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Re: Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2011, 12:19:19 PM »
It would be fab if toffee could poo outside in the lawn instead of on the loft floor! lol

Bengals arent for everyone no, my mom wanted a bengal and shes moms cat. we kind of got used to her ways now sshes 5, we know what shes like, and se will always wee everywhere lol :) :):)

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Re: Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2011, 09:59:54 AM »
my bengal always poos in the middle of the lawn - its her way of showing the others she is around I think maybe the weeing is the same - they are lovely creatures but not for everyone!

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Re: Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2011, 08:08:45 AM »
 :thanks: alot
Toffee is extremely noisy, s never shuts up!
Yestersay the door was open as it was like 30 degree outside!!! But... what did toffee do, weed on my dads phone which was in the kitchen on the side charging! he wasnt happy.

Shes getting worse at doing this and im not sure what we can do really anymore
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Re: Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2011, 14:34:42 PM »
Oh poor you. I lived through this with Cora ten years ago.

She had been rescued from a clan of 20+ cats who had been allowed to breed unchecked in a house with uncaring owners, so by the time the RSPCA got involved most of them were set in their ways - unsocialised and almost feral.

She was 1 year old when I took her in, a beautiful, dainty tabby girl, so loving and playful. I kept Cora for 10 months in which time she bullied poor gentle Beau into a quivering wreck and trashed my home - her wee was up every surface, the doors were splitting and my kitchen cupboards boards burst, the floor was soaked through to the rafters, all my clothes stank of pee and I just couldn't cope with her any more.

She would use the entire house as her litter tray, and although she had free access to the outside and fresh litter daily, she wouldn't stop.

I spoke to the RSPCA who agreed that she was out of (my) control and maybe she needed to be re-homed as an "only" pet.
 
I cried when I left her there. The hardest decision I ever made. I felt like I'd failed both Cora and myself. But once I'd cleaned out the house, got new carpets and re-decorated, suddenly life was once again good for me and Beau. He came out of the airing cupboard and I could have a day off without spending all my free time scrubbing and cursing.  :tired:

Cora, I heard later, was re-homed to a lady with no other pets, and was much happier being an indoor cat. It seemingly was the prior presence of poor Beau in "her" house (even though he never marked or sprayed) and she just couldn't help herself.

So, over to you.

The stress she's causing you will certainly be felt by her and may even be making things worse. She may resent the dog, or the attention you give him, or maybe she's just got set in her ways. Whatever it is, try not to get angry with her, or yourself for that matter, it only serves to  make matters worse.

There are new products for cleaning your place and helping your cat that were'nt around when I had Cora.

Try RX66 from Xeria

http://www.livingiseasy.co.uk/search/?search=rx66

for old pee stains on upholstered furniture and wooden flooring, which really does work if you follow the instructions to the letter. Be generous.

For general cleaning I have a gallon of Simple Solution (Pets at Home have this if you want some today).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SIMPLE-SOLUTION-REMOVER-LARGER-LITRES/dp/B004B3IQAI/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1317472592&sr=8-8

which acts in a similar way but is slightly cheaper for everyday cleaning and de-ponging litter trays etc. Decant some into a spray bottle.

Where she is peeing up wallpaper, use a boot waterproofing spray to create a non-absorbent barrier white newspapers below to catch the wetness.

Puppy pads placed on your settee, covered with a throw so your neighbours don't think you're incontinent, will help protect that. Wrap cling film around the bottoms of your radiators and wooden doors to protect them. Restrict the rooms she has access to to save yourself some work.

Try a Feliway plug-in too, and some Rescue Remedy or Zylkene for her, she may respond well.

Ask your vet about Buspirone, which has had good success in controlling spraying behaviour in cats.

I really do feel for you, but there are a few things you can try yet. There will be plenty of folk on here who have great advice, read through the old threads in Health and Behaviour section that look appropriate, and Good luck.

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Re: Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2011, 12:40:15 PM »
I think Toffee might be rather territorial.
Some cats will show 'wild', instinctive behaviour we thought we bred out of them by now, and Bengals, after all,  still have a strong wild streak.

People tend to associate just tomcats with territorial spraying, but queens will also wee, and even spray, to mark their territory, especially if they live in a clowder with a few grown-up daughters and the latest litter(s). 

So Toffee might well be considering herself top cat and marking her territory. The presence of another cat and a dog will not be the cause of it, but it will probably reinforce this behaviour, because she actually has others to convince it is HER house.
« Last Edit: October 01, 2011, 16:43:58 PM by Jiskefet »

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Re: Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2011, 09:07:31 AM »
We used to have to buy bio-catalet but it csts a fortune!! Now we use sainsburys own,(the only one she will use) she will use the tray, but 6/10 she will do it elsewhere.

We have an open tray top of stairs, hooded corner tray on the stairs, and mom got open tray upstarir too. Also the back doors open as we havent a cat flap. I dont understand why she does it, she has done since we had her. Whether its because she was an older kitten i dont know?
Ziggy was from the same place (She breeds bengals and maine coons) he was the size of my palm! As soon as we bought him back i showed him around the house, put him in litter trays etc... i remember hearing a banging noise about 1 hour later, little ziggy was attemping to climb the stairs to get to the tray!!! Ziggy has no problems but toffee is a nightmare!!!( They are bothe 5 now)
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Re: Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2011, 21:27:07 PM »
Our bengal Porsche likes fine clumping clay litter and sawdust pellets and won't put her paws in any of the other types of litter we have in trays

What sort of trays do you have - we have open, hooded, highsided, large, jumbo and small as we cater for a large number of cats of all sizes including our Big Boys Caspurr ragdoll at 8kgs and our foster NFC also at 8kgs
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Why does she wee??!!
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2011, 20:39:18 PM »
Hi toffee has always been a devil for weeing places. We have three trays in the house and are always clean and full of litter, but she wees other places,
She will meow and then disappear next thing shes scraping walls. She wees behind the tv, the settee, the chair etc...
I would say its the dog making her upset, but shes been weeing places since she was a kitten!
We had urine samples to vets etc... nothing.
What is wrong with her? How do i stop her weeing(tried lemons, foil EVERYTHING!)
Oher than this how do i stop the carpet smelling of cat wee!!!

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Toffee is a bengal!!!!!
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