Basically, baking soda and water in a spray bottle. Spray/saturate the area, blot it up with a towel (cloth or paper) until it's gone. I recommend the feli way diffuser to keep the anxiety/territory thing down, And I really like the Clorox pet urine spray (about $8) it breaks down urine enzymes that cause stink on furniture, cleans it too, smells good if you're picky about perfumes. I like pretty litter to know if the cat has a UTI infection. It lasts a long time compared to regular scented litter. hope that helps ✌
@@vssmdza5206 yes, whenever ready a bonded pair is the way to go! So much fun! I also have respect for someone who realizes they aren't ready yet, for whatever reason, rather than stress out the animal in a situation that doesn't work
Was that way for years as well! One of my fantasies is to have a program where those who have love but not money could still adopt cats, get free food and vet care, funded by wealthier cat lovers who appreciate the enormous number of catless homes only because finances get in the way. (Dogs would be welcomed, too.)
@Fae Rainshade - Don't let the problems some cats have with anxiety put you off. Most cats do not have such urination behaviors. The suggestion about fostering is a good one - contact your local animal care organization to volunteer. The kitty you get should already be a family planning cat.
If you have time, contact your local city or town shelter - they always have a need for volunteers. You can help socialize shy ones, or kittens, and over time you'll get really knowledgeable. It's not the same as having your own cat, of course, but it's something you can do without even the obligation that goes with fostering.
I love Jackson and I debated whether or not to post this because I hate to take sales away from him but many people can't afford $24 a bottle of his cleaning solution. I had my cats for as long as 18 years. From the moment that some were born. I dealt with my share of pee. I have never used Jackson's cleaning solution so I have no idea how good it is but I tried a bunch including the ones with enzymes and none worked. Then I found this recipe ten years ago. It is non toxic and cheap. Take one quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide, 1/4 cup of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of dish washing liquid. Put all in a container and gently stir them together you do not want to create bubbles. Saturate area where the pee is. If on a carpet you want the mixture to soak all the way through the carpet and down into the pad beneath. Do not blot or rub. Do not put a towel or try to soak it up. Let it air dry even if it takes a few days. It will not cause mold or mildew. Once dry vacuum up the baking soda residue. If on carpet do a small test area first in an area that won't be seen like inside a closet. Carpets made of natural fibers like wool the hydrogen peroxide can bleach the color. Hardwood flooring may warp if soaked. I have made gallons of this stuff at a time and soaked whole rooms with it at a time. The ingredients kills mold and mildew which it is why it doesn't form. It was originally created by a scientist trying to get rid of skunk smell. It is safe to poor onto your pets fur if they get sprayed by a skunk. Just don't get it into their eyes, nose, mouth or ears. Let soak for a few minutes and then rinse them off with water. You may have to treat the area twice even though you probably won't be able smell anything after the first treatment but cats and dogs have a much better sense of smell and any urine odor will attract them to pee there again. Lastly you will know when pouring if you hit the right spot because the hydrogen peroxide will bubble up like crazy when it hits the proteins in the urine.
When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work). You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
Omg. Thank u SOOOO much !!! We recently moved in with my elderly mother in law, she's 92. Her house is almost 90 yrs old. She has a cat. Our neighbor left their 3 outdoor cats in our care and nevr returned. I got pregnant, and now have a baby, we had to move all of our music equipment out of our bedroom and our new sofa into the living room where my mother in law and her cat ALWAYS are. He has been spraying EVERYTHING our unsealed original hardwood floors, ALL of our amps, speakers, instrument cases, the brand new fabric loosely woven sofa, , the walls everything. I can't afford to hire cleaners or rent an industrial strength upholstery cleaner and hardwood floor cleaner. I have no idea what to do about all of our music equipment. I have seen so many videos on this subject and all it has done is confused me more and raised more questions than it has answered. How can I remove the urine from the sofa and the floors and the quilts and the music equipment? Oh , and my mother in law's mattress of her own urine. And probably the cat's as well. After using ur recipe , do I then use an upholstery wet vac like the little green machine ? Or do I steam them ? What do I do ? Same question for the floors and quilts, etc. Please. I am losing my mind with this subject
@@cecilymulet7451I just discovered this recipe myself about a year ago on YT but I can't remember what channel. I mix it in a much smaller batch (just enough to fill a hand-squeezed spray bottle you can buy anyplace). A blacklight will help find all the urine but the room needs to be dark. A tip is that it works best to blot up etc., the new stains asap, then spray or saturate the area affected with the cleaning mixture. The stuff will lighten the carpeting (and probably anything else), so I found it best to not leave it on a long time! I may scrub gently with an old rag, and blot up with those throw-away rag sheets from the roll in a box you can get at a store like Home Depot (200 sheets in a box) found in the paint section. Then I saturate with water (just warm), and quickly blot the water up again, fluff the carpet a little, and let air dry. I use plain water after the cleaning solution is blotted up with the pet-stain because it appears to successfully neutralize the cleaner so it doesn't lighten to carpeting or other surfaces.
Jackson, I know you might not even read this but thanks to you and my cats'vet I have achieved to give them a great life. They are 9, 14 and 16 and since I discovered you, years ago, I have avoided so many wrong moves and achieved so much for them, I'm grateful to your service to cat parents around the world. You also helped me with the video about senior cats since my eldest is having his final years now and you helped me so much to see it as a special love time instead of a time of pity and sadness since he has arthritis and dementia. Thank you so much love from Greece 🇬🇷
And me in the US . Since i found him I've went from having 1 cat to having a cat rescue. . Since your in Greece if you ever want to adopt again my good friend runs Greek muttz and she has some fabulous cats. Bon bon and Arsene are very special. If I were in Greece I'd already have Arsene
I’m a first time cat owner and was shocked by my ignorance over what it takes to provide a healthy and long life for my little sweetheart.THANK YOU so much for all your videos! They have been a life saver (both literally and figuratively) for both me and my cat. Additionally, I (you) have been able to educate some loving and well intentioned cat owners who unfortunately were quite ignorant (no fault of their own) on all matters relating to cats. You are providing an invaluable service to cat lovers everywhere and enhancing/saving the lives of so many sentient little felines.
Mine did when they were kittens, and they’re still kittens. But sometimes they have accidents, like one of my cats was hanging out with me once, I let him drink from the sink, and then I guess he realized he had to go to the bathroom all of a sudden cause he very quickly squat down in the sink and did his business. Had to disinfect that w bleach man 😅
@@celine_poike 99% of cases it's a health problem. Thinking otherwise is basically upholding the tragically destructive point of view "pets that do anything out of the expected are mean-spirited and misbehave out of spite". How many pets became homeless or were put to death because stupid people believed that. But it also shows how conditional a pet owner's love is - do anything to spite me and you're gone. Sad world we live in.
Cold water, vinegar, in equal measure. Blot up then pour baking soda liberally on the spot/area. Let sit overnight then vacuum up. Worked like a charm.
One night, my cat Sushi peed right in the spot where I sleep so I couldn’t miss it. I had no idea why since she’s very happy and well behaved. Then the next day, I noticed her straining a bit to pee in the litter box. A while later, she walked up and sat next to me while I worked. As soon as I wasn’t distracted, she made direct eye contact with me as she peed right on my blanket. When I looked at it, there was a little bit of blood in it. The next day, I took her to the vet for some UTI meds and she was all better! I’ll say it again.. Cats are some of the best communicators in the animal kingdom!
I noticed the same blood spot after my cat peed on our bed! I took him to the vet that morning since it was way too late and I couldn't get a hold of a 24hrs vet. He is okay now but I noticed he will hold on his pee if the litter box has been used recently by my other cats, so he goes into the toilet now if that happens, I keep the door open for him
Omg poor baby girl 🐱😢 Thank goodness you took her to the vet! They always tell us, they know and they're always trying and or telling us point blank 👍🐈🐈⬛
@@fattoria_di_bastoni did you ever call the vet, and them tell you they couldn’t get your pet in until the next day. At least she took her pet, many neglect to all together.
@@BecomingTemperance no, I never have been told no. I always get an appt, perhaps not at that hour but within the day. If you’re having trouble with such perhaps your veterinarian needs a reminder that illness doesn’t happen on a schedule and they need to leave a few slots open for this sort of thing. If they can’t I’d seek another and build a relationship elsewhere. If it’s after hours there’s an emergency clinic near by. I will say this I do hear more and more stories about vets seeming more concerned with $$ than animal welfare. That’s quite concerning.
If there has been long term peeing and you have to replace flooring be sure to paint the sub floor with something like Kilz. It will make an encapsulating barrier so that a year or two down the line if you shampoo your carpet, it will not reactivate the old smell. You probably won't notice, but your pet will. That can restart territory marking.
We have experienced one of our cats deciding they did not like the kind of litter we used. He let us know that Litter Green was a definite No, No. A cat we currently have, let us know that he was not only picky about the texture of litter he would use but also he is particular about where we place the litter box. 😂 After a couple of tries, we managed to make him happy.
My cat does not like any big grained litter. AS long as i use a fine litter type, close to rough sand she is happy. She also does not like the silicon beads one uses to collect urine from a cat. Maby the 2 are connected?
One of our cats is very picky about his litter and I found out when I changed the litter to a different one. Let's just say I quickly bought the kind he liked.
My late Sweet Pea was the only at shelter name I didn't change because she was the sweetest thing. But she started peeing one spot on my living room area rug. I took her to the vet and it turned out she had bladder cancer. She was a scardy cat and didn't do well with surgery and recuperation. The kind that would freeze and loose clumps of fur from being so scared. The tumor came back in a year. So I just put puppy pads down in her spot, which she took to them well and changed them about twice or thrice a day, till it became more frequent and eventually she had to be humanely euthanized. She was ready, and I held her and whispered sweet loving and visions while she passed at the vets in my arms, it was the only time she wasn't afraid.
So sorry… my fur babies were my children.. their loss are as devastating as losing a family member.. thank heavens for Jackson.. and a good vet.. my heart felt condolences.. may your beautiful memories never fade and keep you close to your girl.. she’s waiting for you as also all your fur babies are.. you’ll see them all again..
I’m so sorry for your loss. Your story had me choked up and close to tears. Also because SweetPea is what we’ve named our newest kitty. May your SweetPea rest in peace in kitty Heaven.
We had a cat for 18 years that was just fine using wood litter and because she was an indoor-outdoor cat, we only had to clean it like once a month or so. After she passed we got a new cat, who stayed inside for the first month or so and everything was fine with her and the litterbox, she eventually became an indoor-outdoor cat as well. But sometimes I would come back from work late at night and she would have peed or pooped in my bed. At first I couldn't figure out what was going on, but eventually I came to realise it was probably the wood litter hurting her paws. I told my mom about it, but she didn't believe me and said it had always been fine with our old cat. Eventually I got so sick of cleaning my bed every other week, right after coming home, I just went and got some softer litter. And surprise suprise, everything was fine after. We only had one more accident but that was totally my brother's fault, he had put up an AC unit way to close to the litterbox and our cat was too scared to get near it and peed in her favourite cat bed. The moral of the story is that I've learned to be much more aware of my cat's bathroom needs and I make sure the box is always clean and accessible.
My 9 year old Burmese kitty has never once peed or pood anywhere but her litter box. And she is a professional self groomer. I brush her daily as well. Thank you very much for your upbeat and clear presentations. I'm Grateful.
Extra tip for the disabled friends like me: if you can't blot, using a carpet cleaning spot cleaner vacuum to suck it up is much easier! Your tips in the past on MCFH helped me learn about the cause of my late kitty boi's severe separation anxiety and it being the cause of his inappropriate urination. He just wanted to "leave breadcrumbs" for me to find my way back home. 🥺🥺 Once we got to the root and used your tips to clean using the old brand name of your cleaner (ps: took me FIVE-EVER and Major investigative work to figure out the name of the product you used from the episode for the cat that peed on TVs and computers and counters.. because the brand was censored in the episode 🥴), giving extra boxes, and the right medication protocol, we had a long 10 years together that was as happy and healthy as we could after initially taking him in as an older cat. Now, I'm having a new set of challenges with my new guy, who's nearly identical in personality and sass, and a 3 year old "rescue" who was returned twice before me meeting him. It's a non problem, really, but the goofballliterally refuses to pee in a litter box. Instead, he pees over the drain in my walk in shower. Idk if its a true "issue" since it's self correcting.. but still, real weird. Lol
Lucky you! Sounds like you've found the right kitty companion. My indoor guy is also perfect for me, raised from a feral kitten 11 years ago, so we've grown together to accommodate each other's preferences/foibles. He prefers the "outdoor litterbox", and I'm happy to comply, since I can no longer bend over to clean the indoor one properly. Now, the newish outdoor stray that adopted my yard is another story: insists on being right in front of my feet constantly. So incredibly dangerous for me, as I'm very unsteady on my feet and need two new hips. Though he wants to, I cannot possibly let him in; when I did so in January during a snowstorm, it did cause territorial peeing issues, which I have yet to recover from.
I have kittens from a stray mom who came in over our very cold winter last year. She took off after biting a hole in my screen. I love the babies and have neutered the two boys. Three girls are their sisters. I don't know who is doing it but they are pooping in the bathtub upstairs and in the shower downstairs. I have lots of boxes and they go other places as well. I don't know what to do. Everyday is cleaning up poop.
I know this is an old video, but wanted to add this one: boiling water. An old friend of mine has 30+ year old carpet in her house and it is pristine. It works well with sugary drinks and wine as well as animal urine because it breaks up the crystals. She also recommended taking some old cloths and rags and pressing it into the spot to soak the water up. I use a kettle to boil water and wear heavy dish washing gloves to protect my hands from the hot water and it works like a dream.
My parents adopted a new kitten (actually the kitten that adopted my parents). With the adolescence of the new kitten the older cat started to mark the whole house. It's good to see Jackson Galaxy tips for how to deal with the situation. Portuguese subtitles would be great so my parents could watch the video.
As a creator, I have been reaching out to people willing to volunteer to generate the subtitles, because the AI versions are unhelpful, still. People submit a transcript to me, that is written with time code + translation that matches the time code. Then, as a creator, I verify the translation and upload the newly created transcript. I encourage people who are making this request from creators to consider generating a transcript with time codes (when sentence begins and ends, with translate sentence to the right of the time stamp) and then emailing the file to the creator for use. Very few RUclips creators actually make any money from their channels, the majority are maintaining their RUclips channels as a labor of love.
@@traumahealingandprevention Jackson Help, my Lulu Is usually was vary well behaved cat, but recently I went to the hospital and my cat sitter tells me that Lulu has been pissing on my bed. What can I do about this?
Traduzir é fácil. Abra uma nova aba e faça uma boa busca por "traduzir". Ele abre duas pequenas janelas na nova página - uma para o idioma de origem e outra para o idioma desejado. Clique na seta para baixo (como um "V") em cada janela e escolha seus idiomas. Configure uma janela em inglês e uma janela em português. Copie o inglês do comentário do RUclips destacando-o e pressionando C. Em seguida, cole-o na janela em inglês pressionando V. O português traduzido aparecerá na outra janela. Como exemplo, escrevi esta entrada em inglês e usei o tradutor (não falo português).
Thank you for reminding & letting those who don’t know what u said at the end-“your cat is not trying to piss u off”-funny but seriously about having compassion due to manifestation…….. people need to know this!
We use pelletized bedding (pine pellets), like people use in horse stalls, in our litter boxes because it's both really absorbent and good at neutralizing smells
I was going to mention this. Some companies now sell the pellets as cat litter, but either one works. Probably costs less as pet bedding. I've had cats all my life, and have used all kinds of litter. NOTHING BEATS PINE PELLETS for eliminating odor. That's the best part in my world, but it's also easy on the environment since I'm just throwing sawdust on the paddock.
@@MadWorld909 yeah it's absolutely cheaper to buy it from a tack or feed store, or a place like Tractor Supply. What they're selling specifically for cats is about 3x or higher price by weight. And that was also a selling point for us as well, because it's biodegradable.
That stuff is fantastic and lighter going out than coming in the house as well as cheaper 5.99 for 40# and zero urine smell Ever. Have a forced rescue here, means you live on a dead end dirt road off of 2 other dirt roads and you are the Only house on said dirt road. And cats have no trouble using it. There are 45 in rescue and 20 that prefer to house themselves in the barn. Not to forget it is nature friendly wont hurt the compost pile.
@@lethargicwizard Yes, I used to use it and feed supplies are the way to go. And of course what you don't use for the cats can be used to start fires or barbecues.
My two Maine Coons watched this with me and they were appalled. 1 1/2 years old and never a single issue. I have humongous boxes set out. Diet is high protein - free feed high protein kibble, freeze dried whole salmon and chicken, and wet protein canned food to mix with the freeze dried. Waterfall water bowls and the critters are thriving. We love your videos almost as much as cat tv
So? Both of my rescue cats have peeing problems because of physical ailments caused by their past injuries. Your cats aren't "better" and someone who buys bred animals really has no say in how to be a responsible cat owner. Btw you're feeding your cats way too much protein, it's a killer for the kidneys so they might stop being so appalled once they develop a urinary disease. Cats in the wild don't eat premium fillets only and if they caught a salmon they wouldn't eat the meat and throw away the rest 🙄
I had a friend who had a cat that would pee outside the litter box. After asking some questions, I found out that the cat had been given the all clear by a vet, that she still sometimes used the litterbox normally, and that the problem peeing only happened in one spot. I figured that she was marking her territory so I suggested putting a scratching post or pad there, since scratching is also territory marking. And it worked! Sort of. The cat used the scratch pad as a bed instead of its intended purpose, but she stopped peeing outside the box. One of the few times in my life that I felt like I had accomplished something that is actually useful.
This is pretty much the same issue I'm having, but nothing I have attempted to put in the 3-4 spots she pees has helped, so we aren't sure what the issue is past it being behavioral. Even moving the boxes to where she's going she's then deciding to go in the spaces where the box was. I've invested 5 months and hundreds of dollars trying everything I've read online and everything Jackson recommended that I hadn't seen before, and I'm completely at a loss on what to do at this point. Are we sure MY cat just isn't being vindictive for some reason? 😂
@@bossykangaroo small world! Great to see you! I guess gorl and cat world intersect. Thanks for reaching out bc I’m not hugely in to the gorl scene but I’m way into lurking :)
@@bossykangaroo small world! Great to see you! I guess gorl and cat world intersect. Thanks for reaching out bc I’m not hugely in to the gorl scene but I’m way into lurking :) And any fan of Yaba is cool to me! Take care
Thank you so much for the video, Jackson! I was in the hospital for 2 months, and my significant other (now an ex) was staying at my home and "caring" for my 2 cats, Spike and Skeeter. To make a long story short, he was mean to both of them. I am still trying to find the areas in my bedroom where my fur babies went pee.... My calico literally crouched and growled at him every time he got near her! Needless to say, he was not around much longer after my hospital stay. Thanks again for the video & I will be ordering your kit soon. 😀
I am a multiple-cat dad, and I have one of my male cats that had been spraying. I had him checked for a UTI, and he was clean. So the vet put him on Prozac, and he stopped spraying. It was due to territory and anxiety. He was also fixed.
Have you had any issues with the spraying since he was put on Prozac? This sounds similar. We got our cat and he was on Prozac but then the vet weaned him off. Now 1 year later he has started spraying, not UTI. I think I need to request to introduce prozac again?
How do you get your cat to take the pills? We were prescribed that too but he would not take them. We even crushed snd put in his food, but he wouldn’t touch the food.
@@MW-rb3ny I would scruff him, open his mouth, put the pill in his mouth, and hold his mouth closed while I massaged his throat. Once it was swallowed, I gave him a handful of his favorite treats. It is to the point now that all I have to do is grab the pill bottle, and he comes running because he knows he will get treats afterward.
My cat has a UTI so im just struggling with this cat urine, i had to make sure i was cleaning it right so i decided to watch this video. Its a very well-put video with well explained information especially for new kitty owners ❤ as a vet tech i approve
I'm surprised I haven't seen vinegar mentioned in many comments.And no, not vinegar and baking soda, that literally cancels each other out. Just plain white vinegar is what I use and it works like a charm. I have a female cat that just loves to pee in laundry, clean or dirty. If no laundry is left out for her to find then she goes in the litter boxes just fine. There's just something irresistible about a pile of laundry if she finds one. I pour a quarter gallon of vinegar in every load of laundry now just to be on the safe side. Everything comes out smelling normal, not like pee or pickles 👍
Vinegar never worked for me. I find Oxi-Clean with Odor blasters works. One (or more) of my cats apparently had been peeing in a basket of laundry in the laundry room unbeknownst to me probably for a week (I don’t go in there often) Thought I was going to have to throw it out. I dissolved 2 scoops in some hot water and tossed the laundry in the washer with it (using a regular cycle on the machine and letting it agitate for a few minutes so the solution can permeate all the fabric))and let it sit overnight. Rinsed and spun it out the next morning and then put it through a regular wash and it was completely odor free.
What kind of vinegar do you recommend? Plain old regular vinegar, or white wine vinegar or white apple cider vinegar? My two fur boys sometimes pee outside the box, and either onto the couch, the bed or my shoes (yuck!). I wonder, also, if vinegar (whichever type you use) would work for poo, as well? I have an elderly cat, and although he tries his best to get to the litter box, bless his heart, he sometimes can't make it there in time, and I have found 'deposits' on the couch, the bed, my shoes, and in other rooms. It doesn't happen often, but when it does...
Thanks for the tip! I now believe one of my cats bullies my other cat out of the litter box. She pees on my husband's stuff that's in one particular area. He thinks that she does it because she's mad at him or something. I usually clean it with a vinegar, soap, warm water mix and then use baking soda. I will try out not using the baking soda and just the vinegar! I am tired of cleaning this up! 😩
@@marianneodell7637 What kind of washing machine do you have? These electronically controlled ones does not accept any input outside of the designated cycle once it has started. I searched high and low to eventually replace this machine, which I told the dealer that it is possessed, with an old manual one. Now I have the control once again.
Any change in a cat's behavior are most times because of an onset of a medical condition. My cat once had a UTI (also noticed pink urine). After she refused to use the litter completely, a vet check showed she had hyperthyroidism.
Extra shout out about going to the vet right away. Every time I have waited, I've regretted it. In the past I have assumed it was a behavioral thing and that it would clear up if I made adjustments......and 95% of the time it was a mild bacterial infection that cleared up right away with minimal antibiotics. Going to the vet right away saves me tons of time, energy, and frustration.
My 14yr old, Willow, has CKD and mild incontinence (we did urinalysis, culture, and bloodwork; my vet said she is healthy otherwise) so sometimes I smell it on my bed... I ordered machine-washable puppy pads for the spot she lays in.. but I am going to order your cleaner 🐱 Thank you for this video! People need to learn how to work with/help their cat instead of getting rid of them.. or worse 😢 Thanks for all you do for the animals! 💜
There's a story by Terry Pratchet, in which he is describing the furtive movements of an individual in the dark. He says "His movements were cat-like - but he didn't stop to spray unine on things"
Pippin, my gray, food motivated "senior cat" (ten years old, but you would never know it) got pink eye a couple Christmases ago, and when I took him to the vet, they told me, "Yeah he's getting older, he's more prone to getting infections, this is totally normal. Here are some antibiotic eye drops for his eyes and you might also consider getting these treats we have to help support his immune system." And of course I'm just wanting the best for my little friend who has been with me since he was probably five or six weeks old so I said, "yes, let me have that as well." and I started incorporating the treats as directed, once a day nor more than three or four. Well, a week goes by, his pink eye is all clear, but I am sitting on the bed and I watch as he assumes the position on a pile of laundry in my closet. Panic!! I do all the things, we make another makeshift litter pan, remove the lid from our top entry boxes, clean them thoroughly, cause I don't want him to be urinating inappropriately. I call the vet, tell them what happened they say that they'll look when I bring him for a follow up. I'm still panicked and worried and I'm trying to figure it out with my husband and he says, "The only change that has been incorporated are those treats, so maybe we should stop giving him those." So I did and I immediately noticed a difference and he went back to normal. Crazy!!
I’m glad my cat is pretty litter trained and doesn’t go anywhere else. The only issue we have in that area is the “elevator butt” issue of her sometimes not squatting and going on the floor some outside the litter box. We remedy this by putting puppy pads around the litter box where it sometimes ends up. Other than that, we don’t have any issues with our cat going outside the litter box.
I assumed my loving little cat also loved having the pee pads under the box. I found that out because that's where she decided she was going to deposit. Nothing else had changed, except I was in a pet specialty store, saw them, and thought: wow! Beats an old towel or newspaper. So I bought them and tried them out. OH NO. What a mistake. We visited the vet, no problems. Clean bill of health. She thought maybe it was the scent used in manufacturing the pads and suggested I not use them. After cleaning the box and the entire floor (just linoleum as it was an older home) with scalding water and soap, I put the box straight on the clean dry floor, exactly in place. To my surprise, she stopped doing the deed outside of the box immediately. When I thought I was helping prevent a bad mojo issue by using the pads, Kitty did not support that decision. I wound up realizing that sometimes things aren't broken at all. They're just misunderstood. BTW, I also decided not to be such a clean freak I was making unnecessary changes that were not to her liking at all. So much better now. Clean, dry floors. Box working well. Cat warranty is now extended version. Cat 3.0! I felt like the village idiot trying to fix something that wasn't broken. Lesson learned.
@@mousiebrown1747 yup....I live out in the country...ex foster mom for a local shelter, until I ended up keeping the unadoptables. With the increased costs of vet care and food(25-30 cans daily and 30 lbs of dry weekly)...I had to draw the line...
@@janicehammersmith4728 Bless you & all of them - including the etc. sorts of critters you pick up…. I’m on 3 piney woods acres, but coyotes have been around for 17 years now-which is horrible. Only 4 cats now but I’m older & bad knees, so it’s ok.
Re " blotting", can I recommend having a supply of old towels. Soak the area with your solution, cover with a thick layer of towels, then do the dance of joy! Simply tread up and down to soak up the liquid. Works with red wine and coffee too!
Same concept as OXY CLEAN. The kind in the bucket. Mix with hot water in spray bottle until diluted. Saturate the area with the spray bottle of OXY CLEAN. Saturation of carpet will not mold, mildew or damage. It completely elimates odor. I've used this stuff for YEARS. It works!!!!
Wi appreciate your comment because I have lots of OXY clean and I’m dealing with cat pee issue. My. cat is peeing in laundry baskets. Would you recommend washing with oxy? Should I use hot or. Old water? I would appreciate your response, thanks.
I have raised my cats when they wear tiny kittens. In my experience the boy cats would cent mark. So I have learned to have male and female fixed at about 3 months mark. Before they go into heat. Other wise I am SOL. 😸
My male cat crossed the rainbow bridge 7 months ago, but his scent lingers on. He peed on my file cabinet, and even though it’s been cleaned and emptied out, every time I open the drawer, Spooky is in my thoughts 😅. He seemed to enjoy peeing on surfaces, while standing, like a tiger in the zoo. My 2 females have never peed outside the box. RIP Spooks.
@@harlowjademermaid1882 Thank-you. Yes, he was a house panther. We got him from the humane society when he was 3, and he was already named. His previous owners turned him in, maybe because of his peeing outside the box? He lived for 14 years.
@@gracepeterson7483 my black cat also peed EVERYWHERE outside of the litter box. He would go in the box most of the time, but it’s almost like he enjoyed peeing other places. Floors, clothes bin, bed, couch, COUNTERS. 🫠
Great info! Buy a home where the homeowner was hospitalized and she had a friend come in to feed her cat. Needless to say there are times where "there's a funky smell" but she claimed that her carpets were steamed and cleaned prior to putting the house up for sale. There's a different texture to the carpeting in those areas (against the wall and corners) another clue! So I'll be doing my detective work. TY love being educated ✌️
I made the mistake once when cleaning my cats litter box using a household cleaner that had BLEACH!! My first cat and I had absolutely no clue what happens when you do this. I could not breath after just 2 sprays. I immediately doused it with water like there was a fire or something. I have learned so much and continue to learn for my fur baby.
I can personally confirm, I was shocked at how well Jackson's pee cleaner worked. We have two male cats, and unfortunately over time one started bullying the other and territorial peeing started. The spray helped clean really well!
Are they castrated? My younger castrated cat started peeing standing like marking in the litter box. We bought high one - he now lifts his butt higher aiming over litter box. I wonder what is going on
Would also be interested in the bullying. My 2 are brothers but can't get along all too well. One occasional pees on stuff, specially clothes that lay around
@@bambinaforever1402 Yes, I have had both of my male cats since they were kittens and they are both rescued so they came neutered. See my long comment above for me explaining my whole situation and how I resolved it above.
@@samus821 After a very long time, I have resolved the situation. Every cat is unique, but let me explain in detail what happened with mine. I adopted my first cat, let's name him "T" from a shelter and not a lot was known about him. At the time he was our only cat, and his personality was very friendly and loving and he would follow me around like a shadow. He was very playful and just the sweetest. He did seem to have some PTSD, because not a lot was known from when he was rescued off the street we weren't sure what would trigger his anxiety but he would literally have an episode where he would hide, his whole body would freeze and become stiff and you could wave a hand in front of his face but he would not move, he would just stare. So it was clear to us that certain noises or things that would trigger him would give him anxiety. Over time, I thought he would benefit from having a younger kitten brother. He would go visit my mother's two cats and would love playing with them. He was about 5 years old when we adopted our second kitten, let's name the second one "D". Unknown to us, D had even worse trauma. He was rescued from California during wildfire season and as a kitten had to be isolated and his back leg was amputated because something fell on it and completely crushed his leg. We realized over time that because he was separated during The crucial kitten period of his life when he would normally be socialized, he never learned any of those skills. So this new kitten over time began to have play aggression and would attack my older cat and hunt him and stalk him. When he was a kitten it wasn't so big of a deal but as he Grew older it became a huge problem and my older cat instead of defending himself would act like pray and this would make the problem worse. Over time my sweet older cat became so terrified of the younger cat that he would only hide in the corner all day and watch for his younger brother. We have done so much to try to keep them together, but the last straw was when I went on vacation and the younger cat attacked my older cat and injured him on his ear pretty badly. We had tried cat pheromones, using play time with them looking at each other and getting treats as rewards, medication, distracting them by training them to do tricks, our house has so many different cat trees and hiding spots and toys. The problem is that the behavior would not change no matter what we would do. I have had three vets tell me to rehome my younger cat but I could not do that to him. I literally looked through so many Jackson Galaxy videos too try to gain insight and a lot of them helped, but ultimately we called a cat behavioralist who is also a vet as a last resort. After their bad fight we decided to separate them, our older T cat lives downstairs and our younger D cat lives upstairs. We have trained the younger cat to only go on visits downstairs while we are with him and while he is on a leash. This way my older cat realizes that he is safe from any attacks because the leash doesn't allow it. They get treats whenever they are in the same room to make them happy and we got a completely closed playpen with Windows and mesh so that our younger cat can hang out with us when we're all downstairs but he's self-contained and even if he tries to lunge at my older cat he can't touch him. My older cat got prescribed lorazepam, which works amazingly for his particular situation. He is 10 years old right now and it helps him with any hidden medical pain he might have that is masked, and it also makes him more Brave while taking some of his anxiety away. It does make him meow a lot more and it makes him try to steal any kind of food so we have to hide everything from him. This is the best we can do after everything we have gone through and I am happy that we found a solution because I was feeling helpless at its worst part. Please remember that I myself am not a veterinarian, I was just explaining all the tools we used in the meantime that helped us ultimately find a solution.
Vac: Bissel ProHeat 2x (the one where you can lift off the cleaner unit and use it as a hand-held unit), and Cleaner: "Scouts Honor Urine Destroyer" has worked perfectly for me. Mix some cleaner with warm water, sponge it around generously until suds thoroughly soak the related area, then use the vacuum to suck up the cleaner. Use the trigger to add lots of water as you go to give the carpet a good rinse.
Our house is all hard flooring/tile and we have found that hydrogen peroxide and tap water 1-3 mix does wonders! If you want to try it on carpet or any fabric, spot test it first since peroxide can bleach colors. But the peroxide degrades the urine and cleans wonderfully.
Hydrogen peroxide does not "degrade urine" that is not chemically possible. When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work). You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
I have to admit that the cleaner is fantastic and works for dogs as well! I have 3 senior chihuahuas who don't seem to realize that just because their front paws are on the piddle pad... it is the back legs that are where the magic happens!
i am endlessly grateful that my cat is the most chill cat ever about her litter box. new litter? sure. moved to a new spot? no prob. didn't clean it for a couple days? whatever. the only time she's peed outside the box was when construction was going on in the next room and it scared her. it was jackson's videos that made me clue in to that, and moving the box far away from the noise fixed it right away
Wow. This is so informative ! I love how you break this all down. Really educational. I just got a cat and in the learning phase as this is my first cat. Thank you. I just learned a lot.
There is alot to learn. Jacksons informative videos save and help kitties everyday. The 6 under this roof are certainly grateful. Jackson has everything you need to know.
I Never have cat-pee smell in my 1000 sq ft home and I have three cats. My friends all have MORE cats than me and THEIR houses don't smell like cats, poop, OR pee. We all clean our litter boxes every day and we are all very engaged cat owners.
Please help me Jackson Galaxy! I have 8 cats. I have 6 litter boxes around my house. I clean them every time i see anything in there.. I have a cat tower and a skywalk that goes all the way around my living room. My male cat Ziggy gets bullied by one of my other cats Pecker. So Ziggy is spraying on all my walls. I use a enzymatic urine destroyer but I just can't keep up. My cats get wet food and some supplements to stay healthy. Im so tired. I dont know how to help them get along. They are all rescues that I tried to help. Im putting a skywalk in another room as well this week. I pray they can all get along. 🙏 🙏 😫
I used to foster kittens and then experienced a 'foster fail', and couldn't part with one so I adopted him. I continued fostering thinking it would be good company for my little guy. The problem was that he is a very nervous cat, and when I had kittens in the house, he would spray everywhere. I had to stop fostering a year ago and now he never sprays. I think you might have to accept that it's probably not a good environment for your little guy getting bullied. I know sometimes Feliway may help, but maybe not in your case with 8 cats in your house. Also, I think most vets would recommend at least 1 box per cat + 2. Six doesn't seem like enough for 8 no matter how much you keep them clean.
Get a package of air purifying bags on The company is called California at home goods. Every few days you put them in the sunshine for a few hours and they reactivate. I always put them near the cat boxes your cat will not scratch them.
This is so timely! I recently brought in some stuff from my storage unit and my normally very good Leo kitty all of a sudden had to mark the boxes. (I think maybe there were other cats on or around those boxes.) Anyway, I couldn't locate the actual location of the pee until I broke out the uv light and made a discovery. Thank you! Now I'm well on the way to a better smelling home. *Thank you and Blessed Be Cat Daddy!*
When I have something super stinky to clean, I use the Mythbusters Skunk removal recipe. 1 part dish soap, 1 part baking soda, 1 part hydrogen peroxide (the regular stuff from the drugstore). This is followed by a rinse.
I feel very lucky to have two cats that have never peed outside the box. I remember as a kid, we had a cat who would pee outside the box and it was not a fun problem to deal with. I didn't know as much about cats back then as i do now, so maybe my improved understanding of how to help my cats feel territorially secure is helping. Also, big important part, they're fixed!
If you’ve had an issue for a long time and you have to take out the carpet…bleach the floor under the area when totally dry prime the floor boards…before replacing the carpet.i have done this in peoples homes and they say they don’t have any Oder left at all…..the urine will leak down in the floor boards.if you can’t afford to replace floor boards this is a great option
Jackson, I love your cat videos! Thank you so much for these important info videos! Also, I know this is kind of silly, but I notice you seem to like bright colors especially purple! The red painted catio is also a fave, though I seldom like red in my space but it really works well in that cat space! And still sillier, I love your shirts! You definitely have an alive and well inner child! Yet you are taking the time to inform all cat people about their favorite topic:cats! Now I will watch the video again since I spent part of my watch time writing this fan letter to you! 😸
Try mix baking soda dawn dish soap and peroxide together and it works really well. You may have to do two applications but it works. Let it sit for 15 mins then clean up.
I've found it very helpful when using a black light, to use a pair of glasses with yellow lenses to block out the purple. It really makes it much easier to find the urine (phosphorus).
We adopted a female cat that had been feral and not spayed for a year or more. We had her spayed and went about our business. Then a year later we found three tiny feral kittens on our property, no mamma in sight. We adopted them, had them spayed and neutered at the appropriate time. The first cat took great offense to the other three and started spraying everything! Still dealing with it, but glad to know there's a product out there to help. Thank you!
I’ve tried lots of different things, the best one I’ve found is the Natures Miracle enzymatic spray. It actually breaks down the proteins and stuff. Nothing I’ve found cuts through it as much as that stuff.
If you have laundry with urine smell, use white vinegar in your laundry. Depending on how bad it is, you might have to run it more than once. Also, don't use fabric softeners, they mess up your washers over time.
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long! My year and a half old kitty boy decided he liked peeing on my bed more than the litter box about 5 months ago. We went to the vet immediately and couldn’t find any issues, so I’ve tried EVERYTHING to stop it (more play time in bedroom, locking him out, keeping him in, changing litter, moving litter box, adding boxes, etc.) to no luck. He usually does it after he can’t get to me (if I’m in the shower or gone to work) and it’s always on the side of the bed I sleep on. I’ve figured out how to at least clean it up but it’s always no fun to come home to a cat pee bed.
My friend had the same issue with his cat. I recommended that he use an old shower curtain over his bed and it worked for a while. It must be so frustrating.
Separation anxiety is possible but... Do you come into contact with something that gives you a different scent when you come home? Something that could be erasing or overpowering the natural marking you get from interactions with your cat? Remember relationships for animals are largely expressed with scent. Not just territory. 😿Or maybe your soap interferes with your cat's sense that you belong to him/her? Try using only your partner's😻 products to see if that's the problem, if a more obvious culprit isn't found. If nothing else smelling more like your partner might help convince kitty that marking _you_ (indirectly) isn't needed anymore! Best of luck.
Thanks for this, Jackson. My roommate is getting annoyed already at my male cat spraying everywhere. He is scheduled for neutering next month but this helps in the meantime to control the odor.
I’m from Australia and we have a multi cat household. Our grocery stores sell an enzyme based laundry detergent called Biozet attack. It’s amazing for removing cat pee and eliminating the smell from pretty much any surface, including carpet without damage. Super cheap because you can just put a little squirt of the detergent into a spray bottle with water in it.
Great info about the blacklight, but I was hoping for some more ways to clean other than buying your product. Such as baking soda, etc. I've been using plain inexpensive vinegar and that works great!
When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work). You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
Don't tell my (2) female Savannah's but I replaced their "Clorox Clean-Up" with straight hydrogen peroxide years ago. My method starts out the same as Jackson's with blotting up as much as possible. Then I spray it with hydrogen peroxide and let it soak. Then I use the hand wand on my carpet cleaner to clean a square foot around the area. Then I spray the entire area again with hydrogen peroxide and leave it to dry. Really soak it thoroughly. Just spot test any wood flooring or furniture as some cheaper furniture can be faded by the peroxide. I say this as I had an old jewelry case fade after spraying it a few times. But the rest of my flooring and furniture has been sprayed with peroxide many times over without any problems.
When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work). You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
I posted this in the community as well but I figured I'd try here. I have a 3ry old american shorthair in good health that at times (not all the time but way too often) opts to pee outside of the box. We have two cats, Luna (the cat in question) is much younger but has an "older bladder" per our vet, meaning that she will drink and pee more but is otherwise in good health. We've had her for 6 months now and about one month into having her in our home (after a nice long acclimation period) she started peeing outside of boxes. We worked to find the right litter (I think we're good there) the box is super clean (I clean it 3 times per day) and we have multiple open boxes (no covers or obstructions). We even have been able to keep Zoe (the older cat) away from two of our four boxes in order to make sure that Luna (cat in question) has her own space. (no bullying and not by windows where there are other cats) And yes I've put boxes in places where she was peeing. Often she will use them but then out of the blue she will pee next to it. I fully clean the area with an enzymatic cleaner when she pees outside of the box and check it with a black light to be sure I've got it all. UGG please help me. We love her dearly but this happening too often and is becoming really stressful for my family.
The timing of this video is perfect. One of mine decided it was time to protest on the bathroom floor because his favorite person wasn't in the house for several days. I've got some sponging to do.
Baking Soda and Vinegar and avoid any cleaning products that contain ammonia. And as Mr. Galaxy says, dont ever rub! Douse the area let it sit for a few mins and then blot with paper towels.
I had a neutered male who dragged an empty plastic grocery bag next to my chair. He then squatted on the bag and peed. This cat never went outside of his litter box, so I took it as a sign. Turns out he had a UTI and crystals in his urethra. That cat was so darn smart! I have a million stories of how he communicated with me, totally different than any of my other cats. He passed away 5 yrs ago and I miss him so much.
I grew up on a street with various stray cats, who would mark around the area. One day, I realized that not only could I smell the marking, but I could tell the different cats' markings. Some where pure ammonia smelling, while others had a citrus smell crossed with ammonia. I realized how cats could have their own individual scents, and other cats could smell another cat in the area.
Just thought Id share... I figured out a way to save my couch while I work on Mitts. Amazon sells Plastic couch covers. I bought it and a stretch couch cover (with separate cushions). Put the plastic cover on, then put the stretch cover on. Took the cushions and put them in industrial black garbage bags (cut and x on the back for air), then put cusion stretch cover on. Couch is protected, and looks nice. You can just wash cloth cover while you work on your cats issues.
my favorite cleaner for all my pets is vinegar water (1:1 ratio). vinegar is really good at breaking down ammonia and the pee smell. plus the smell of vinegar doesn't last long either 😌
If it worked all vinegar companies would sell some sort of pet version to increase sales, it doesn't work, it's an old wives tale you just like the smell of urine and vinegar which is just gross
Hi Jackson, Love watching your videos, as a cat owner for 30 or so years I still learn stuff! I am in the UK and your website says that you aren't shipping internationally, so what could I use to clean the pee instead of your product?
I use Biokleen enzyme. It smells like lime peels. Really works for me and my precious addled elder kitty. Third reason peeing in inappropriate places: addlepation
I think you missed a huge one in your list of reasons why the cat pees outside the litterbox- the box being dirty. If you don't clean it often enough, your feline probably won't want to use it. Unfortunately my little guy is really picky about it- he wants it cleaned after every use, even if it's just the dirty clumps scooped out. Which can be an issue if he pees in the evening after we have gone to bed, and then he goes to pee again in the early morning before we are up. Having two litterboxes has helped.
I don't know how those cat hoarders stand it! The smell of the pee from ONE cat is bad enough, imagine what it smells like with a HOUSEFUL of cats? At least when your kitty consistently pees in the litterbox you can control the smell by cleaning out the box frequently.
I have had cats all my life, but I am always ready to learn something new. I had no idea cat pee changes color over time when under a blacklight. Cool tip👍😸
We live in a tiny trailer in the middle of nowhere and someone decided to dump a cat close by. It took weeks to get him to come inside he was so scared. Poor guy 🥺 The first night he peed on my new memory foam mattress. My husband was mad but I didn't get upset. I bought some enzyme for cleaning cat pee and got him a cat box. Now guess who the cat loves the most? 😉 And he's never peed on the bed again. Accidents happen and sometimes there are good reasons. I now have a loving fur ball who keeps mice out of my stuff and cuddles me at night. Win win ❤️
Thank you, Jackson!! We just realized our cat has been peeing on the wool rug in our dining area. When we lifted the rug, we saw that it seeped into the wood floor. Yikes. We took the rug out, and put it outside. unfortunately we did the first thing you said not to do-scrubbed the wood floor. 😮 Looks like we need some of your cleaner and the tincture for our cat.
I realized long ago that my baby boy has a lot of anxiety and hates the smell of babys ( but that’s another story because we don’t get visited by babys too often). also I realized that Mr.King of the world thinks I am able to read his mind and that I’m able to see instantly when his sister pooped. He is really sensitive to smell and always pees in the bed.
My vet advised me to use an Enzymatic Cleaning Product such as BioZet laundry liquid (Australian, brand names may differ) diluted with water in a spray bottle. I have also used the powder version. Undiluted makes it too soapy and leaves a sticky residue. Just make sure the detergent is ENZYME based. Apparently it causes the proteins in cat pee to break down, destroying the smell at the same time. It is the same principle used in PissOff (tm) or other urine sprays. The black light test confirms its effectiveness. It is safe for all surfaces (carpet, curtains, wood and ceramic floors etc.) No need to flood the surface. It does leave behind a faint laundry day, newly washed clothes smell. My cats loved that. Every time I would change my bedding after using this detergent in the washing machine, they would be up on the sheet, sprawled out or rolling around on it and loving the clean smell, even before I had a chance to tuck the ends under the mattress. They didn't want to get down.
We have several household cats around our area, luckily we live in a place where most people neuter/spay, so our three cat boxes (with a really cool soft recycled paper material that they seem to really like) they're all right by the windows and close to the door. Never had a problem with pee since we followed your instructions. Previously, in another apartment, our cat was peeing on our bed and couch. I think the additional boxes, better placement, and softer material really helped. Plus, it being soft paper, I can just scoop it, flush it down the toilet, and be happy. So now, he gets his box clean several times a day, as soon as I can smell something. I think this may also have helped him, who would want to go in a dirty toilet?? Am I right? Lol :)
We adopted our basically first cat (had another cat in the 90's but he looked after himself for the most part) that doesn't have pee problems but does like to empty his litter box... I tried putting in the amount the sales clerk advised (a couple centimetres or an inch deep) but after one use, the tray was almost empty from him kicking all the litter out while burying his business. Next, I went deeper with the litter, more like 4-6cm, and he's kicking more of it out than ever but because there's so much more in there to start with he can at least use each box (he has 2) more than once. He has some other quirks too. Firstly, some background info. He's 3y3m old and he was a stray before our local RSPCA picked him up. Black domestic short hair. Has cat flu. The RSPCA made sure he was desexed (he already was), microchipped, vaccinated, and multi pest treated, treated his cat flu as best they could, and they also tried to work with him psychologically. Extremely shy and nervous. Wouldn't even let us near him at the shelter (he wasn't aggressive, just afraid, and we didn't want to scare him more by forcing ourselves on him just for a pat) or until about 6 hours after we got him home. He wouldn't even come out of the carry bag at first, even though I positioned it leading into some great hidey holes we'd prepared for him. That night, I heard him meowing and he was so lonely, he just kept running firmly against my legs and anything else he could. He'd not wanted anything to do with us earlier but suddenly he was all "pat me, pat me!" He especially likes firm pats (like with knuckles or nails) around his jaw joints and his ears. He doesn't seem to like heights and will only jump if he's desperate and we don't come down to him. I'd put his food and water dishes on a desk in his launch room, thinking he might feel a little more confident up there, but he never found them until I realised 6-7 hours after we got him home that he wasn't interested in any verticality so I put them down where he was and he had a little nibble and then a very long drink. Poor thing must've been so thirsty... He wanted out of his launch room straight away after meeting me and getting about an hour of pats. Didn't go very far, just to the top of the nearby stairs (he looked down but didn't try to go down), a quick look in the bathroom and my mother's room, and then he settled down in the doorway to his launch room until Mum came up and he wanted more pats. He can firmly rub and direct your hands for hours straight. It must've been about 4 hours of almost constant pats that night, not to mention getting into bed with Mum and harassing her for attention all the rest of that night. That was Friday night and we've gotten to know him a lot better since then. It's now Sunday evening, by the way. Still no interest in verticality whatsoever, aside from begrudgingly getting up to where we are. He has literally a dozen boxes, enclosed beds, tunnels, etc, that he can hide in but instead he hides under Mum's bed or the couch I spend most of my time on. He usually won't even look into things. One of the cat litter trays we got him was an enclosed one with a cat door but he pretended it didn't exist until it was opened up for him. Today I tried putting the lid back on, just to see if he'd remember what it was and go through the cat door, but no progress yet. I'm wondering if he's claustrophobic, liking to hide but needing a fairly large space to do so in, like under the long bed and couch. He has no interest whatsoever in toys of any kind. Doesn't matter if it's noisy or quiet, flashy or plain, wand or plushy, food dispensing or not, etc. I keep trying but no luck. He may just still be too nervous or he may just not want to be bothered. He's very much a self moderated feeder. He'll only eat a little bit at a time, isn't interested in what you're doing if you're refreshing his food and water, and he isn't terribly food motivated. Even fresh roast chicken, he'll have a couple of tiny nibbles, then lick stuff until it gets too far to easily reach as each lick pushes the thing away from him, then he'll just completely lose interest. You can put it right under his nose again and he might regain interest for a moment, or he might not, usually not. He had about a table spoon and a half of little chunks of roast chicken last night before deciding that was enough. He still loves his pats. He's not quite so frantic about them as that first night but he'll still happily sit beside you for pats until your arm gets sore and then he'll headbutt you for more. He won't actually come to you for pats unless he's already on his feet though. He'll meow for you to come to him, he'll stretch out for you, he'll rub against things around him, he'll clearly want pats very much, but if he's laying down, he's staying down until he chooses to move, which could be minutes or hours away. He swats his tail around like he's angry when he's actually happy. I stopped patting him the first time I saw it, thinking he was getting overwhelmed, but nope, he wanted more and more pats. Since then I've learnt that pulling his head away, chin tucked in, is his sign for when he's annoyed. The tail wag is definitely a good sign with him though. He doesn't respond to his name (either Pickles that the RSPCA named him to a few months back or Cuddles that we're trying to change his name to) or food rattling or whistling or just about any other noise to call him so when he decides to silently hide all morning, he's impossible to find or call out of hiding. We aren't likely to have any idea where he is between 7-8am and 2-3pm, and it's not for lack of trying. He keeps pulling his claws on anything he can, be it cloth or carpet. He clearly likes horizontal scratching but isn't interested in scratching spots we give him. We think his claws might be a little long and they often get caught on things, but he's still so nervous that we don't want to traumatise him further by touching his paws, which we already know he doesn't like. He'll often do this lazy looking half crawl, trying to pull himself towards us with the claws on his front paws when he's laying down and doesn't feel like getting up, but I'm not sure if there's a physical reason for that or if he's just messing around. We haven't taken him to the vet yet; leaving that until he's a little less nervous. We want to get a full check up done ASAP though, and find out if he has any problems with his back legs. He can walk and run just fine, but I'm worried about the dragging himself by his claws when he's laying down, like maybe he's actually struggling to get up, and that may also explain the height hesitancy, if it hurts to jump or to land. He's terrified of being seen by anything outside so he'll run past the doors, low to the ground, and get behind something as soon as he can. He's also easily frightened by the many noises of vehicles and children in our high density townhouse estate. There isn't much we can do about that, unfortunately, as the place easily gets really stuffy if we don't have any doors or windows open (screens always shut! He's an indoor cat only!) but he gets scared of the noises if anything's open. If we have to choose between breathing and emotional comfort, we have to choose the former, and just put up with him hiding half the day, as mentioned above. At least it's just Mum and me here, two older ladies who often wear headphones and don't make a lot of noise or move around that much. I'm happy to do whatever he wants and he leads things at his own pace. If anyone has any advice for how to comfort a constantly nervous cat, how to get him to move or make a sound so we know he's ok when we haven't seen him for half the day, how to insure (in Brisbane, Australia) a cat with active cat flu symptoms (sneezing, eye sand) without having to wait until 18 months after symptoms subside, how to let him know that the outside noises can't hurt him inside, and lots of other things, any and all advice would be great.
If he was feral most of his life it will take time and love. Don't worry too much about play just yet. Definitely need a vet visit to check his hearing and general well being. Older cats have taken care of themselves so they tend to be very independent. I have a 17 yr old that disappeared when he was about 4 for several months. When I found him he came home but was a bit skittish at first and picky with his food. As he gets older he is still picky. I have tamed several ferals at different times in my life. It just takes patience, love, and time. Good luck.
@@catmorningstar3422 Cuddles doesn't seem to be feral, just a stray or abandoned. He was already desexed before he got to the RSPCA and he knew things like what a litter tray was (even if he isn't terribly good with keeping the litter in the litterbox) so they think he may have been an abused or neglected animal. As an update, he still loves his pats more than anything but there have been some changes. He's finally developed an interest in play (both by himself and with wand toys) and he's finally started exploring a little. We have an inner garage door that slides and doesn't have any sort of locking mechanism so he's been going in there to explore sometimes (although we try to stop him because it's a storage room and not cat safe; hopefully the latch arriving tomorrow can keep him out of there...) and he now patrols the townhouse a little at night. Still no interest in cat scratching spots or small spaces like the purposefully built cat hidey holes or an enclosed litter tray, but we still count this as progress. One thing I really didn't like is that Cuddles got himself stuck where we couldn't see him and he didn't call out for help at all. As a method to make sure he didn't run outside whenever we had to open an outer door (we'd have to give him up if he was seen outside and we can't even call him back if he does run off) we decided to get him used to a leash and harness. That way, we wouldn't have to pick him up (which we know he doesn't like) but we could still make sure he didn't run off. So yesterday, we put the harness (just the harness alone, no leash, so he could just wear it for the day and get used to it on alone) on him but we didn't have a chance to tighten it appropriately before he ran off and hid under Mum's bed, where we couldn't see him. We hadn't even been able to do up the velcro stomach straps, just the neck clip. Well, he stayed away a very long time, much longer than usual, so we got worried that maybe he'd accidentally velcroed himself to the carpet or something and went looking for him. We kept entering the room he was in, calling him, looking for him visually, but the mattress on my mother's bed is so heavy we can't lift it and we aren't agile enough to get down on the floor to see under that way. Eventually we had to pull everything out from under there and one thing happened to hook him and pull him out (he was still completely silent). He'd gotten one leg through the neck hole and found himself completely unable to move thereafter. He was so scared and again super thirsty once we freed him. It scared me that he only meowed when he wanted pats, not when he was in actual trouble, so we've kept Mum's room locked to him ever since. If there's an emergency like a fire or something, or if he needs help, he can't be where we can't get to him. He'd normally spend half his time in there, either with Mum when she's trying to sleep or hiding under her bed. No more. It felt cruel at first, taking away what seemed to be his favourite singular room in the house, but he's actually adapted remarkably well. He's even spending time on the couch rather than under it too. I think he's becoming more confident and it's wonderful to see
I had a kitty that had cancer. We had a year of testing and trials to see what is wrong with this cat. After diagnosis we had a full year before cancer had run its course. I had 2 years of kitty avoiding the litter box like the plague and if only it was just pee. I became a carpet cleaning expert.
There are over 1000 comments here and I'm not going to read them all to see if anyone's already posted this tip, but if you're looking for a UV flashlight, get a 365 nm model. That's a higher frequency of UV light which causes much brighter fluorescence. They're a bit more expensive than the cheap models but they can still be had for only $25 or so on Amazon. It makes a huge difference.
Just a quick question, How do i keep my cat happy and friendly towards me when i have to grab and hold her 2 times a day to give medication she clearly does not like? I fear she is already starting to stay away from me and whenever i come near her she gets stressed. I tried treats but after a few days she would not accept treats she normally would kill for.
Do you play with your cat so that the only time you touch her it’s to give medication? My guess is you don’t so her only experience with you is negative.
Buy a kennel, and place it in the middle of the living area or social area. Cat needs to get you used to you by not running away. Once the cat start getting used to being close to you with out running away, the cat will be less aggressive and will be friendlier with you. And you don't have to use the kennel any more
@@fattoria_di_bastoni that is a bold assumption. After 10 years of playing with her, feeding, treats and always plenty of room and outdoor activity she got old and starts getting health issues. But clearly your first assumption is somoneone is not spending quality time with there pet. It says more about you then about me.
@@thekeysplease9975 where in the hell do you get the idea she is agressive? after 10 years she is the most well behaved cat you have ever seen. And i want to keep it that way. She is a cat, not a damn dog. Do you get friendly if i stuff you into a kennel all day long?
My friend’s cat peed next to his box. It wasn’t cleaned often enough. Once I told her she started cleaning it out more frequently and he never did it outside the box again.
9:24 for the actual cat pee cleaning just in case it's 11pm for you and you just want to know how to make it stop stinking
It's 00:30😪
2:23 am time to clean, ty
Thank you
thank you. the guys cool and all and the video covers everything but I don't have time.
Basically, baking soda and water in a spray bottle. Spray/saturate the area, blot it up with a towel (cloth or paper) until it's gone. I recommend the feli way diffuser to keep the anxiety/territory thing down, And I really like the Clorox pet urine spray (about $8) it breaks down urine enzymes that cause stink on furniture, cleans it too, smells good if you're picky about perfumes. I like pretty litter to know if the cat has a UTI infection. It lasts a long time compared to regular scented litter. hope that helps ✌
I've never had a cat, I'm not financially stable enough to get cats, but I've been watching these videos for about 8 years.
Keep up the good work.
@@vssmdza5206 yes, whenever ready a bonded pair is the way to go! So much fun! I also have respect for someone who realizes they aren't ready yet, for whatever reason, rather than stress out the animal in a situation that doesn't work
Was that way for years as well! One of my fantasies is to have a program where those who have love but not money could still adopt cats, get free food and vet care, funded by wealthier cat lovers who appreciate the enormous number of catless homes only because finances get in the way. (Dogs would be welcomed, too.)
@Fae Rainshade - Don't let the problems some cats have with anxiety put you off. Most cats do not have such urination behaviors. The suggestion about fostering is a good one - contact your local animal care organization to volunteer. The kitty you get should already be a family planning cat.
If you have time, contact your local city or town shelter - they always have a need for volunteers. You can help socialize shy ones, or kittens, and over time you'll get really knowledgeable. It's not the same as having your own cat, of course, but it's something you can do without even the obligation that goes with fostering.
Keep watching, but don't get a cat.
Using a black light sure beats the way I do which is crawling on my knees with my nose to the floor,
Same
We've all been there. It's like the cat owner initiation ceremony 😂
Me too 😭 😆 🤢
LMAO SO TRUE.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 me too
I love Jackson and I debated whether or not to post this because I hate to take sales away from him but many people can't afford $24 a bottle of his cleaning solution. I had my cats for as long as 18 years. From the moment that some were born. I dealt with my share of pee. I have never used Jackson's cleaning solution so I have no idea how good it is but I tried a bunch including the ones with enzymes and none worked. Then I found this recipe ten years ago. It is non toxic and cheap. Take one quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide, 1/4 cup of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of dish washing liquid. Put all in a container and gently stir them together you do not want to create bubbles. Saturate area where the pee is. If on a carpet you want the mixture to soak all the way through the carpet and down into the pad beneath. Do not blot or rub. Do not put a towel or try to soak it up. Let it air dry even if it takes a few days. It will not cause mold or mildew. Once dry vacuum up the baking soda residue. If on carpet do a small test area first in an area that won't be seen like inside a closet. Carpets made of natural fibers like wool the hydrogen peroxide can bleach the color. Hardwood flooring may warp if soaked. I have made gallons of this stuff at a time and soaked whole rooms with it at a time. The ingredients kills mold and mildew which it is why it doesn't form. It was originally created by a scientist trying to get rid of skunk smell. It is safe to poor onto your pets fur if they get sprayed by a skunk. Just don't get it into their eyes, nose, mouth or ears. Let soak for a few minutes and then rinse them off with water. You may have to treat the area twice even though you probably won't be able smell anything after the first treatment but cats and dogs have a much better sense of smell and any urine odor will attract them to pee there again. Lastly you will know when pouring if you hit the right spot because the hydrogen peroxide will bubble up like crazy when it hits the proteins in the urine.
When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work).
You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
Omg. Thank u SOOOO much !!! We recently moved in with my elderly mother in law, she's 92. Her house is almost 90 yrs old. She has a cat. Our neighbor left their 3 outdoor cats in our care and nevr returned. I got pregnant, and now have a baby, we had to move all of our music equipment out of our bedroom and our new sofa into the living room where my mother in law and her cat ALWAYS are. He has been spraying EVERYTHING our unsealed original hardwood floors, ALL of our amps, speakers, instrument cases, the brand new fabric loosely woven sofa, , the walls everything. I can't afford to hire cleaners or rent an industrial strength upholstery cleaner and hardwood floor cleaner. I have no idea what to do about all of our music equipment. I have seen so many videos on this subject and all it has done is confused me more and raised more questions than it has answered. How can I remove the urine from the sofa and the floors and the quilts and the music equipment? Oh , and my mother in law's mattress of her own urine. And probably the cat's as well. After using ur recipe , do I then use an upholstery wet vac like the little green machine ? Or do I steam them ? What do I do ? Same question for the floors and quilts, etc. Please. I am losing my mind with this subject
@@cecilymulet7451you get some gas, a match and walk away. Start over. That house is condemned..
@@cecilymulet7451did you ever find a good solution?
@@cecilymulet7451I just discovered this recipe myself about a year ago on YT but I can't remember what channel.
I mix it in a much smaller batch (just enough to fill a hand-squeezed spray bottle you can buy anyplace).
A blacklight will help find all the urine but the room needs to be dark.
A tip is that it works best to blot up etc., the new stains asap, then spray or saturate the area affected with the cleaning mixture.
The stuff will lighten the carpeting (and probably anything else), so I found it best to not leave it on a long time!
I may scrub gently with an old rag, and blot up with those throw-away rag sheets from the roll in a box you can get at a store like Home Depot (200 sheets in a box) found in the paint section.
Then I saturate with water (just warm), and quickly blot the water up again, fluff the carpet a little, and let air dry.
I use plain water after the cleaning solution is blotted up with the pet-stain because it appears to successfully neutralize the cleaner so it doesn't lighten to carpeting or other surfaces.
The greatest thumbnail I’ve ever seen
It sure caught my eye
Unless you are a parent trying to explain to their 7 year old what PISS OFF means because their favorite internet celebrity used it in their thumbnail
@@hojo70 totally rude way to say go away, please don’t say it to people. Or a rude way to say “pee”.
But yeah I can see that being awkward. 😂
thumbnail cat do a 😮
It definitely grabbed my attention.
Jackson, I know you might not even read this but thanks to you and my cats'vet I have achieved to give them a great life. They are 9, 14 and 16 and since I discovered you, years ago, I have avoided so many wrong moves and achieved so much for them, I'm grateful to your service to cat parents around the world. You also helped me with the video about senior cats since my eldest is having his final years now and you helped me so much to see it as a special love time instead of a time of pity and sadness since he has arthritis and dementia. Thank you so much love from Greece 🇬🇷
Beautiful.
And me from South Africa
♥️
And me in the US . Since i found him I've went from having 1 cat to having a cat rescue. . Since your in Greece if you ever want to adopt again my good friend runs Greek muttz and she has some fabulous cats. Bon bon and Arsene are very special. If I were in Greece I'd already have Arsene
So glad Jackson made it to the part about the blacklight. When you smell it, you probably can't find it by smell, but that blacklight never lies.
At a frat house, it would be semen stains all over the place!
@@The-Cat I'm guessing since that's also a protein the cleaning solution will work for that as well 🤣
I bought a higher end black light and it doesn’t show anything but I can still smell it
@@Hokes1919 Make sure the house is totally pitch black dark, maybe that will help.
@@Hokes1919 You're probably looking at the wrong places or whatever it is has soaked into the furniture and is no longer visible on the surface
I’m a first time cat owner and was shocked by my ignorance over what it takes to provide a healthy and long life for my little sweetheart.THANK YOU so much for all your videos! They have been a life saver (both literally and figuratively) for both me and my cat. Additionally, I (you) have been able to educate some loving and well intentioned cat owners who unfortunately were quite ignorant (no fault of their own) on all matters relating to cats. You are providing an invaluable service to cat lovers everywhere and enhancing/saving the lives of so many sentient little felines.
My boy was so well behaved, not once did he ever relieve himself anywhere other than his litter box. I miss him every day.
Mine did when they were kittens, and they’re still kittens. But sometimes they have accidents, like one of my cats was hanging out with me once, I let him drink from the sink, and then I guess he realized he had to go to the bathroom all of a sudden cause he very quickly squat down in the sink and did his business. Had to disinfect that w bleach man 😅
Could be a medical problem... Not really fair to say if a cat does that, it's not well behaved
@@celine_poike 99% of cases it's a health problem. Thinking otherwise is basically upholding the tragically destructive point of view "pets that do anything out of the expected are mean-spirited and misbehave out of spite". How many pets became homeless or were put to death because stupid people believed that. But it also shows how conditional a pet owner's love is - do anything to spite me and you're gone. Sad world we live in.
@@celine_poike It wasn't a medical issue. It was an accident.
@@Bard420 I wasn't talking about your case specifically. Why do you think so?
Cold water, vinegar, in equal measure. Blot up then pour baking soda liberally on the spot/area. Let sit overnight then vacuum up. Worked like a charm.
One night, my cat Sushi peed right in the spot where I sleep so I couldn’t miss it. I had no idea why since she’s very happy and well behaved. Then the next day, I noticed her straining a bit to pee in the litter box. A while later, she walked up and sat next to me while I worked. As soon as I wasn’t distracted, she made direct eye contact with me as she peed right on my blanket. When I looked at it, there was a little bit of blood in it.
The next day, I took her to the vet for some UTI meds and she was all better! I’ll say it again.. Cats are some of the best communicators in the animal kingdom!
You took her to the vet the NEXT DAY? I guess you’ve never had a UTI. It’s freakin miserable. You don’t have an emergency pet clinic near by?
I noticed the same blood spot after my cat peed on our bed! I took him to the vet that morning since it was way too late and I couldn't get a hold of a 24hrs vet. He is okay now but I noticed he will hold on his pee if the litter box has been used recently by my other cats, so he goes into the toilet now if that happens, I keep the door open for him
Omg poor baby girl 🐱😢 Thank goodness you took her to the vet! They always tell us, they know and they're always trying and or telling us point blank 👍🐈🐈⬛
@@fattoria_di_bastoni did you ever call the vet, and them tell you they couldn’t get your pet in until the next day.
At least she took her pet, many neglect to all together.
@@BecomingTemperance no, I never have been told no. I always get an appt, perhaps not at that hour but within the day. If you’re having trouble with such perhaps your veterinarian needs a reminder that illness doesn’t happen on a schedule and they need to leave a few slots open for this sort of thing. If they can’t I’d seek another and build a relationship elsewhere.
If it’s after hours there’s an emergency clinic near by.
I will say this I do hear more and more stories about vets seeming more concerned with $$ than animal welfare. That’s quite concerning.
If there has been long term peeing and you have to replace flooring be sure to paint the sub floor with something like Kilz. It will make an encapsulating barrier so that a year or two down the line if you shampoo your carpet, it will not reactivate the old smell. You probably won't notice, but your pet will. That can restart territory marking.
Genius.
Wood floors have to be replaced??
Try getting your cat fixed. Works much better
We have experienced one of our cats deciding they did not like the kind of litter we used. He let us know that Litter Green was a definite No, No. A cat we currently have, let us know that he was not only picky about the texture of litter he would use but also he is particular about where we place the litter box. 😂 After a couple of tries, we managed to make him happy.
My cat does not like any big grained litter. AS long as i use a fine litter type, close to rough sand she is happy. She also does not like the silicon beads one uses to collect urine from a cat. Maby the 2 are connected?
your pf Blackie kitty looks just like my wild boy, Logan!
@@harlowjademermaid1882 Our black kitty’s name is Bob and he’s the pickiest cat we’ve ever had. But he is a sweetie.
One of our cats is very picky about his litter and I found out when I changed the litter to a different one. Let's just say I quickly bought the kind he liked.
You got lucky. Mine peed all over my dining room and sofa until I found His Correct Name!!! 😂
My late Sweet Pea was the only at shelter name I didn't change because she was the sweetest thing. But she started peeing one spot on my living room area rug. I took her to the vet and it turned out she had bladder cancer. She was a scardy cat and didn't do well with surgery and recuperation. The kind that would freeze and loose clumps of fur from being so scared. The tumor came back in a year. So I just put puppy pads down in her spot, which she took to them well and changed them about twice or thrice a day, till it became more frequent and eventually she had to be humanely euthanized. She was ready, and I held her and whispered sweet loving and visions while she passed at the vets in my arms, it was the only time she wasn't afraid.
I’m very sorry 😢
That is the only really sad thing about loving these precious little beings, but still worth all of the great companionship you get in having them.
So sorry but so glad you got to experience the love of Sweet Pea. Thank you for sharing that was so heart warming ❤
So sorry… my fur babies were my children.. their loss are as devastating as losing a family member.. thank heavens for Jackson.. and a good vet.. my heart felt condolences.. may your beautiful memories never fade and keep you close to your girl.. she’s waiting for you as also all your fur babies are.. you’ll see them all again..
I’m so sorry for your loss. Your story had me choked up and close to tears. Also because SweetPea is what we’ve named our newest kitty. May your SweetPea rest in peace in kitty Heaven.
We had a cat for 18 years that was just fine using wood litter and because she was an indoor-outdoor cat, we only had to clean it like once a month or so. After she passed we got a new cat, who stayed inside for the first month or so and everything was fine with her and the litterbox, she eventually became an indoor-outdoor cat as well. But sometimes I would come back from work late at night and she would have peed or pooped in my bed. At first I couldn't figure out what was going on, but eventually I came to realise it was probably the wood litter hurting her paws. I told my mom about it, but she didn't believe me and said it had always been fine with our old cat. Eventually I got so sick of cleaning my bed every other week, right after coming home, I just went and got some softer litter. And surprise suprise, everything was fine after. We only had one more accident but that was totally my brother's fault, he had put up an AC unit way to close to the litterbox and our cat was too scared to get near it and peed in her favourite cat bed. The moral of the story is that I've learned to be much more aware of my cat's bathroom needs and I make sure the box is always clean and accessible.
I'm glad you got new litter. I wish your mom had listened to you
It is not uncommon for cats to dislike or prefer a particular litter choice 👍🏽
My 9 year old Burmese kitty has never once peed or pood anywhere but her litter box. And she is a professional self groomer. I brush her daily as well. Thank you very much for your upbeat and clear presentations. I'm Grateful.
Extra tip for the disabled friends like me: if you can't blot, using a carpet cleaning spot cleaner vacuum to suck it up is much easier!
Your tips in the past on MCFH helped me learn about the cause of my late kitty boi's severe separation anxiety and it being the cause of his inappropriate urination. He just wanted to "leave breadcrumbs" for me to find my way back home. 🥺🥺
Once we got to the root and used your tips to clean using the old brand name of your cleaner (ps: took me FIVE-EVER and Major investigative work to figure out the name of the product you used from the episode for the cat that peed on TVs and computers and counters.. because the brand was censored in the episode 🥴), giving extra boxes, and the right medication protocol, we had a long 10 years together that was as happy and healthy as we could after initially taking him in as an older cat.
Now, I'm having a new set of challenges with my new guy, who's nearly identical in personality and sass, and a 3 year old "rescue" who was returned twice before me meeting him. It's a non problem, really, but the goofballliterally refuses to pee in a litter box. Instead, he pees over the drain in my walk in shower. Idk if its a true "issue" since it's self correcting.. but still, real weird. Lol
i had a cat that would pee on the drain of the bathtub... it was so easy to clean...
Lucky you! Sounds like you've found the right kitty companion.
My indoor guy is also perfect for me, raised from a feral kitten 11 years ago, so we've grown together to accommodate each other's preferences/foibles. He prefers the "outdoor litterbox", and I'm happy to comply, since I can no longer bend over to clean the indoor one properly. Now, the newish outdoor stray that adopted my yard is another story: insists on being right in front of my feet constantly. So incredibly dangerous for me, as I'm very unsteady on my feet and need two new hips. Though he wants to, I cannot possibly let him in; when I did so in January during a snowstorm, it did cause territorial peeing issues, which I have yet to recover from.
Patricia Morgan mine stands Behind me 😤😳 and that’s how cats kill people !
My sisters cat would do the same. Peed right in the tub drain. 🤷♀️
I have kittens from a stray mom who came in over our very cold winter last year.
She took off after biting a hole in my screen. I love the babies and have neutered the two boys. Three girls are their sisters.
I don't know who is doing it but they are pooping in the bathtub upstairs and in the shower downstairs.
I have lots of boxes and they go other places as well. I don't know what to do. Everyday is cleaning up poop.
I know this is an old video, but wanted to add this one: boiling water. An old friend of mine has 30+ year old carpet in her house and it is pristine. It works well with sugary drinks and wine as well as animal urine because it breaks up the crystals. She also recommended taking some old cloths and rags and pressing it into the spot to soak the water up. I use a kettle to boil water and wear heavy dish washing gloves to protect my hands from the hot water and it works like a dream.
Hot water can set the smell of cat pee though
My parents adopted a new kitten (actually the kitten that adopted my parents). With the adolescence of the new kitten the older cat started to mark the whole house. It's good to see Jackson Galaxy tips for how to deal with the situation. Portuguese subtitles would be great so my parents could watch the video.
As a creator, I have been reaching out to people willing to volunteer to generate the subtitles, because the AI versions are unhelpful, still. People submit a transcript to me, that is written with time code + translation that matches the time code. Then, as a creator, I verify the translation and upload the newly created transcript.
I encourage people who are making this request from creators to consider generating a transcript with time codes (when sentence begins and ends, with translate sentence to the right of the time stamp) and then emailing the file to the creator for use. Very few RUclips creators actually make any money from their channels, the majority are maintaining their RUclips channels as a labor of love.
Seems like the older cat became territorially insecure
@@traumahealingandprevention Jackson Help, my Lulu
Is usually was vary well behaved cat, but recently I went to the hospital and my cat sitter tells me that Lulu has been pissing on my bed. What can I do about this?
you can easili transalte english from subtiles, mark them and use transaltor
Traduzir é fácil. Abra uma nova aba e faça uma boa busca por "traduzir". Ele abre duas pequenas janelas na nova página - uma para o idioma de origem e outra para o idioma desejado. Clique na seta para baixo (como um "V") em cada janela e escolha seus idiomas. Configure uma janela em inglês e uma janela em português. Copie o inglês do comentário do RUclips destacando-o e pressionando C. Em seguida, cole-o na janela em inglês pressionando V. O português traduzido aparecerá na outra janela.
Como exemplo, escrevi esta entrada em inglês e usei o tradutor (não falo português).
Thank you for reminding & letting those who don’t know what u said at the end-“your cat is not trying to piss u off”-funny but seriously about having compassion due to manifestation…….. people need to know this!
We use pelletized bedding (pine pellets), like people use in horse stalls, in our litter boxes because it's both really absorbent and good at neutralizing smells
I was going to mention this. Some companies now sell the pellets as cat litter, but either one works. Probably costs less as pet bedding. I've had cats all my life, and have used all kinds of litter. NOTHING BEATS PINE PELLETS for eliminating odor. That's the best part in my world, but it's also easy on the environment since I'm just throwing sawdust on the paddock.
@@MadWorld909 yeah it's absolutely cheaper to buy it from a tack or feed store, or a place like Tractor Supply. What they're selling specifically for cats is about 3x or higher price by weight.
And that was also a selling point for us as well, because it's biodegradable.
That stuff is fantastic and lighter going out than coming in the house as well as cheaper 5.99 for 40# and zero urine smell Ever. Have a forced rescue here, means you live on a dead end dirt road off of 2 other dirt roads and you are the Only house on said dirt road. And cats have no trouble using it. There are 45 in rescue and 20 that prefer to house themselves in the barn. Not to forget it is nature friendly wont hurt the compost pile.
@@lethargicwizard for the cats same size is 11.99 for 20# at Walmart exact same product as tractor supply not 2 miles down the road from Wally world
@@lethargicwizard Yes, I used to use it and feed supplies are the way to go. And of course what you don't use for the cats can be used to start fires or barbecues.
I kept saying get on with it, get on with it - but I laughed and learned all the way through = THANK YOU!
My two Maine Coons watched this with me and they were appalled. 1 1/2 years old and never a single issue. I have humongous boxes set out. Diet is high protein - free feed high protein kibble, freeze dried whole salmon and chicken, and wet protein canned food to mix with the freeze dried. Waterfall water bowls and the critters are thriving. We love your videos almost as much as cat tv
I have a similar setup for my felines. Could you have your cats call my cats, please?? Thank you 👊🏽
LOL purrfect
My Maine wasn't so good... just sayin
So? Both of my rescue cats have peeing problems because of physical ailments caused by their past injuries. Your cats aren't "better" and someone who buys bred animals really has no say in how to be a responsible cat owner. Btw you're feeding your cats way too much protein, it's a killer for the kidneys so they might stop being so appalled once they develop a urinary disease. Cats in the wild don't eat premium fillets only and if they caught a salmon they wouldn't eat the meat and throw away the rest 🙄
My Maine coon was the absolute best! Enjoy them ❤️
I had a friend who had a cat that would pee outside the litter box. After asking some questions, I found out that the cat had been given the all clear by a vet, that she still sometimes used the litterbox normally, and that the problem peeing only happened in one spot. I figured that she was marking her territory so I suggested putting a scratching post or pad there, since scratching is also territory marking. And it worked! Sort of. The cat used the scratch pad as a bed instead of its intended purpose, but she stopped peeing outside the box. One of the few times in my life that I felt like I had accomplished something that is actually useful.
This is pretty much the same issue I'm having, but nothing I have attempted to put in the 3-4 spots she pees has helped, so we aren't sure what the issue is past it being behavioral. Even moving the boxes to where she's going she's then deciding to go in the spaces where the box was. I've invested 5 months and hundreds of dollars trying everything I've read online and everything Jackson recommended that I hadn't seen before, and I'm completely at a loss on what to do at this point. Are we sure MY cat just isn't being vindictive for some reason? 😂
@@UnicornNoob69I hope y'all are faring better & find peace & resolution?!! 🙏🥺🤞🍀🧧🌠
Thanks! I’m new to the cat world and your videos are so informative. You’re the best!
Hi! I know your name from Yaba’s livestreams! 💕 Fellow cat lover and Yaba fan here!
@@bossykangaroo small world! Great to see you! I guess gorl and cat world intersect. Thanks for reaching out bc I’m not hugely in to the gorl scene but I’m way into lurking :)
@@bossykangaroo small world! Great to see you! I guess gorl and cat world intersect. Thanks for reaching out bc I’m not hugely in to the gorl scene but I’m way into lurking :) And any fan of Yaba is cool to me! Take care
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Thank you so much for the video, Jackson! I was in the hospital for 2 months, and my significant other (now an ex) was staying at my home and "caring" for my 2 cats, Spike and Skeeter. To make a long story short, he was mean to both of them. I am still trying to find the areas in my bedroom where my fur babies went pee.... My calico literally crouched and growled at him every time he got near her! Needless to say, he was not around much longer after my hospital stay. Thanks again for the video & I will be ordering your kit soon. 😀
Glad you made the right choice between cat baby and NOT husband material EX.
@@IMWeira I'll second that.
What a nightmare. I would go ballistic at anyone who was mean to my furry roomies.
People who abuse animals will escalate to people, especially under stress. You dodged a bullet.
@@IMWeira truer words have never been spoken
I am a multiple-cat dad, and I have one of my male cats that had been spraying. I had him checked for a UTI, and he was clean. So the vet put him on Prozac, and he stopped spraying. It was due to territory and anxiety. He was also fixed.
Have you had any issues with the spraying since he was put on Prozac?
This sounds similar. We got our cat and he was on Prozac but then the vet weaned him off. Now 1 year later he has started spraying, not UTI. I think I need to request to introduce prozac again?
@@midwestbadger2503 I have not noticed any spraying since he has been on the Prozac.
How do you get your cat to take the pills? We were prescribed that too but he would not take them. We even crushed snd put in his food, but he wouldn’t touch the food.
@@MW-rb3ny I would scruff him, open his mouth, put the pill in his mouth, and hold his mouth closed while I massaged his throat. Once it was swallowed, I gave him a handful of his favorite treats. It is to the point now that all I have to do is grab the pill bottle, and he comes running because he knows he will get treats afterward.
My cat has a UTI so im just struggling with this cat urine, i had to make sure i was cleaning it right so i decided to watch this video. Its a very well-put video with well explained information especially for new kitty owners ❤ as a vet tech i approve
I'm surprised I haven't seen vinegar mentioned in many comments.And no, not vinegar and baking soda, that literally cancels each other out. Just plain white vinegar is what I use and it works like a charm. I have a female cat that just loves to pee in laundry, clean or dirty. If no laundry is left out for her to find then she goes in the litter boxes just fine. There's just something irresistible about a pile of laundry if she finds one. I pour a quarter gallon of vinegar in every load of laundry now just to be on the safe side. Everything comes out smelling normal, not like pee or pickles 👍
Vinegar never worked for me. I find Oxi-Clean with Odor blasters works. One (or more) of my cats apparently had been peeing in a basket of laundry in the laundry room unbeknownst to me probably for a week (I don’t go in there often) Thought I was going to have to throw it out. I dissolved 2 scoops in some hot water and tossed the laundry in the washer with it (using a regular cycle on the machine and letting it agitate for a few minutes so the solution can permeate all the fabric))and let it sit overnight. Rinsed and spun it out the next morning and then put it through a regular wash and it was completely odor free.
What kind of vinegar do you recommend? Plain old regular vinegar, or white wine vinegar or white apple cider vinegar? My two fur boys sometimes pee outside the box, and either onto the couch, the bed or my shoes (yuck!). I wonder, also, if vinegar (whichever type you use) would work for poo, as well? I have an elderly cat, and although he tries his best to get to the litter box, bless his heart, he sometimes can't make it there in time, and I have found 'deposits' on the couch, the bed, my shoes, and in other rooms. It doesn't happen often, but when it does...
Thanks for the tip! I now believe one of my cats bullies my other cat out of the litter box. She pees on my husband's stuff that's in one particular area. He thinks that she does it because she's mad at him or something. I usually clean it with a vinegar, soap, warm water mix and then use baking soda. I will try out not using the baking soda and just the vinegar! I am tired of cleaning this up! 😩
+1 for vinegar too. It’s slow, but it will neutralise the smelly crystals. You can see salts residue after a few hours of soaking the rug
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What kind of washing machine do you have?
These electronically controlled ones does not accept any input outside of the designated cycle once it has started.
I searched high and low to eventually replace this machine, which I told the dealer that it is possessed, with an old manual one. Now I have the control once again.
Thanks for mentioning the blacklights. I have no sense of smell and it's going to be tricky keeping a clean home.
Any change in a cat's behavior are most times because of an onset of a medical condition. My cat once had a UTI (also noticed pink urine). After she refused to use the litter completely, a vet check showed she had hyperthyroidism.
Extra shout out about going to the vet right away. Every time I have waited, I've regretted it. In the past I have assumed it was a behavioral thing and that it would clear up if I made adjustments......and 95% of the time it was a mild bacterial infection that cleared up right away with minimal antibiotics. Going to the vet right away saves me tons of time, energy, and frustration.
My 14yr old, Willow, has CKD and mild incontinence (we did urinalysis, culture, and bloodwork; my vet said she is healthy otherwise) so sometimes I smell it on my bed... I ordered machine-washable puppy pads for the spot she lays in.. but I am going to order your cleaner 🐱
Thank you for this video! People need to learn how to work with/help their cat instead of getting rid of them.. or worse 😢
Thanks for all you do for the animals! 💜
Machine washable puppy pads, oh my!!! Any brand name?! 🥺🤞🍀🧧🌠 Pls& ty!!!!!
There's a story by Terry Pratchet, in which he is describing the furtive movements of an individual in the dark. He says "His movements were cat-like - but he didn't stop to spray unine on things"
Pippin, my gray, food motivated "senior cat" (ten years old, but you would never know it) got pink eye a couple Christmases ago, and when I took him to the vet, they told me, "Yeah he's getting older, he's more prone to getting infections, this is totally normal. Here are some antibiotic eye drops for his eyes and you might also consider getting these treats we have to help support his immune system." And of course I'm just wanting the best for my little friend who has been with me since he was probably five or six weeks old so I said, "yes, let me have that as well." and I started incorporating the treats as directed, once a day nor more than three or four. Well, a week goes by, his pink eye is all clear, but I am sitting on the bed and I watch as he assumes the position on a pile of laundry in my closet. Panic!! I do all the things, we make another makeshift litter pan, remove the lid from our top entry boxes, clean them thoroughly, cause I don't want him to be urinating inappropriately. I call the vet, tell them what happened they say that they'll look when I bring him for a follow up. I'm still panicked and worried and I'm trying to figure it out with my husband and he says, "The only change that has been incorporated are those treats, so maybe we should stop giving him those." So I did and I immediately noticed a difference and he went back to normal. Crazy!!
You have helped me so much. If it wasn’t for you I might’ve given up. But I didn’t want to. I love my Sebastian.😭
I’m glad my cat is pretty litter trained and doesn’t go anywhere else. The only issue we have in that area is the “elevator butt” issue of her sometimes not squatting and going on the floor some outside the litter box. We remedy this by putting puppy pads around the litter box where it sometimes ends up. Other than that, we don’t have any issues with our cat going outside the litter box.
I assumed my loving little cat also loved having the pee pads under the box. I found that out because that's where she decided she was going to deposit. Nothing else had changed, except I was in a pet specialty store, saw them, and thought: wow! Beats an old towel or newspaper. So I bought them and tried them out. OH NO. What a mistake. We visited the vet, no problems. Clean bill of health. She thought maybe it was the scent used in manufacturing the pads and suggested I not use them. After cleaning the box and the entire floor (just linoleum as it was an older home) with scalding water and soap, I put the box straight on the clean dry floor, exactly in place.
To my surprise, she stopped doing the deed outside of the box immediately. When I thought I was helping prevent a bad mojo issue by using the pads, Kitty did not support that decision. I wound up realizing that sometimes things aren't broken at all. They're just misunderstood.
BTW, I also decided not to be such a clean freak I was making unnecessary changes that were not to her liking at all. So much better now. Clean, dry floors. Box working well. Cat warranty is now extended version. Cat 3.0! I felt like the village idiot trying to fix something that wasn't broken. Lesson learned.
I have the same problem, so i bought a box with a bit more height. Plus the litter doesn’t go out when he is digging.
Exactly my problem. We bought high litter box - now he elevates his butt aiming over the border
@@littlesushie mine started elevating his butt higher after i bought a higher litter box
@@bambinaforever1402 in that case, your cat may enjoy a standing litter box
I have 27 cats...all indoors, mostly special needs, etc.
I deal with the smell alllll the time.
Thanks for this helpful video.
27 cats? Lol! I understand! That’s how I got kicked out of suburbia…….
@@mousiebrown1747 yup....I live out in the country...ex foster mom for a local shelter, until I ended up keeping the unadoptables.
With the increased costs of vet care and food(25-30 cans daily and 30 lbs of dry weekly)...I had to draw the line...
@@janicehammersmith4728 Bless you & all of them - including the etc. sorts of critters you pick up…. I’m on 3 piney woods acres, but coyotes have been around for 17 years now-which is horrible. Only 4 cats now but I’m older & bad knees, so it’s ok.
@@janicehammersmith4728 The smell of 27 cats cant be good for your health :(
@@Okie-Girl I'm down to 18, litter pans are out on a screened porch, with a cat door.
Just a tiny correction: Amino acids are the building blocks (molecules) that make up proteins, not the other way around. :)
That got me, too!! 🙂 Sucks being a scientist, sometimes. . .
Re " blotting", can I recommend having a supply of old towels. Soak the area with your solution, cover with a thick layer of towels, then do the dance of joy! Simply tread up and down to soak up the liquid. Works with red wine and coffee too!
Same concept as OXY CLEAN. The kind in the bucket. Mix with hot water in spray bottle until diluted. Saturate the area with the spray bottle of OXY CLEAN. Saturation of carpet will not mold, mildew or damage. It completely elimates odor. I've used this stuff for YEARS. It works!!!!
Wi appreciate your comment because I have lots of OXY clean and I’m dealing with cat pee issue. My. cat is peeing in laundry baskets. Would you recommend washing with oxy? Should I use hot or. Old water? I would appreciate your response, thanks.
I have raised my cats when they wear tiny kittens. In my experience the boy cats would cent mark. So I have learned to have male and female fixed at about 3 months mark. Before they go into heat. Other wise I am SOL.
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That was told to me by my vet.
My male cat crossed the rainbow bridge 7 months ago, but his scent lingers on.
He peed on my file cabinet, and even though it’s been cleaned and emptied out, every time I open the drawer, Spooky is in my thoughts 😅.
He seemed to enjoy peeing on surfaces, while standing, like a tiger in the zoo.
My 2 females have never peed outside the box.
RIP Spooks.
was he a blackie? Either way, Rest in Paradise, Spooky Kitty. xo
@@harlowjademermaid1882 Thank-you. Yes, he was a house panther. We got him from the humane society when he was 3, and he was already named. His previous owners turned him in, maybe because of his peeing outside the box? He lived for 14 years.
@@genevadixon8426 Interesting. My black cat also has issues with peeing outside the littler box. I wonder if black cats are more prone to this.
@@gracepeterson7483 Same here. Black cats are very territorial, aren't they?
@@gracepeterson7483 my black cat also peed EVERYWHERE outside of the litter box. He would go in the box most of the time, but it’s almost like he enjoyed peeing other places. Floors, clothes bin, bed, couch, COUNTERS. 🫠
“I am waiting for you to be impressed”. I am impressed. Once again such an entertaining, creatively made informational video. ❤❤❤
Great info! Buy a home where the homeowner was hospitalized and she had a friend come in to feed her cat. Needless to say there are times where "there's a funky smell" but she claimed that her carpets were steamed and cleaned prior to putting the house up for sale. There's a different texture to the carpeting in those areas (against the wall and corners) another clue! So I'll be doing my detective work. TY love being educated ✌️
Yak. If i ever bought a house with carpets first thing i would rip them off and put nice parquet
I made the mistake once when cleaning my cats litter box using a household cleaner that had BLEACH!! My first cat and I had absolutely no clue what happens when you do this. I could not breath after just 2 sprays. I immediately doused it with water like there was a fire or something. I have learned so much and continue to learn for my fur baby.
I can personally confirm, I was shocked at how well Jackson's pee cleaner worked. We have two male cats, and unfortunately over time one started bullying the other and territorial peeing started. The spray helped clean really well!
Did you resolve the territorial bullying, and if so how?
Are they castrated? My younger castrated cat started peeing standing like marking in the litter box. We bought high one - he now lifts his butt higher aiming over litter box. I wonder what is going on
Would also be interested in the bullying. My 2 are brothers but can't get along all too well. One occasional pees on stuff, specially clothes that lay around
@@bambinaforever1402 Yes, I have had both of my male cats since they were kittens and they are both rescued so they came neutered. See my long comment above for me explaining my whole situation and how I resolved it above.
@@samus821 After a very long time, I have resolved the situation. Every cat is unique, but let me explain in detail what happened with mine. I adopted my first cat, let's name him "T" from a shelter and not a lot was known about him. At the time he was our only cat, and his personality was very friendly and loving and he would follow me around like a shadow. He was very playful and just the sweetest. He did seem to have some PTSD, because not a lot was known from when he was rescued off the street we weren't sure what would trigger his anxiety but he would literally have an episode where he would hide, his whole body would freeze and become stiff and you could wave a hand in front of his face but he would not move, he would just stare. So it was clear to us that certain noises or things that would trigger him would give him anxiety. Over time, I thought he would benefit from having a younger kitten brother. He would go visit my mother's two cats and would love playing with them. He was about 5 years old when we adopted our second kitten, let's name the second one "D". Unknown to us, D had even worse trauma. He was rescued from California during wildfire season and as a kitten had to be isolated and his back leg was amputated because something fell on it and completely crushed his leg. We realized over time that because he was separated during The crucial kitten period of his life when he would normally be socialized, he never learned any of those skills. So this new kitten over time began to have play aggression and would attack my older cat and hunt him and stalk him. When he was a kitten it wasn't so big of a deal but as he Grew older it became a huge problem and my older cat instead of defending himself would act like pray and this would make the problem worse. Over time my sweet older cat became so terrified of the younger cat that he would only hide in the corner all day and watch for his younger brother. We have done so much to try to keep them together, but the last straw was when I went on vacation and the younger cat attacked my older cat and injured him on his ear pretty badly. We had tried cat pheromones, using play time with them looking at each other and getting treats as rewards, medication, distracting them by training them to do tricks, our house has so many different cat trees and hiding spots and toys. The problem is that the behavior would not change no matter what we would do. I have had three vets tell me to rehome my younger cat but I could not do that to him. I literally looked through so many Jackson Galaxy videos too try to gain insight and a lot of them helped, but ultimately we called a cat behavioralist who is also a vet as a last resort. After their bad fight we decided to separate them, our older T cat lives downstairs and our younger D cat lives upstairs. We have trained the younger cat to only go on visits downstairs while we are with him and while he is on a leash. This way my older cat realizes that he is safe from any attacks because the leash doesn't allow it. They get treats whenever they are in the same room to make them happy and we got a completely closed playpen with Windows and mesh so that our younger cat can hang out with us when we're all downstairs but he's self-contained and even if he tries to lunge at my older cat he can't touch him. My older cat got prescribed lorazepam, which works amazingly for his particular situation. He is 10 years old right now and it helps him with any hidden medical pain he might have that is masked, and it also makes him more Brave while taking some of his anxiety away. It does make him meow a lot more and it makes him try to steal any kind of food so we have to hide everything from him. This is the best we can do after everything we have gone through and I am happy that we found a solution because I was feeling helpless at its worst part. Please remember that I myself am not a veterinarian, I was just explaining all the tools we used in the meantime that helped us ultimately find a solution.
Vac: Bissel ProHeat 2x (the one where you can lift off the cleaner unit and use it as a hand-held unit), and Cleaner: "Scouts Honor Urine Destroyer" has worked perfectly for me. Mix some cleaner with warm water, sponge it around generously until suds thoroughly soak the related area, then use the vacuum to suck up the cleaner. Use the trigger to add lots of water as you go to give the carpet a good rinse.
Our house is all hard flooring/tile and we have found that hydrogen peroxide and tap water 1-3 mix does wonders! If you want to try it on carpet or any fabric, spot test it first since peroxide can bleach colors. But the peroxide degrades the urine and cleans wonderfully.
Hydrogen peroxide does not "degrade urine" that is not chemically possible. When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work).
You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
Hey there I too have tile floors and concrete walls which are painted, I was thinking of ordering Hydrogen Peroxide 3%, do they really work ?
Loki was neutered too. Its good to have understanding for your beloved pet. Natures miracle was sooo helpful
I have to admit that the cleaner is fantastic and works for dogs as well! I have 3 senior chihuahuas who don't seem to realize that just because their front paws are on the piddle pad... it is the back legs that are where the magic happens!
i am endlessly grateful that my cat is the most chill cat ever about her litter box. new litter? sure. moved to a new spot? no prob. didn't clean it for a couple days? whatever. the only time she's peed outside the box was when construction was going on in the next room and it scared her. it was jackson's videos that made me clue in to that, and moving the box far away from the noise fixed it right away
lucky!
Wow. This is so informative ! I love how you break this all down. Really educational. I just got a cat and in the learning phase as this is my first cat. Thank you. I just learned a lot.
There is alot to learn. Jacksons informative videos save and help kitties everyday. The 6 under this roof are certainly grateful. Jackson has everything you need to know.
I Never have cat-pee smell in my 1000 sq ft home and I have three cats. My friends all have MORE cats than me and THEIR houses don't smell like cats, poop, OR pee. We all clean our litter boxes every day and we are all very engaged cat owners.
Please help me Jackson Galaxy! I have 8 cats. I have 6 litter boxes around my house. I clean them every time i see anything in there.. I have a cat tower and a skywalk that goes all the way around my living room. My male cat Ziggy gets bullied by one of my other cats Pecker. So Ziggy is spraying on all my walls. I use a enzymatic urine destroyer but I just can't keep up. My cats get wet food and some supplements to stay healthy. Im so tired. I dont know how to help them get along. They are all rescues that I tried to help. Im putting a skywalk in another room as well this week. I pray they can all get along. 🙏 🙏
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I used to foster kittens and then experienced a 'foster fail', and couldn't part with one so I adopted him. I continued fostering thinking it would be good company for my little guy. The problem was that he is a very nervous cat, and when I had kittens in the house, he would spray everywhere. I had to stop fostering a year ago and now he never sprays. I think you might have to accept that it's probably not a good environment for your little guy getting bullied. I know sometimes Feliway may help, but maybe not in your case with 8 cats in your house. Also, I think most vets would recommend at least 1 box per cat + 2. Six doesn't seem like enough for 8 no matter how much you keep them clean.
Get a package of air purifying bags on The company is called California at home goods. Every few days you put them in the sunshine for a few hours and they reactivate. I always put them near the cat boxes your cat will not scratch them.
This is so timely! I recently brought in some stuff from my storage unit and my normally very good Leo kitty all of a sudden had to mark the boxes. (I think maybe there were other cats on or around those boxes.) Anyway, I couldn't locate the actual location of the pee until I broke out the uv light and made a discovery. Thank you! Now I'm well on the way to a better smelling home. *Thank you and Blessed Be Cat Daddy!*
When I have something super stinky to clean, I use the Mythbusters Skunk removal recipe. 1 part dish soap, 1 part baking soda, 1 part hydrogen peroxide (the regular stuff from the drugstore). This is followed by a rinse.
I feel very lucky to have two cats that have never peed outside the box. I remember as a kid, we had a cat who would pee outside the box and it was not a fun problem to deal with. I didn't know as much about cats back then as i do now, so maybe my improved understanding of how to help my cats feel territorially secure is helping. Also, big important part, they're fixed!
Thank goodness you’re covering this! I took in an intact male Siamese… well he sprays! We are waiting to get him neutered!
And there is no voice like a Siamese voice!
If you’ve had an issue for a long time and you have to take out the carpet…bleach the floor under the area when totally dry prime the floor boards…before replacing the carpet.i have done this in peoples homes and they say they don’t have any Oder left at all…..the urine will leak down in the floor boards.if you can’t afford to replace floor boards this is a great option
Jackson, I love your cat videos! Thank you so much for these important info videos! Also, I know this is kind of silly, but I notice you seem to like bright colors especially purple! The red painted catio is also a fave, though I seldom like red in my space but it really works well in that cat space! And still sillier, I love your shirts! You definitely have an alive and well inner child! Yet you are taking the time to inform all cat people about their favorite topic:cats! Now I will watch the video again since I spent part of my watch time writing this fan letter to you! 😸
Try mix baking soda dawn dish soap and peroxide together and it works really well. You may have to do two applications but it works. Let it sit for 15 mins then clean up.
I've found it very helpful when using a black light, to use a pair of glasses with yellow lenses to block out the purple. It really makes it much easier to find the urine (phosphorus).
We adopted a female cat that had been feral and not spayed for a year or more. We had her spayed and went about our business. Then a year later we found three tiny feral kittens on our property, no mamma in sight. We adopted them, had them spayed and neutered at the appropriate time. The first cat took great offense to the other three and started spraying everything! Still dealing with it, but glad to know there's a product out there to help. Thank you!
I’ve tried lots of different things, the best one I’ve found is the Natures Miracle enzymatic spray. It actually breaks down the proteins and stuff. Nothing I’ve found cuts through it as much as that stuff.
Nature's Miracle is the only thing I found that works. Can't speak on Jackson's product, as I haven't tried it.
It stinks though. Very strong perfume smell. No Bueno for me
@@vclocals5536 better than cat piss
If you have laundry with urine smell, use white vinegar in your laundry. Depending on how bad it is, you might have to run it more than once. Also, don't use fabric softeners, they mess up your washers over time.
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long! My year and a half old kitty boy decided he liked peeing on my bed more than the litter box about 5 months ago. We went to the vet immediately and couldn’t find any issues, so I’ve tried EVERYTHING to stop it (more play time in bedroom, locking him out, keeping him in, changing litter, moving litter box, adding boxes, etc.) to no luck. He usually does it after he can’t get to me (if I’m in the shower or gone to work) and it’s always on the side of the bed I sleep on. I’ve figured out how to at least clean it up but it’s always no fun to come home to a cat pee bed.
My friend had the same issue with his cat. I recommended that he use an old shower curtain over his bed and it worked for a while. It must be so frustrating.
Your cat might have separation anxiety?
Separation anxiety is possible but...
Do you come into contact with something that gives you a different scent when you come home? Something that could be erasing or overpowering the natural marking you get from interactions with your cat? Remember relationships for animals are largely expressed with scent. Not just territory.
😿Or maybe your soap interferes with your cat's sense that you belong to him/her? Try using only your partner's😻 products to see if that's the problem, if a more obvious culprit isn't found. If nothing else smelling more like your partner might help convince kitty that marking _you_ (indirectly) isn't needed anymore! Best of luck.
Did you figure out a way to solve that? Please let me know.
Thanks for this, Jackson. My roommate is getting annoyed already at my male cat spraying everywhere. He is scheduled for neutering next month but this helps in the meantime to control the odor.
Can we also say to be sure our litter boxes are cleaned daily so our kitties will use them?
I’m from Australia and we have a multi cat household. Our grocery stores sell an enzyme based laundry detergent called Biozet attack. It’s amazing for removing cat pee and eliminating the smell from pretty much any surface, including carpet without damage. Super cheap because you can just put a little squirt of the detergent into a spray bottle with water in it.
Great info about the blacklight, but I was hoping for some more ways to clean other than buying your product. Such as baking soda, etc. I've been using plain inexpensive vinegar and that works great!
When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work).
You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
Don't tell my (2) female Savannah's but I replaced their "Clorox Clean-Up" with straight hydrogen peroxide years ago. My method starts out the same as Jackson's with blotting up as much as possible. Then I spray it with hydrogen peroxide and let it soak. Then I use the hand wand on my carpet cleaner to clean a square foot around the area. Then I spray the entire area again with hydrogen peroxide and leave it to dry. Really soak it thoroughly. Just spot test any wood flooring or furniture as some cheaper furniture can be faded by the peroxide. I say this as I had an old jewelry case fade after spraying it a few times. But the rest of my flooring and furniture has been sprayed with peroxide many times over without any problems.
When the cat urine dries bacteria breaks down the urea & this is the ammonia smell . Uric acid is NOT water soluble so remains on whatever surface after cleaning with a water based product (hydrogen peroxide mixture, vinegar, carpet cleaner, lemon juice etc. will NOT work).
You must use a product with an enzyme. The enzyme breaks down the uric acid & salts into CO2 & dilute ammonia gas which easily dissipates. No more ammonia because the uric acid is gone. Chemist here.
@@Meezer Does the enzyme also destroy the luminescence under a black light? Do you know how to acquire these enzymes from a natural source?
@Tim Davis yes it does as there is nothing left of the urine to fluoresce. Enzymes are not synthetic as far as I know.
I posted this in the community as well but I figured I'd try here. I have a 3ry old american shorthair in good health that at times (not all the time but way too often) opts to pee outside of the box. We have two cats, Luna (the cat in question) is much younger but has an "older bladder" per our vet, meaning that she will drink and pee more but is otherwise in good health. We've had her for 6 months now and about one month into having her in our home (after a nice long acclimation period) she started peeing outside of boxes. We worked to find the right litter (I think we're good there) the box is super clean (I clean it 3 times per day) and we have multiple open boxes (no covers or obstructions). We even have been able to keep Zoe (the older cat) away from two of our four boxes in order to make sure that Luna (cat in question) has her own space. (no bullying and not by windows where there are other cats) And yes I've put boxes in places where she was peeing. Often she will use them but then out of the blue she will pee next to it. I fully clean the area with an enzymatic cleaner when she pees outside of the box and check it with a black light to be sure I've got it all. UGG please help me. We love her dearly but this happening too often and is becoming really stressful for my family.
The timing of this video is perfect. One of mine decided it was time to protest on the bathroom floor because his favorite person wasn't in the house for several days. I've got some sponging to do.
Baking Soda and Vinegar and avoid any cleaning products that contain ammonia. And as Mr. Galaxy says, dont ever rub! Douse the area let it sit for a few mins and then blot with paper towels.
I had a neutered male who dragged an empty plastic grocery bag next to my chair. He then squatted on the bag and peed. This cat never went outside of his litter box, so I took it as a sign. Turns out he had a UTI and crystals in his urethra. That cat was so darn smart! I have a million stories of how he communicated with me, totally different than any of my other cats. He passed away 5 yrs ago and I miss him so much.
I grew up on a street with various stray cats, who would mark around the area. One day, I realized that not only could I smell the marking, but I could tell the different cats' markings. Some where pure ammonia smelling, while others had a citrus smell crossed with ammonia. I realized how cats could have their own individual scents, and other cats could smell another cat in the area.
Just thought Id share... I figured out a way to save my couch while I work on Mitts. Amazon sells Plastic couch covers. I bought it and a stretch couch cover (with separate cushions). Put the plastic cover on, then put the stretch cover on. Took the cushions and put them in industrial black garbage bags (cut and x on the back for air), then put cusion stretch cover on. Couch is protected, and looks nice. You can just wash cloth cover while you work on your cats issues.
my favorite cleaner for all my pets is vinegar water (1:1 ratio). vinegar is really good at breaking down ammonia and the pee smell. plus the smell of vinegar doesn't last long either 😌
If it worked all vinegar companies would sell some sort of pet version to increase sales, it doesn't work, it's an old wives tale you just like the smell of urine and vinegar which is just gross
This has been so fantastically helpful! Thank you!
Hi Jackson, Love watching your videos, as a cat owner for 30 or so years I still learn stuff! I am in the UK and your website says that you aren't shipping internationally, so what could I use to clean the pee instead of your product?
I'm in Germany and now have the same problem ..... How do we get the Jackson Galaxy cleaner??? 😩
I'm in France and same here !!! I want the magic pee remover pretty please :( I've tried so many things
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"Magic pee remover"🤭
I hv read where enzyme cleaners were recommended. A knowledgeable staff person or mgr at a pet store would know...
I use Biokleen enzyme. It smells like lime peels. Really works for me and my precious addled elder kitty.
Third reason peeing in inappropriate places: addlepation
Thank you Jackson 😘. We can do grotesque, if you have kids and/or animals it's part of the whole package. I love my 🐈 cat.
I think you missed a huge one in your list of reasons why the cat pees outside the litterbox- the box being dirty.
If you don't clean it often enough, your feline probably won't want to use it. Unfortunately my little guy is really picky about it- he wants it cleaned after every use, even if it's just the dirty clumps scooped out. Which can be an issue if he pees in the evening after we have gone to bed, and then he goes to pee again in the early morning before we are up. Having two litterboxes has helped.
I don't know how those cat hoarders stand it! The smell of the pee from ONE cat is bad enough, imagine what it smells like with a HOUSEFUL of cats? At least when your kitty consistently pees in the litterbox you can control the smell by cleaning out the box frequently.
I have had cats all my life, but I am always ready to learn something new. I had no idea cat pee changes color over time when under a blacklight. Cool tip👍😸
We live in a tiny trailer in the middle of nowhere and someone decided to dump a cat close by. It took weeks to get him to come inside he was so scared. Poor guy 🥺 The first night he peed on my new memory foam mattress. My husband was mad but I didn't get upset. I bought some enzyme for cleaning cat pee and got him a cat box. Now guess who the cat loves the most? 😉 And he's never peed on the bed again. Accidents happen and sometimes there are good reasons. I now have a loving fur ball who keeps mice out of my stuff and cuddles me at night. Win win ❤️
The cat necklace is Da BOMB! So cool! I'm so appreciative of your videos. Thank you so much for the great work you do.
I've literally been dealing with this all day. Spooky.
Thank you, Jackson!! We just realized our cat has been peeing on the wool rug in our dining area. When we lifted the rug, we saw that it seeped into the wood floor. Yikes.
We took the rug out, and put it outside. unfortunately we did the first thing you said not to do-scrubbed the wood floor. 😮
Looks like we need some of your cleaner and the tincture for our cat.
I realized long ago that my baby boy has a lot of anxiety and hates the smell of babys ( but that’s another story because we don’t get visited by babys too often). also I realized that Mr.King of the world thinks I am able to read his mind and that I’m able to see instantly when his sister pooped. He is really sensitive to smell and always pees in the bed.
My vet advised me to use an Enzymatic Cleaning Product such as BioZet laundry liquid (Australian, brand names may differ) diluted with water in a spray bottle. I have also used the powder version. Undiluted makes it too soapy and leaves a sticky residue. Just make sure the detergent is ENZYME based. Apparently it causes the proteins in cat pee to break down, destroying the smell at the same time. It is the same principle used in PissOff (tm) or other urine sprays. The black light test confirms its effectiveness. It is safe for all surfaces (carpet, curtains, wood and ceramic floors etc.) No need to flood the surface. It does leave behind a faint laundry day, newly washed clothes smell. My cats loved that. Every time I would change my bedding after using this detergent in the washing machine, they would be up on the sheet, sprawled out or rolling around on it and loving the clean smell, even before I had a chance to tuck the ends under the mattress. They didn't want to get down.
We have several household cats around our area, luckily we live in a place where most people neuter/spay, so our three cat boxes (with a really cool soft recycled paper material that they seem to really like) they're all right by the windows and close to the door. Never had a problem with pee since we followed your instructions. Previously, in another apartment, our cat was peeing on our bed and couch. I think the additional boxes, better placement, and softer material really helped. Plus, it being soft paper, I can just scoop it, flush it down the toilet, and be happy. So now, he gets his box clean several times a day, as soon as I can smell something. I think this may also have helped him, who would want to go in a dirty toilet?? Am I right? Lol :)
And we have an open box in the middle of our living room, don't mind it one bit, since I can wake up in a clean dry bed 🤪
Thanks for the cleaning tip of plugging your specific cleaner.
We adopted our basically first cat (had another cat in the 90's but he looked after himself for the most part) that doesn't have pee problems but does like to empty his litter box... I tried putting in the amount the sales clerk advised (a couple centimetres or an inch deep) but after one use, the tray was almost empty from him kicking all the litter out while burying his business. Next, I went deeper with the litter, more like 4-6cm, and he's kicking more of it out than ever but because there's so much more in there to start with he can at least use each box (he has 2) more than once.
He has some other quirks too.
Firstly, some background info. He's 3y3m old and he was a stray before our local RSPCA picked him up. Black domestic short hair. Has cat flu. The RSPCA made sure he was desexed (he already was), microchipped, vaccinated, and multi pest treated, treated his cat flu as best they could, and they also tried to work with him psychologically.
Extremely shy and nervous. Wouldn't even let us near him at the shelter (he wasn't aggressive, just afraid, and we didn't want to scare him more by forcing ourselves on him just for a pat) or until about 6 hours after we got him home. He wouldn't even come out of the carry bag at first, even though I positioned it leading into some great hidey holes we'd prepared for him.
That night, I heard him meowing and he was so lonely, he just kept running firmly against my legs and anything else he could. He'd not wanted anything to do with us earlier but suddenly he was all "pat me, pat me!" He especially likes firm pats (like with knuckles or nails) around his jaw joints and his ears.
He doesn't seem to like heights and will only jump if he's desperate and we don't come down to him. I'd put his food and water dishes on a desk in his launch room, thinking he might feel a little more confident up there, but he never found them until I realised 6-7 hours after we got him home that he wasn't interested in any verticality so I put them down where he was and he had a little nibble and then a very long drink. Poor thing must've been so thirsty...
He wanted out of his launch room straight away after meeting me and getting about an hour of pats. Didn't go very far, just to the top of the nearby stairs (he looked down but didn't try to go down), a quick look in the bathroom and my mother's room, and then he settled down in the doorway to his launch room until Mum came up and he wanted more pats. He can firmly rub and direct your hands for hours straight. It must've been about 4 hours of almost constant pats that night, not to mention getting into bed with Mum and harassing her for attention all the rest of that night.
That was Friday night and we've gotten to know him a lot better since then. It's now Sunday evening, by the way.
Still no interest in verticality whatsoever, aside from begrudgingly getting up to where we are.
He has literally a dozen boxes, enclosed beds, tunnels, etc, that he can hide in but instead he hides under Mum's bed or the couch I spend most of my time on. He usually won't even look into things. One of the cat litter trays we got him was an enclosed one with a cat door but he pretended it didn't exist until it was opened up for him. Today I tried putting the lid back on, just to see if he'd remember what it was and go through the cat door, but no progress yet. I'm wondering if he's claustrophobic, liking to hide but needing a fairly large space to do so in, like under the long bed and couch.
He has no interest whatsoever in toys of any kind. Doesn't matter if it's noisy or quiet, flashy or plain, wand or plushy, food dispensing or not, etc. I keep trying but no luck. He may just still be too nervous or he may just not want to be bothered.
He's very much a self moderated feeder. He'll only eat a little bit at a time, isn't interested in what you're doing if you're refreshing his food and water, and he isn't terribly food motivated. Even fresh roast chicken, he'll have a couple of tiny nibbles, then lick stuff until it gets too far to easily reach as each lick pushes the thing away from him, then he'll just completely lose interest. You can put it right under his nose again and he might regain interest for a moment, or he might not, usually not. He had about a table spoon and a half of little chunks of roast chicken last night before deciding that was enough.
He still loves his pats. He's not quite so frantic about them as that first night but he'll still happily sit beside you for pats until your arm gets sore and then he'll headbutt you for more. He won't actually come to you for pats unless he's already on his feet though. He'll meow for you to come to him, he'll stretch out for you, he'll rub against things around him, he'll clearly want pats very much, but if he's laying down, he's staying down until he chooses to move, which could be minutes or hours away.
He swats his tail around like he's angry when he's actually happy. I stopped patting him the first time I saw it, thinking he was getting overwhelmed, but nope, he wanted more and more pats. Since then I've learnt that pulling his head away, chin tucked in, is his sign for when he's annoyed. The tail wag is definitely a good sign with him though.
He doesn't respond to his name (either Pickles that the RSPCA named him to a few months back or Cuddles that we're trying to change his name to) or food rattling or whistling or just about any other noise to call him so when he decides to silently hide all morning, he's impossible to find or call out of hiding. We aren't likely to have any idea where he is between 7-8am and 2-3pm, and it's not for lack of trying.
He keeps pulling his claws on anything he can, be it cloth or carpet. He clearly likes horizontal scratching but isn't interested in scratching spots we give him. We think his claws might be a little long and they often get caught on things, but he's still so nervous that we don't want to traumatise him further by touching his paws, which we already know he doesn't like. He'll often do this lazy looking half crawl, trying to pull himself towards us with the claws on his front paws when he's laying down and doesn't feel like getting up, but I'm not sure if there's a physical reason for that or if he's just messing around.
We haven't taken him to the vet yet; leaving that until he's a little less nervous. We want to get a full check up done ASAP though, and find out if he has any problems with his back legs. He can walk and run just fine, but I'm worried about the dragging himself by his claws when he's laying down, like maybe he's actually struggling to get up, and that may also explain the height hesitancy, if it hurts to jump or to land.
He's terrified of being seen by anything outside so he'll run past the doors, low to the ground, and get behind something as soon as he can. He's also easily frightened by the many noises of vehicles and children in our high density townhouse estate. There isn't much we can do about that, unfortunately, as the place easily gets really stuffy if we don't have any doors or windows open (screens always shut! He's an indoor cat only!) but he gets scared of the noises if anything's open. If we have to choose between breathing and emotional comfort, we have to choose the former, and just put up with him hiding half the day, as mentioned above.
At least it's just Mum and me here, two older ladies who often wear headphones and don't make a lot of noise or move around that much. I'm happy to do whatever he wants and he leads things at his own pace.
If anyone has any advice for how to comfort a constantly nervous cat, how to get him to move or make a sound so we know he's ok when we haven't seen him for half the day, how to insure (in Brisbane, Australia) a cat with active cat flu symptoms (sneezing, eye sand) without having to wait until 18 months after symptoms subside, how to let him know that the outside noises can't hurt him inside, and lots of other things, any and all advice would be great.
If he was feral most of his life it will take time and love. Don't worry too much about play just yet. Definitely need a vet visit to check his hearing and general well being. Older cats have taken care of themselves so they tend to be very independent. I have a 17 yr old that disappeared when he was about 4 for several months. When I found him he came home but was a bit skittish at first and picky with his food. As he gets older he is still picky. I have tamed several ferals at different times in my life. It just takes patience, love, and time. Good luck.
@@catmorningstar3422 Cuddles doesn't seem to be feral, just a stray or abandoned. He was already desexed before he got to the RSPCA and he knew things like what a litter tray was (even if he isn't terribly good with keeping the litter in the litterbox) so they think he may have been an abused or neglected animal.
As an update, he still loves his pats more than anything but there have been some changes. He's finally developed an interest in play (both by himself and with wand toys) and he's finally started exploring a little. We have an inner garage door that slides and doesn't have any sort of locking mechanism so he's been going in there to explore sometimes (although we try to stop him because it's a storage room and not cat safe; hopefully the latch arriving tomorrow can keep him out of there...) and he now patrols the townhouse a little at night. Still no interest in cat scratching spots or small spaces like the purposefully built cat hidey holes or an enclosed litter tray, but we still count this as progress.
One thing I really didn't like is that Cuddles got himself stuck where we couldn't see him and he didn't call out for help at all. As a method to make sure he didn't run outside whenever we had to open an outer door (we'd have to give him up if he was seen outside and we can't even call him back if he does run off) we decided to get him used to a leash and harness. That way, we wouldn't have to pick him up (which we know he doesn't like) but we could still make sure he didn't run off. So yesterday, we put the harness (just the harness alone, no leash, so he could just wear it for the day and get used to it on alone) on him but we didn't have a chance to tighten it appropriately before he ran off and hid under Mum's bed, where we couldn't see him. We hadn't even been able to do up the velcro stomach straps, just the neck clip. Well, he stayed away a very long time, much longer than usual, so we got worried that maybe he'd accidentally velcroed himself to the carpet or something and went looking for him. We kept entering the room he was in, calling him, looking for him visually, but the mattress on my mother's bed is so heavy we can't lift it and we aren't agile enough to get down on the floor to see under that way. Eventually we had to pull everything out from under there and one thing happened to hook him and pull him out (he was still completely silent). He'd gotten one leg through the neck hole and found himself completely unable to move thereafter. He was so scared and again super thirsty once we freed him.
It scared me that he only meowed when he wanted pats, not when he was in actual trouble, so we've kept Mum's room locked to him ever since. If there's an emergency like a fire or something, or if he needs help, he can't be where we can't get to him. He'd normally spend half his time in there, either with Mum when she's trying to sleep or hiding under her bed. No more. It felt cruel at first, taking away what seemed to be his favourite singular room in the house, but he's actually adapted remarkably well. He's even spending time on the couch rather than under it too. I think he's becoming more confident and it's wonderful to see
I had a kitty that had cancer. We had a year of testing and trials to see what is wrong with this cat. After diagnosis we had a full year before cancer had run its course. I had 2 years of kitty avoiding the litter box like the plague and if only it was just pee. I became a carpet cleaning expert.
I'm surprised he didn't mention enzyme based cleaners! I find those work the best for me.
Nature's miracle has been my fave for the last 10yrs
There are over 1000 comments here and I'm not going to read them all to see if anyone's already posted this tip, but if you're looking for a UV flashlight, get a 365 nm model. That's a higher frequency of UV light which causes much brighter fluorescence. They're a bit more expensive than the cheap models but they can still be had for only $25 or so on Amazon. It makes a huge difference.
Just a quick question, How do i keep my cat happy and friendly towards me when i have to grab and hold her 2 times a day to give medication she clearly does not like? I fear she is already starting to stay away from me and whenever i come near her she gets stressed. I tried treats but after a few days she would not accept treats she normally would kill for.
Do you play with your cat so that the only time you touch her it’s to give medication? My guess is you don’t so her only experience with you is negative.
Buy a kennel, and place it in the middle of the living area or social area. Cat needs to get you used to you by not running away. Once the cat start getting used to being close to you with out running away, the cat will be less aggressive and will be friendlier with you. And you don't have to use the kennel any more
@@fattoria_di_bastoni that is a bold assumption. After 10 years of playing with her, feeding, treats and always plenty of room and outdoor activity she got old and starts getting health issues. But clearly your first assumption is somoneone is not spending quality time with there pet. It says more about you then about me.
@@thekeysplease9975 where in the hell do you get the idea she is agressive? after 10 years she is the most well behaved cat you have ever seen. And i want to keep it that way. She is a cat, not a damn dog. Do you get friendly if i stuff you into a kennel all day long?
@@branoliagaming3651 there's videos on kennel training a cat. Take it or leave it. If you don't like advise then you shouldn't ask Karen...
My friend’s cat peed next to his box. It wasn’t cleaned often enough. Once I told her she started cleaning it out more frequently and he never did it outside the box again.