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Sorry about your dad, but thanks for the laugh and visual this morning! I needed it![/QUOTE]
My sister’s cat expresses her displeasure with my sister by peeing on her bed. Or on her. While she sleeps…the cat is 18 at this point, and has my sister extremely well trained to not come home late from work. 
Good suggestions here. My Carmella would poop on the bed every time I went on a business trip. Had my teenaged cat sitter on a “dollar a poop” honor system and I left a couple of sheets on the bed. She was a kitty I found at the SPCA, I think she had a fear of being abandoned. She stopped after a while.
Good luck!
Dumb question, but is the Cosequin the same formulation for cats as for horses? Is it possible to use a light dusting/sprinkle of the horse formulation? Or would that be harmful? We have several cats and I can’t see cracking open multiple capsules every feeding time if I could just use the powdered form.
Also, has anyone used the Cat Urinary Health Risk Indicator? http://www.petsupplies.com/item/simple-solution-cat-urinary-health-risk-indicator/406382/ I saw it at PetSmart the other day and I see it online at petsupplies.com as well–it’s a crystalline thing you sprinkle on the cat litter periodically, and it turns a color to indicate whether the cat’s urine is the correct pH.
Also–does anyone use, or have any experience with, those paste/gel supplements for urinary health? Our cat that is a problem pee-er loooooves the taste so I give it to him as a treat, but I don’t know if it does anything for him. I think it has ascorbic acid or cranberry, for the pH.
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Sorry about your dad, but thanks for the laugh and visual this morning! I needed it![/QUOTE]
It’s extra funny (for me, anyway) 'cause my dad is, umm, REEEEALLY gorilla-like. So of course we all told him that the cat had no idea he was peeing on a human being, he must have mistaken my dad’s back for the lawn, lol…
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Dumb question, but is the Cosequin the same formulation for cats as for horses? Is it possible to use a light dusting/sprinkle of the horse formulation? Or would that be harmful? We have several cats and I can’t see cracking open multiple capsules every feeding time if I could just use the powdered form.[/QUOTE]
You could probably find the ingredient lists online someplace and compare. Then you could figure out how much of the equine powder you’d need per cat. My vet rattled off a suggested daily amount of chondroitin (or was it glucoasamine? ) which I think was 800 mg for a Dice-sized cat and getting the powder at a health of supplement store to save money. I decided that it was easier to deal with capsules than with weighing out less than a gram of powder. The cheapest place I found the Cosequin is Costco.
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My sister’s cat expresses her displeasure with my sister by peeing on her bed. Or on her. While she sleeps…the cat is 18 at this point, and has my sister extremely well trained to not come home late from work. ;)[/QUOTE]
Isn’t it incredible how trainable humans are?
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It’s extra funny (for me, anyway) 'cause my dad is, umm, REEEEALLY gorilla-like. So of course we all told him that the cat had no idea he was peeing on a human being, he must have mistaken my dad’s back for the lawn, lol…[/QUOTE]
L O L !!!
I had this problem!
We rescued Sylvester - he was dumped at the farm my husband worked at and we ended up with him when my husband and the other workers noticed that his paws were bloody. Turns out he was declawed and was trying to get away from predators and other cats and had broken his toes because he could not use claws.
Anyway, he was thought to be about 2 years old, and when I got him home I slept in the guest room with him (I had him separated from the other cats until he could be tested for FIV). He peed on me that night in the bed. Once he was tested and checked for UTI, he would pee on us if we were napping and he started peeing on the leather couch and the rugs. We had 3 other cats at the time and one of them started joining in on the fun.
What cured him for me was using Cat Attract or Kitten Attract litter. I did also use Feliway and tried Prozac for a very short time, but I really think it is that litter that works. When I brought a feral cat in, he was peeing in different places in the house. I added a couple of litter boxes and put them near where he was peeing. I used the Cat Attract and gradually moved the litter boxes where I wanted them (like over a period of weeks). I now have 6 cats in the house and have 3 litter boxes - 2 in the laundry room/hall and 1 in the den. I have the 1 in the den so that I can put a baby gate up and keep the dogs out (I have 5 dogs) to give the cats more privacy.
Sylvester has not had an accident since we made these changes - it has been 3+ years. The others have not had accidents either. I buy the Cat Attract once a month now and mix it with the Natures Miracle unscented multi cat litter (the Cat Attract is more expensive) and it continues to work for us.
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