Would you pts for this

[Strawberryshortcake40]

At my wits end with cat. Had a multitude of problems with him before, complaints from neighbours etc and was on the verge of rehoming him last summer when he was hit by a car and had to spend a month in a cage. This changed his personality even more and he has never seemed "right" since. He would destroy the cage every night, tore up beds, pooed everywhere (inc food bowl!), howl incessantly. I tried very hard to help him through this but he has seemed to dislike me since.

He will still cry loudly all day and night (so the neighbours are still not happy). He randomly bites people and my DC, refuses to be cuddled or stroked anymore (used to be affectionate). Knocks over bins, steals food. In the last month he has weed (full on bladder void) on my carpets, curtains, several times on piles of ironing. Once on a pile of ironing halfway up the tiny stairs. Dogs bed. Now his latest is the kitchen work tops and table and anything he finds on there. This morning my laptop lead. Yesterday a book of the DC. Even if I remove everything there is a lake of urine dripping off the worktop in the morning. He has a cat flap. Has a tray. Vet says there appears to be nothing wrong with him.

I obviously can't rehome a cat that does this so what on earth do I do with him? I love animals and have always had cats, some with quirks, but he truly acts like he despises us. I can't let him anywhere but the kitchen where he terrorises the dog. I don't know what the solution is.

Fully expecting to be flamed for this but I would really welcome some help.

I can't see how nerve damage would make him jump up onto the kitchen table and wee on a book??or balance on a narrow stair to wee on ironing? I could understand if it was on the floor but not when he actually has to get up somewhere?

I would definitely get a second opinion before doing anything as drastic as PTS. The accident could have caused neurological issues as other posters have said.

Good luck, it must be horrible for him as well as you

I've not read all the responses but have you tried getting rid of the feliway? Some cats have a weird reaction to it, including one of mine. He weed everywhere it was awful. Only found out what it was because it had accidentally been unplugged for a couple of weeks and when I plugged it back in it started again. It's supposed to make them think it's their territory but some cats think another cat has marked it.

imho the pissing everywhere is the intolerable behaviour.

Where cats void themselves is driven by instincts. His instincts are confused or he's emotionally unsettled. Does he use a litter tray at all ever any more?

I too was thinking perhaps residual pain from the broken pelvis, (could explain why he dislikes being picked up/cuddled) or brain damage.

Have you tried a cat behaviourist? It's probably included on his insurance.

Living, I've never used Feliway but I have often wondered if that could happen.

I know it's a totally different product but we bought a plug in spider repellant once. I read up about it and apparently it was fine to use with cats - apart from ours. He went mad every time it was switched on! Just because something isn't supposed to affect cats or is supposed to be good for them doesn't mean it won't cause a problem.

Pink I'm just so relieved I figured out what it was because I was starting to despair of him! He's fine with the 'friends' one (well.. apart from not being overly friendly) but just becomes a weeing machine if you plug in the other.

Am at my wits end.

No rescue centre has room for him.

This morning DC were sitting at breakfast table. One had left a clean towel on chair next to her. He jumped up on chair and urinated all over the towel. Took a minute for us to realise what he was doing!

I'm horrified and disgusted, we were all right there and he didn't even try and hide his behaviour.

Turned off the feliway two days ago.
Took some advice re work tops and covered them in tin foil to deter him. Yesterday morning came down to all tinfoil shredded and chewed and him sitting up there (thankfully hadn't weed)

Seriously it sounds totally miserable, speak to the vet.

Have you taken him to a different vet for a second opinion? We had a cat who had a brain tumour and he had all sorts of issues. I'm not saying it is a tumour in his case, but it could be some sort of damage linked to his accident.

Took him to a different vets last night. She has suggested I try and get a sample if I can, just to rule out a urine infection. But thinks he has OCD and suggested therapy for him. In terms of rehoming she said it would be best to pts, that he is showing all the signs and mannerisms of an incredibly unhappy stressed cat. So I am thinking about it for a few days.

Oh dear,what a difficult decision x

They could manually extract a sample from him, ours had them on and off for a while before I cottoned on.

The only symptom he showed was indoor urination and quite often he'd do it in front of you.

He's controlled with two zylkene a day, two cystease & water mixed in his food.

Gave him apple strudel and custard for his dinner last night (he is crazy about anything pastry related and will open cupboards to get at cakes etc). Obviously he's never been allowed to have food like that apart from what he's managed to steal! He purred for the first time in months.

I figure it doesn't really matter what he eats at this stage! He went to sleep after and I didn't hear a peep from him all night. Very strange!!

Yes they said they can manually extract a sample but to try and get one myself. Basically they said it's pointless to throw a lot of money at an issue that probably is unfixable.

It was sad seeing him at the vets as his behaviour was so odd, he was frantically scent marking everywhere there rubbing himself against surfaces and the vet. She said that showed how stressed he is. And I realised he does that all the time at home. I just hadn't worked out what it meant.

They don't sound the most optimistic of practices.

It's a hell of a lot easier if they just get a sample for you.

Yes which will cost more money, which I'm happy to spend but not if its going to have the same result.

Therapy will be v expensive, they didn't feel would offer many guarantees and not covered by insurance unfortunately.

I'm not sure if this has been suggested but have you tried putting his litter tray on the work top that he keeps peeing on? It's not very hygienic but it might be worth a shot.

I'm guessing you've tried changing the litter and litter tray? He sounds like his lost all his confidence and sounds very unhappy about something.

Regarding the affectionate issue - have you tried just sitting on the floor near him with some treats? If you do this quite often it might build his confidence up and he might become relaxed enough to sit with you again.

Poor guy sounds really traumatized.

Oh and you Need to have an extreme deep clean of the house to remove any scent of his wee. My cat used to keep peeing on our old rug, in the end I chucked it out and got a new one which his never peed on, so I'm not sure if it was a scent thing.

Sorry one more! Try to make his litter trap smell of his pee, put something his peed on in there for a few hours so it absorbs the scent.

poor you and poor cat op

the food thing sounds weird - could he be diabetic?

What therapy are they suggesting?.

Behavioural modification therapy.

No sorry not putting his litter tray on the worktop. It's a small kitchen and that's the only worktop space. He doesn't use the tray anyway, no matter what litter is in there.

And the kitchen is spotless because the things he pees on are easily cleaned and he is only allowed in that room now.

I think weird food cravings is a burmese thing. I used to have one who went crazy for ice cream and Chinese. This one is a pastry fiend, ate a whole box of mince pies once, as in pulled the box from the cupboard and tore it open and ate them!! Oh and half a gingerbread house once too....He's quirky like that.