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[Mama Mia]

We have ten cats, inside, spayed and ]or neutered, and we have someone peeing on the counter occasionally, or on the plastic under the litter boxes. We don't know who it is. The tips here are very good, some I have tried, some I have not.

Thanks for the ideas too.

mm

[Jeremiah 2911]

On 9/14/2014 Mama Mia said:

We have ten cats, inside, spayed and ]or neutered, and we have someone peeing on the counter occasionally, or on the plastic under the litter boxes. We don't know who it is. The tips here are very good, some I have tried, some I have not.

Thanks for the ideas too.

mm

Hi Mama Mia,

Welcome to the multi-cat club. We currently have 9.

You may have to remove the plastic that's underneath the litter boxes. We had one of those plastic/rubber mats under our litter boxes for catching those little pieces of litter after the cats jumped out....

...I kept smelling piddle and didn't know where the smell was coming from --- until --- the mat was full and running over. Never caught the plastic-mat piddler....

So, we got rid of the plastic mats. Now I have a non-backed scatter rug underneath the litter boxes. So far, so good. LOL.

For counter-top piddlers -- try rubbing some orange or lemon zest on top the counter. Cats don't like the smell of citrus zest and will stay away. Or spray some FOUR PAWS KEEP OFF on a tea towel and place it right where the counter top piddler strikes. My cats do not like the scent of KEEP OFF -- although the scent to humans isn't offensive at all.

By the way, we always use harm-free, environmentally safe deterrents. We never spray cats with water or frighten them in any manner. And as a result, we have the most wonderfully trained cats. Our friends can't believe how sweet they all are and how nicely they all behave.

[pommom]

Actually, the smell of ammonia encourages urination. Ammonia is found in urine.

[Jeremiah 2911]

On 9/14/2014 pommom said:

Actually, the smell of ammonia encourages urination. Ammonia is found in urine.

Right. I read that the plastic and/or rubber mats that are made to go underneath the litter boxes --- are cured in ammonia...which attracts cats to piddle on them!

What were the manufacturers thinking?

[okBlonde]

On 9/14/2014 Jeremiah 2911 said:

On 9/14/2014 pommom said:

Actually, the smell of ammonia encourages urination. Ammonia is found in urine.

Right. I read that the plastic and/or rubber mats that are made to go underneath the litter boxes --- are cured in ammonia...which attracts cats to piddle on them!

What were the manufacturers thinking?

They're thinking...let's do the cheapest manufacturing process available to make these. Probably from China, too.