Every cat has a special smell that humans cannot detect. Cats will try to attach their scent to various places and read various messages from the scent. This behavior is called "marking behavior."

The "peeing" behavior in marking behavior is common in adult male cats and adult female cats that have not been neutered (especially during estrus). The urine is turbid in color and smells so strong that even the human nose can smell it for a week. By spraying urine, cats can release a variety of messages to attract mates and establish territory.

As a cat slave, you will inevitably encounter the behavior of peeing, and the window sill, the foot of the sofa, the protruding part of the wall, and your beloved furniture will also suffer...

The editor even heard that... there are cats that are very suspicious and will spray urine on your shoes, clothes, bags, and shopping bags that you wear out. Even if you come back from eating hot pot (the smell is different from before), it will try to spray you. Pee! Only in this way can it feel at ease... It's really a headache...

Generally speaking, the reasons why cats spray urine are as follows:

The influence of sex hormones

Discord with the cat in the same house

Environmental changes cause stress

The toilet environment is not ideal

Heredity

Insufficient socialization (not having enough contact with the same kind of people as a child, making it difficult to adapt to social life when you grow up)

What should I do?

To solve the problem, we need to prescribe the right medicine.

If you have not neutered your cat before, it is recommended to neuter your cat first.

Taiwan’s veterinary survey data shows that 90% of urine spraying behaviors are suppressed after vasectomy.

Neutering surgery allows cats to release sexual stress and prevent cats from moaning at night, fighting with their own kind, and escaping from the house.

If you catch your cat spraying urine, do not scold the cat angrily. You might as well slap the object to make a sound/or deliberately drop the object to make a sound to divert the cat's attention. (Try not to let it discover that you are the one doing the tapping)

After your cat sprays urine, you must thoroughly remove the urine stains and odor.

There is a good way to make the smell of cat urine almost invisible at home: first use tissue paper to absorb the urine as much as possible, wipe it twice with diluted white vinegar, then spray and wipe it with 84 disinfectant, and then turn on the air purifier. Basically there is no smell. You might as well give it a try and leave a message if you have a better way.

You can also use physicsMethod to avoid furniture damage.

For example, some small household appliances that are often damaged can be covered with plastic cloth, and things that cats don’t like, such as artificial turf, can be put on the corners/window sills.

But these are temporary methods, and we want long-term solutions. It’s best to identify the cause of your cat’s anxiety and start improving it:

First, simply record the cat’s daily life.

For example, after spraying a few times today, when it was time to pee, think back to what happened at that time, whether a wild cat passed by, strangers/objects came to the house, the owner did not play with the cat, went to the pet hospital, etc.

Then, corresponding to the recorded situation, start to implement improvements and record the effective methods. For example, after seeing other cats passing by the window, the cat feels restless and sprays urine everywhere. You can put translucent frosted cellophane paper on the windows to block your cat’s view.

In addition, you can also start from the home environment. Making your cat's home comfortable can greatly reduce the chance of peeing.