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Hi

I'm after a bit of advice from all you cat lovers - my naughty tomcat Latchford has been "done" for over 3yrs now. However, he sprays everywhere in the house.

This morning I swear he looked at me and grinned before lifting his tails and spraying over my work suit which was hanging up on the door! He goes outdoors a lot and even runs back in and sprays!

Do you think there could be anything physically wrong with him?

Great name for a cat!
Have any other cats come into the house - could he be marking his territory, to show it his domain maybe?
I have 2 girl cats - and recently this other cat has decided that she lives here too and she comes in and wonders round...much to my cats annoyance.
Not sure what else the spraying could be.
k.

Julie, our tom cat does that too and hes got this thing about peeing in hubbys shoes. Apart from a shotgun i have ran out of ideas

Hi

He's named after a favourite footballer of mine - Bob Latchford, although he's been called a few different names lately!

I have got a female cat that he adores and follows around like her shadow. I don't think she's impressed with him either as she's a real lady and he's a smelly boy ( I'm being polite)

maybe a shotgun is the answer.....oh but despite his faults I love him lol

I have got to the point now that i want to rehome both of my cats BUT they would have to go together because in 8 years they have never been apart.
I do love them but one of them is always round my feet, he even tripped me half way down the stairs once

Do you know what age he was "done"? I say this because it could be that he had already reached puberty and starting spraying and was then "done" too late. I was advised when I got my cat that it should be done early as once the spraying has started, it is nearly impossible to stop, it is a habit, an instinct in them. My cat is 4, he was done very early on and has never sprayed, in the house or anywhere else. He is a British Shorthair, in the males, when adult, they get very large cheeks, but once neutered, this does not happen for some reason, and some people delay the neutering so they can develop this huge face, which is distinctive of the breed but I did not want to risk him starting spraying in the house so we had him done early and, although he is a big cat with a big face, he does not have the very large cheeks. I am not sure you could stop the spraying once it has begun.

My cats are so different - they are sisters, but hate each other!!!
The only time you will see them together is at feeding time - apart from that they avoid each other at all times, and if they do happen to cross paths, there is lots of spitting and hissing (from them not me!).
We have Fliss named after Felicity kendal (husbands!!!), and Bernie, named after Bernard (nursey) in Black Adder.
k.

We rescued Latchford when he was 3 weeks and had him done early. He starting spraying about a year ago for no apparent reason.

They are funny things though - he's boisterous and a proper boy. My little lady Teide is quite the opposite - though she does insist in climbing to the highest points available. She jumps on my hubby's shoulders and is quite happy to perch there like a parrot.

Do you think a cats personality reflects on the owners.....what does that say about me!

I am a new cat owner having got 2 boys at 8wks old in Feb this yr! They are Mario & Luigi (better than the kids idea of Dick & Dom!). I read that with modern technology boy can be 'done' earlier than the recommended 6 mths, so as soon as Luigi started acting weird they were marched doen to the vets! He does still do a spraying type behaviour, but nothing seems to come out!
Any advice on how to stop them using the litter tray? They both go out now but insist on coming back in to use it! It smells, and I'd like to save money on catsan.....

Ours still use the litter tray........or hubby's shoes and they are 8

lol mrs skint! One of them did actually pee on the front door mat yesterday, but he did kindly fold the mat over to cover it up, so when I picked it up to unfold it, I got cat pee on me - not happy about that! Perhaps I should show them hubby's shoes?

One of them peed in his crash helmet once and he had got all the way to work with it on his head before he realised what the smell actually was [:D][:D][:D]

Nice!!!!!!!
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Hee hee Mrs Skint - has your hubby offended the cat?

I still have a litter tray in the house as Teide doesn't like doing her business outdoors - told you she's a lady.

Ive heard that cats tend to prefer women - my sister's tom got into the washing machine & pooed on her husband's clothes! So I think although my husband reckons he's got ginger hairs in his sandwiches and the car, he should count himself lucky that its not pee or poo! Maybe its just a matter of time....