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Expert: - 10/13/2009


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My son's Russian Blue cat, "Woody"  has been peeing on his stuff for the past six months.  The reason I say "stuff" is because it ranges from his bed to his backpack to a pile of dirty clothes on the floor then maybe my son was sleeping in my bed the previous night and the cat will pee all over my bed the next day! My son is 11 years old and Woody is 9 years old and as I write this e-mail It's almost midnight and I'm doing a load of laundry as once again Woody has peed all over my bed.
Another thing is that I am divorced from my husband and I have full custody of Woody and have 50% of my son, so I'm wondering if that might have something to do with that, because I have noticed that when my son does come home he seems to pee on my sons clothes or my bed or his bed.  What is up with Woody?  It is driving me insane!!

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Paula,

I am wondering if your kitty is missing your son. So, the best solution is to keep the cat out of your son's room.  I expect stress can screw up a cat's bathroom habits.  The other thing to check is whether Woody may have a urinary tract infection, so when he gets excited, he just cannot help himself. So a visit to the vet would be a good first step.

Also, I am assuming you are cleaning the areas where Woody pee'ed with an enzyme based cleaner specifically for animal stains and odors (available at most pet supermarkets#.

You can try putting a Feliway diffuser #available at most pet supermarkets) in your son's bedroom to see if this would help curb Woody's marking tendencies.

Anyway, here is a link to a series of excellent articles on feline litterbox issues which may give you more clues as to what you might do.

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/pointe/9352/litterboxhelp.html

Best regards... Norm

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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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