You are here:

Cats/Bad Kitty Urinating on Beds!

Advertisement

Expert: - 3/8/2011


Question
Hi!
I have a 10 month old indoor male kitten named Cinders. He's not neutered and is a mixed breed. He is one of 4 cats in my home. There is a 8 year old neutered male, and 2 2yr old females (one is his mother, the other is his aunt). I've hand raised him from birth, he was slow to get used to the litterbox but appears to have been using it consistently EXCEPT for when he decides to use the middle of a human bed instead! Cinders urinates in the center of human beds repeatedly. I have tried to discipline him immediately after I've caught him in the past, and he runs scared. He knows he has misbehaved. 2 days ago, I had JUST changed My sheets, I walked into the kitchen to take something out of the microwave, and in that moment of time he'd already hopped on My bed and urinated on it. I came into the office a bit ago, and saw he had once again urinated on the guest bed.
I don't know why he's exhibiting this behavior. I keep all 3 litterboxes in the home pretty clean usually, all of the other cats behave fine, and Cinders has no problem using the litterbox for #2...he just keep doing #1 on beds.
Could you please explain why Cinders is doing this and how I can make him stop?
Thanks

Answer
Amanda,

The odds are he is in puberty and is exhibiting one of the annoying behaviors of a whole male, i.e. marking territory by urinating (spraying).

It sounds to me as if he needs to be neutered!!!!!!!!!!

Also, anywhere he has urinated inappropriately, needs to be cleaned up with an enzyme based product specifically for pet stains and pet odors.  

Best regards... Norm.  

Cats

All Answers

Answers by Expert:

Ask Experts

Volunteer

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.

©2012 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.