Lovely (neutered tom) cat - nasty spraying habit in house. Why oh why?

[jaysteam]

What on earth can we do - he's ruining the house and sadly may have to go if we can't cure this problem. Otherwise he's loving, friendly, and not aggressive at all. He yowls a lot - could be his breed - pedigree Bengal. He's 4 years old , ex-show and stud. Has a girlfriend/companion who he's devoted to.

[hogmother]

Betterware do a pet accident cleaner which will help remove the smell, or my sister in law swears by
3% soloution hydrogen peroxide 16 fluid oz
3 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda. couple of drops of fairy liquid, (check for colour fastness first) again it will help with the smell and staining. It may be he can smell something in the areas he is spraying so using one of the above might help

[Dee Sa]

we had a cat with the same habit, we brought him and his mother back with us from Dubai, just couldnt leave them, the spraying only started over here, had him neutered made no difference, we put up with it because we had already spent a lot of money for his quaranteen, flight etc
Four years later when he died [ of natural causes] we had to change every carpet & curtain in the house, from then on we have always had a female cat. You do have my sympathy, but dont let him go.
Dee

[lily-lady]

Go to Pets at Home and buy some 'Simple Solution' enzyme deodoriser liquid....won't stop him spraying, but will kill the smell.

[persianlady]

jaysteam just yesterday my husband saw an article that mentioned that Ian Anderson was a breeder of Bengal cats. Ian Anderson is in the group called Jethro Tull ( not my kind of music, but if he likes cats he must be ok)
you can e mail ian at webmaster@jethrotull and address your query to him or his wife Shona. I am sure he will be able to advise you. If you google Ian Anderson wittering on about cats, you will see the article he has written about Bengal cats . He seems a nice man. Hope this helps. What you really need is a way to stop him spraying . Half the battle is understanding why he is doing it in the first place. Hope this helps. They are beautiful cats by the way.
We have 3 persian cats, but we like all cats.

[persianlady]

oops the e mail address is [email protected]

Sorry about that

[iheartruby]

petfresh is by far the best solution (online). it's very important that u remove all traces or the cat will top up where they get even a faint whiff.
the hydrogen peroxide solution is fairly good at removing the smell but it contains an ingrdient similar to pee and so cat will mark again.
it's territory marking, possibly being done because something is frightening him.
could be smells you're bringing into the house on the soles of your shoes (take them off and put them away). or could be he sees other cats in your garden.
good luck - this is a pain in the backside, i speak from experience, but remove all traces with petfresh and set about making him feel as secure as possible in his home and garden.

[nemobell]

We had a similar problem with our 7yr old tabby, Aston. Turned out he had kidney stones, which were causing him to spray, he was actually in pain - and yowling. I hope it's not the same thing for yours - Aston had an operation to remove them and he is fine now - but maybe best to get it checked. Hope it turns out ok - let us all know.