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How To Keep Your Cat From "spraying" |
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Firstly, there are no guaranteed ways to keep your male feline from marking his territory. (I've even seen females with this behavior!)
But there are steps that you can take to perhaps bring a stop to it.
Most importantly: NEUTER him.
A great deal of this behavior stems from the production of testosterone in an unaltered male cat. He gets a whiff of another male and BANG! It's WAR! He'll leave his scent to let the intruder know "Hey, man! This is MY turf! STAY AWAY!"
A male may spray human belongings, too. Especially if the particular human presents a threat of some sort or if there are hostilities between the two. It's rare for the unaltered [ed. note: altered?] male to spray or mark, but it can happen.
It takes up to 6 or 7 months, once he's been neutered, for the testosterone to work itself out of his system.
There's also a relatively new product available from your vet called Felaway. It's a spray we've used on cages and bedding material for boarding/surgery felines that spray in our facility's due to stress or trauma. It's very expensive, and not guaranteed to work in every situation, but it DOES work. It creates a neutral, calming scent. You won't really be able to smell it, but HE will! Good luck!!!
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Posted 2005-12-15 00:00:00 By Amanda Thrower
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