Is Your Cat Urinating Inappropriately?

Is your cat peeing  outside of it’s litter box where it shouldn’t?

If your cat is urinating on the carpet, your bed or you furniture then you really to need to get a grip and do something about it before you whole house absolutely stinks. Over time you may gradually become accustomed to the smell and somehow put up with it.

Perhaps you just do not know where to begin or you have tried to clean the mess up but the odor still remains.

Follow these 4 steps for a cat urine odour free home

Cats urinate inappropriately around the house for all sorts of reasons. They may be stressed or just plain unwell. The most essential thing that you definitely must do in order to put an end to your cats urinating in the home is to clean up any areas that he has used in the past.

1.    Scrupulously clean the area that your cat is using to urinate using a recommended Cat Urine Removal technique. The key is to completely eradicate the smell other wise your cat will return to pee in the same place over and over again. There are many suitable products available both at your local pet store or indeed on line.

2.    Stop your cat from being able to access the areas of the house that he was using to urinate. This can be done fairly easily by keeping the doors to certain rooms closed so that your cat cannot get into them at all. So do not allow your cat to have a free run of the house. You might think of allowing your cat to have access to the kitchen only for example. You can buy cat deterrent products from pet stores and these can be very effective. You can get double sided sticky tape that can used to cover furniture or another repellent you can use is a bitter apple spray which cats find unbelievably bitter.

3.    Once you have a totally cat odour free house and you have limited your cats right to use some parts of your home the next step is to find out what is causing the problem in the first place. Don’t forget that if your cat is urinating all over the house there is probably a reason for its behaviour. If your cat is spraying to mark his territory it could mean that he is stressed so try and find out what is upsetting him. He may be feeling stressed by new faces and people, perhaps you have recently moved home.

4.     It is also a good idea to get your cat checked at the Vets to make sure that he does not have a urinary tract infection as this can cause him to urinate uncontrollably. Try to catch your cat in the act to see if he is showing any signs of pain while urinating. Blood in the urine is also a sign of a urinary tract infection.

Follow these four steps and you should be able to solve your cat urinating problems and leave you with a happy cat.