URINE MARKING IN CATS

Causes:

• Limited access to the outdoors.
• Not having enough litter boxes. (The number of litter boxes should be the number of cats plus one.)
• Dirty litter boxes. (Scoop daily and clean weekly.)
• Previous urine markings. (Clean with an enzymatic cleanser.)

• Maintaining an environment with plenty of litter boxes, food, water, resting areas, perches, and hiding areas.
• Some cats respond this way to seeing cats outdoors so blocking access tot he window or covering the window may help. Use of motion activated devices, such as sprinklers, may keep outdoor cats away from your property.
• Pheromones can be used to treat urine marking as well. (Ex: Feliway)
  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found that, after 4 weeks of treatment, cats exposed to pheromones had a significantly lower mean level of marking than cats treated with placebo.
• Currently, there are no drugs approved for use in treatment of feline urine spraying; any medication prescribed should be considered extra-label usage.