Mr. S's cat, Tigger has been peeing on everything in sight lately. He's done this before, but generally he fixates on a particular spot and if we can keep him from that spot for long enough, he forgets about it eventually. But this time he's fixated on tile. And I mean all the tile in the house that he can get to, including the kitchen and basement floors and the countertops in the kitchen and in the breakfast room addition. He's peed all over the basement, including on pretty much all the kid's toys there and all over my kitchen--on food, paper products, appliances, etc. It's getting really old really fast and I want to kill the damn cat.

So, in the interest of marital harmony and Tigger's life (Mr. S loves that cat like he's one of the kids), any suggestions on how to make him stop? Because I'm tired of cleaning up cat pee all the time.

Oh Jeez. I got nothing. That sucks. I have little patience for animal urine. So, I am not a good resource, anyways. Have you taken the beast to the vet?

oh kitties...I love you...I hate you...I miss owning you. How high is the litter box, is it easy to step into? Is it private? Is it spotlessly clean (and I mean freakishly so, because I had a cat who wanted the damn thing cleaned out COMPLETELY every f-ing day)? Cats are more insane than kids so it might just be a picky thing. I recommend low tidy litterboxes in one or two of his favorite places. And a vet visit.
stupid cats. wonderful cats. sigh. My husband is SO allergic.

I have no real suggestions for you, only sympathy. I had an insane Manx who would chew off her own fur in fits of self-cleaning frenzy. A vet appointment might be in order, and Simple Solution is good at removing the odor markings.

It can also be a sign that the kitty is sick. Bladder infections are quite common in cats and peeing everywhere can be a sign of one.

Petastic (formerly Nature's Miracle) is fantastic at cleaning up the messes. It has enzymes that eat the pee smells so cats are discouraged from going there again. The Nature's Miracle formula has changed and no longer has the enzymes in it. Petastic is the way to go.

Good Luck!!

I definitely second (third?) the suggestion to see the vet, because a UTI could cause random peeing and isn't that uncommon in male cats..

Holy crap mamawho! I have a manx that also licks her fur off!! Someone once looked at her fur distribution and said, "Is that a mark of the breed?" ummmm...no.

ks: I fourth the UTI check.

Thanks all. I have an appointment for him for later in the week, it's just highly annoying, as this is a recurring problem for the damn cat (although it is so much worse this time than usual). He's always been trouble, this one.

And I really, really don't want to go back to the vet and drop over $100 (at least) to fix this, if they can do anything at all, which they haven't been able to before.

Has he been fixed? We had a problem with our cat peeing on everything when she was younger. Once we got her spayed, problem solved.

Yep, that was one of the first things I did when I moved in with Mr. S. Before that, every time I visited (I was in college six hours away while we were dating) he would spray on all my stuff. And that smell is nigh impossible to get out. Once he got fix that stopped, but other bad behavior continued.

Tigger and I have had issues since we met. He's the baby of Mr. S and has been ridiculously jealous of him from the beginning. Luckily, he confines his cat hatred to me and puts up with just about anything the kids do to him.

Bap - that's bizarre! I have heard that Manx cats here in the states are terribly inbred, so many Manx have these bizarre habits. Don't know if it's true, but it makes sense.

If he was already mature when he was fixed, it still could be attempts to spray, even though he can't.

More likely, as most everyone has suggested, he has an infection. If it's happening frequently, the spots are spots and not oceans, then that's most likely the culprit. If you begin to notice that they are having a pinkish hue, then there's blood and the infection is getting bad. The vet will likely give him a prescription. Have fun making him swallow the pills... (I sense some humorous "feeding kitty pills" posts coming). And put him on a quality dry-food diet. Dry-food is better for teeth and much better for UTI health. If you must give him wet food, then cut it in half and mix it with an equal amount of dry food when serving. Try to avoid anything with fish in it, too. Stick to chicken, beef, lamb and rice in the foods.

Oh I have been waiting to tell my story about our cat and his man-gina that cost $1000.00! We have cat named Sam, he kept getting UTI's and pissing everywhere in the house. He got so dehydrated a couple of time that he had to have IV fluids and several overnight stays at the vet.

After doing this a few times and the vet bills mounting we decided to take the vets advise an have surgery preformed to shorten his urethra. He no longer has an actually cat penis...it's more like a vagina. No more UTI's, no more cat pee in the house. But he does walk with a limp since the surgery-no joke!

dr harry (a celeb tv vet, if you can believe such a thing exists) saved my relationship with my cat several years ago, this is what he says on the subject :

Problem: Why do some cats urinate in weird places?

Solution: Cats are very fastidious animals. The major reason cats go off the rails with their urinary excrements is because their owners fail to maintain a pristine litter tray. They should be cleaned daily to remove soiled litter and the whole tray washed and replaced with fresh litter every 48 hours. One cat we visited had adopted the annoying habit of urinating in the shower! It's probably because the tray was near the shower recess and regrettably the smells from the drain are more appealing than those of the dirty litter tray. Plus the cat is attracted by the smell of its own urine in the drain.

The answer is to clean the drain (rinse very well), keep the litter tray spotless and place it over the drain hole. Once puss is back in the habit of using the tray then you can move it each day, inch by inch, to where you want it. One important tip: never use ammonia compounds for cleaning as they encourage bad feline toilet habits. A little diluted vinegar is the best solution to clean up the area.

Hope it resolves soon. Cat pee is really foul. And you can only throw out so many towels, rugs, blankets, jumpers and toys before you want to cut to the chase and throw the cat out. I love my cat, i would never hurt her, but i might have *accidentally* forgotten to take her when i moved house or something, were it not for Dr Harry's helpful advice on her 'attitude' problem some years ago.

It's definitely not the litter box. We have two and one or the other gets cleaned and fresh litter every day.

And our other cat (Zoe, she's my avatar--Tigger is the giant orange cat in the background) used to use the bathtub when she was younger. We kept the litter box in the extra bathroom in our old apartment and she decided that the tub was nicer. We ended up lining the tub with foil (initially just to make cleanup easier) and keeping the box right next to it to get her to stop. But she hated the foil and started using the box again.