Cats who spray

[loulabelle]

Please can anyone help me?

I have 4 cats, all male, all neutered.

One of them, who is 11 this year is spraying everything old and new - televisions, wardrobes, beds anything and its driving me mad.

Does anyone know any trick, or something I can put on floors that will put him off

[iheartruby]

loula,
is this spraying a sudden thing with him? if so, i would think he is possibly being bullied by one of your other cats or a cat in your neighbourhood.
as you will know, he is marking everything with his own scent to make himself feel more secure in his own home - he's making the items his.
the only thing i can recommend (from experience!) is to give him lots of tlc. i tried all sorts to stop my cat until i realised (after an expensive visit from a pet behaviourist) that it was my behaviour that also needed modifying - shoes off at door so as not to bring outside cat scent in, stopping her from sitting in wondows seeing other cats in the garden etc....all these things were making her feel threatened.
hope this helps, i know all situations are different but the underlying cause could very well be that he is feeling insecure so try to get to the root cause of this.
good luck ! x

[iheartruby]

Alternatively, he could have a water infection such as cystitis - get him checked over at the vets to rule this out.

[loulabelle]

Thanks iheartruby - Claude is my favourite cat out of the four and I have turned a blind eye many a time, but now he is doing is repeatedly on furniture (antique!!) and when I am at work all day the stain and the smell lingers, if I am at home I find myself checking all his places constantly.

He gets lots of attention from me and my daughter, but my husband seems to scare him, he is the biggest cat of the four but just lately seems to be behaving like a pansy.

The youngest of the cats is not quite a year old and is the product of my eldest daughter's broken relationship, so we haven't had him as a kitten, but he loves all the other cats and as far as I am aware is not a bully, but Claude really does like watching out of the window, mainly bird watching!!