshop to show the sort of cat I was after. I posted the pictures on a cat-lovers message board but was quickly banned.

I told them I wanted that cat from the wiki pic but more pink...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/pink.jpg

Or more blue...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/blue.jpg

And, if possible, with a unicorn type horn...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/blue2.jpg

That is hilarious. Though the pink one doesn't look that unnatural. I guess because it's softer compared to the other two.

I had my tom neutered before he even knew what they were for. He never sprayed.

The sooner you get him neutered the better, it's the only fix. And, if he's started spraying, the chances of you're stopping it by neutering him has decreased and continues to decrease the longer you wait.

Wrap furniture in plastic, failing that, wrap cat in plastic

Dude. Get the damned cat neutered. Unless you are planning on studding him, there is no reason not to do it.

If you set up an appointment ahead of time, it's usually done as an out-patient procedure. Or make your daughter take him to the vet.

Get it neutered, and be aware of the fact that you may well never get it to stop spraying. Ours are all neutered, but the one who was neutered latest, and who was actually a stray on the street still sprayes.

This is why you get female cats. No spraying. Plus their smaller and not as fat.

A temporary solution would to put the cat in a kennel for a few days until you can get the operation done. They should look after the cat just fine. Just make sure it's only for a few days, your cat is still only 1 year old.

Fit it with a diaper.

Problem solved.

This is why you get female cats. No spraying. Plus their smaller and not as fat.

You haven't met my two female cats. One of them has so much hair that she looks like a ball of gray hair with a head on top. The other is a short-hair who looks identical.

Of course, the male black cat is fat too, but still.

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

NO!

don't wait, do it now.
If you don't it can become habit, which makes it all the harder to break. Even after being sniped.

You haven't met my two female cats. One of them has so much hair that she looks like a ball of gray hair with a head on top. The other is a short-hair who looks identical.

Of course, the male black cat is fat too, but still.Pfft, still doesn't stop the generalisation being generally true. In my experience female cats are nice and light and non-smelly. Male cats are big, heavy and they spray.

My goal is to get an orange cat, feed it until it gets massive, and name it Cartman.

Of course, it'll have to be neutered, but still.

My goal is to get an orange cat, feed it until it gets massive, and name it Cartman.

Of course, it'll have to be neutered, but still.

K... Joke?

I've lived with several different roomates with cats. They piss everywhere, they maul the furniture, and they shed over everything. They bring half-dead animals into the house.

And they get static cling and then rub themselves all over you, unbidden.

Filthy things - cats are a blight, they should never have been allowed indoors in the first place.

What are you talking about? Have you ever even owned a cat? They're probably the cleanest pets you can buy with the lowest maitinence.

My cats are always clean and they smell soooooo good. :)
i agree... dobbs must have known some badly looked-after cats, or just been unlucky.

our cat, and all the other cats i've known, have been clean. we accidentally locked our cat into a room while we were away for a weekend and he was great - he found some newspaper and pooped/pissed on that rather than the furniture.

Spraying?

Spraying?

As in leaving urine around the place to mark his "territory".

As in leaving urine around the place to mark his "territory".

Ah!

I've lived with several different roomates with cats. They piss everywhere, they maul the furniture, and they shed over everything. They bring half-dead animals into the house.

And they get static cling and then rub themselves all over you, unbidden.

Filthy things - cats are a blight, they should never have been allowed indoors in the first place.

Wierd...
My cat never pisses anywhere except the litter box or the garden.
She never once touched the furniture, or the carpets. She's got a little scratching pad for that.
She doesn't shed much, but that's probably because she's short-haired anyway, and temperatured in Ireland never change drastically.
She brings dead animals to the door, now and then. Never insider the house.

The only filthy cats I ever met were the ones forced to living with filthy humans.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/squrl.jpg

That squirrel must have been dead already when that cat found it. They're bloody fast and vicious things when they're alive.

I can get him snipped however I have to find the time to do it. Any temporary solutions?

Temporary solutions all take more time than the permanent one. You can drop him off at the vet, on the way to work and pick him up on the way home. Depending on the distance of the vet, it's a total of a half an hour out of your day.

Temporary solutions are things like covering the house with tarps or scotch guard. Very time consuming.

Wierd...
My cat never pisses anywhere except the litter box or the garden.
She never once touched the furniture, or the carpets. She's got a little scratching pad for that.
She doesn't shed much, but that's probably because she's short-haired anyway, and temperatured in Ireland never change drastically.
She brings dead animals to the door, now and then. Never insider the house.

The only filthy cats I ever met were the ones forced to living with filthy humans.

Cats often do that when they are scared or sick. We had cat at my old apartment, but there had been cats living there before, so one of my cats kept peeing in a couple of the corners.

Then we moved, and she never peed anywhere except the litterbox for over a year. Then my wife got pregnant, and she (the cat) started peeing under our bed.

I am concerned at the apparent consensus here, advising the OP to get the damn cat neutered asap.

I'm sure that's good advice, I'm just concerned that there's no diversity of opinion here. So I'm going to offer some.

Become a Cat Person ... well, OK a Cat Family. Abase yourself before cats, become nothing more than a human agent and slave of the Greater Feline. Rise above this human vanity of protecting your valuable ethnic furniture or even your own bed from the tom-cat's natural urge to mark it's territory. When's the last time you walked under the chairs or on top of the bookcase? So who's territory is it really?

Do you own the cat? No, your daughter does. Do you own your daughter? No. That cat has you dead to rights, you're stuffed. The sooner you recognize who is boss, the easier it will go for you.

That squirrel must have been dead already when that cat found it. They're bloody fast and vicious things when they're alive.

Meh. Cats have madd ski11z

That squirrel must have been dead already when that cat found it. They're bloody fast and vicious things when they're alive.

Cats tolerate people.

Othewise, theyre viscous, sadistic, cruel creatures, that pound for pound, are one of the most efficient killers on the planet.
Not many squirrels can beat a cat.

I used to know one that had been declawed. its name was Rascal, but we called it Spartacus.
It still killed chipmunks, squirrels, even once fatally wounded a raccoon.
It would pummel the things to unconciousness, and then bite out thier throats.

But not until after playing with the dying tortured animals..

They do it to please the owner though.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/squrl.jpg
You stole that from me you bastard :p
lmao. Last year I was trying to find a cat, and saw that picture and tweaked it with photoshop to show the sort of cat I was after. I posted the pictures on a cat-lovers message board but was quickly banned.

I told them I wanted that cat from the wiki pic but more pink...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/pink.jpg

Or more blue...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/blue.jpg

And, if possible, with a unicorn type horn...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/blue2.jpg

Ok, you're forgiven. That is winful.

You stole that from me you bastard :p

Ok, you're forgiven. That is winful.

lolz. I save all the cat pictures I see on here for future use.

lolz. I save all the cat pictures I see on here for future use.

That one was from my uber cat post. Pity Hack ate that thread.

Cats tolerate people.

Othewise, theyre viscous, sadistic, cruel creatures, that pound for pound, are one of the most efficient killers on the planet.
Not many squirrels can beat a cat.

I used to know one that had been declawed. its name was Rascal, but we called it Spartacus.
It still killed chipmunks, squirrels, even once fatally wounded a raccoon.
It would pummel the things to unconciousness, and then bite out thier throats.

But not until after playing with the dying tortured animals..

our Buster used to go kill rabbits and hares at least twice his size when he was a kitten. there wasn't much else for him to get his teeth into (forgive the pun ;)) round here, but when he was an adult he used to eat every part of the things he caught... except for the ears. weird.

though he stopped bringing the dead things to us as gifts after we kept yelling at him and throwing them right out the door. after that we'd just come out in the morning occasionally to find a fresh pair of chewed ears on the driveway. better than in the house i guess :P


i miss my cat :(

our Buster used to go kill rabbits and hares at least twice his size when he was a kitten. there wasn't much else for him to get his teeth into (forgive the pun ;)) round here, but when he was an adult he used to eat every part of the things he caught... except for the ears. weird.

though he stopped bringing the dead things to us as gifts after we kept yelling at him and throwing them right out the door. after that we'd just come out in the morning occasionally to find a fresh pair of chewed ears on the driveway. better than in the house i guess :P


i miss my cat :(

Funny thing is, he probably stopped bringing them, after deciding that you were too stupid for such gifts, since you didnt eat a single one he brought you.
At least he loved you anyway...

Funny thing is, he probably stopped bringing them, after deciding that you were too stupid for such gifts, since you didnt eat a single one he brought you.
At least he loved you anyway...

he must have... he did put up with us living in his house for 16 years :p ;)

he must have... he did put up with us living in his house for 16 years :p ;)

I believe that, like most cats, he was plotting your demise, and just never came up with a perfect plan.
One that would give him both an alibi, and not implicate himself.

Towards the golden years howevEr, they tend to soften up some, and merely wish you an occasional beating...unless you make with the cat treats CHOP! CHOP!

That squirrel must have been dead already when that cat found it. They're bloody fast and vicious things when they're alive.

I think I should introduce you to my cat Rakete.... she brings home anything up to the size of a sheep. More or less.
Thankfully she always leaves it outside. Honestly, before I had her, I never thought cats can actually catch and kill fully-grown seagulls.

I think I should introduce you to my cat Rakete.... she brings home anything up to the size of a sheep. More or less.
Thankfully she always leaves it outside. Honestly, before I had her, I never thought cats can actually catch and kill fully-grown seagulls.

lol, you should see 'em at work. I was in the garden once and saw my cat crouching behind a bush and I was like 'hmm'. Then a second later a bird flew over its head and it jumped out at it. Missed it, but that was crazy that it was waiting there for a bird to fly by. Seems like it would be a long wait. Somehow it knew where the bird was going to fly. Is there a rat in the birds nest? Now I'm rambling.

My fiance once had a cat, when he was a kid, who used to climb up trees, wait for birds to fly by, and leap out, catch them on the wing, and take them down and land on top of them in the yard.

Didn't do much for the bird.

Evil would bring dead mice in from time to time. Which was fine as long as they were dead. A couple times he wasn't quite done playing with them yet. :eek:

My fiance once had a cat, when he was a kid, who used to climb up trees, wait for birds to fly by, and leap out, catch them on the wing, and take them down and land on top of them in the yard.

Didn't do much for the bird.

A friend of mine grew up in a house that was right next to the railroad tracks. Their cat figured out how to hunt rabbits using oncoming trains... he would sit in the high grass in the fields watching the rabbits, and when he heard the train coming he jump at them. The rabibts, terrified, ran in the direction away from the cat, and in front of the train.
My friend filmed that once, cause nobody believed her.