Karin Nelson

We have a very annoying cat marking problem. Chester marks a certain window with a little spray of pee once a day, like clock work. I clean it up, like clock work. If I don’t allow him access to the window, he’ll mark somewhere else. Now if Chester wasn’t the most adorable, lovable, funny, well mannered cat in the world, he’d be dead by now. Seriously, I would have brought him to the vet myself last week when we got back from our weekend trip to Erik’s mom and I found pee in my toaster AND my kettle. That was enough for me. I was ready to get him to meet his maker. Only the fact that he’s so cute made me change my mind. And of course the fact that he isn’t really MY cat, he’s Erik’s.

My vet said, “use a pheromone spray”. No success. “Play and cuddle with him more!” We do that all day. “Feed him canned cat food!” Huh? Anyway, we also put him on an antidepressant and it did not work. Google to the rescue. Apparently, Prozac – yes, “human” prozac – is the most effective treatment against unwanted behavior in cats, especially spraying and marking. You can also give it to your dog if he’s aggressive or chews your couch to bits. 

Well, it shows again, animals are human, too.