Dear Greyce,
It has been a few months since we got your advice. (See entry The Urine Marking and Cat Fighting Combo of April 5, 2012). As you will recall, I as peeing a lot, fighting with Cassie, my feline companion, and Themselves were about to deal with a kitchen renovation and add to another potential tail-grabber to the family. It's been a busy time.
Despite your advice to board us during the kitchen
renovation, Himself was adamant that we stay in the basement by
day and be given free reign by night to check out the day's progress. We made it through three weeks of demolition and reconstruction with only one (yes, just one!) peeing incident in the basement and one peeing incident in the kitchen
when the contractor left one of his drop cloths on the floor. He said
this has happened before, so no doubt we smelled the other animals and
felt the need to mark our territory. And that is why I don't think that particular incident should even count.
Herself ordered the Anti -Icky-Poo and the pre-treatment on-line to remove the residue of any previous cleaners used and well as residual urine. She cleaned every spot we have ever peed on and it seems to have worked as we have not peed in
any of these places since! Well worth the $60 they paid, especially
compared to the hundreds they previously spent on cleaners.
Himself also
removed some of the trim and baseboards I had peed on, cleaned and
sprayed underneath them, then replaced them with new pieces.
At the
front entrance where we always peed repeatedly he did the same. And for
good measure they placed a SSSCAT sprayer that has a motion
sensor and scares me away with a spray of air if I get too close.
Himself has been keeping on top of our litter box cleanliness and
Herself now consistently buys the litter which has worked well for us and minimized odours (Catit Multi-Cat Litter).
There are fewer places for me to corner
Cassie and fight because of the new kitchen layout, as well as Themselves giving us each our own eating spot. And they separated our water on its own, away from our food.
They are still using Feliway on each of the two floors we are allowed
on and this seems to help. We are still barred from the bedrooms.
Overall things are pretty good. Even new Baby Himself hasn't
caused us any noteworthy stress. And all of the visitors who come to adore him
give us lots of extra love. It is nice having Herself home everyday,
too.
So thanks again for the great advice.You seriously saved me!
With gratitude,
Minou
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Dear Minou,
I am purring with delight at the thought of a much happier household for all of you and most particularly for Cassie and yourself. Keep up the good work!
And readers, please note that I added links to the products Minou mentioned because inquiring cats will want to know.
Whisker kisses,
Greyce
