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Change in toileting habits
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Sounds like he feels threatened by something. My old cat did this for a while - I think another cat got in through the catflap and sprayed and this made Garfield do the same. Go back to the vet and buy some odour eliminator. Put it down and that should stop him. Also if it is in the same place put newspaper down.
If you are thinking of having a baby then you have at least 15 months from today before your baby can get about by itself so don't worry about it just yet. You need to be more concerned about touching cat litter, faeces or anything else like that (maybe even feeding bowls cos cats do lick themselves) whilst you are prgnant as these can cause damage to your baby if ingested by you.
My husband did all that stuff when I was pregnant - good excuse!
Yet when we've closed him off from the hallway he doesn't pee in the lounge, unless he's hidden it well!
Well hopefully he'll stop soon!
I would start over after you have cleaned with a cleaner that has an ACTIVE "enzyme" Like Natures Miracle, or something like it, it doesn't just neutralize odor it takes that smell out, if you have used harsh chemicals on this already, it will kill the little enzymes trying to go to work for you, you'll have to add more and more till it gets the smell out, put an aversive in the spot to keep them away, a box or carpet runner turned upside down spikey side up so they don't walk back over to the area, while you retrain them...check here for tips and such...
http://www.catsinternational.org/
click on articles and read about Housesoiling articles.
Good luck...and welcome to AB.
My cat has been doing the same thing for a few months now by the back door, where the cat flap is. We know that next door's cat keeps coming in and eating our cat's food but we've tried everything to stop it. Our cat is now peeing by the back door all the time. Each time we clean it up, he does it again. He's protect the entrance to his home.
caro_'s advice about being threatened sounds about right. I don't feel that it's his fault though, I wouldn't punish him for trying to protect what is his. I thing a solution can be found without the need to rehome him.
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