Our cats are peeing in the house because they’re being harassed by someone else’s bastard cat who keeps coming round to yowl at them. Been going on for a month now.
If we’re there when Horror Cat does it, then we chase it off - generally it scarpers by the time I get the door open. But this is not a sustainable solution, and our two are now reluctant to use the cat flap. They’ll go out the front door if you open it for them - again not sustainable on account of having full time jobs (poor DH gets the worst of this as WFH and on endless door duty).
Girl cat initially responded to Horror Cat by getting cystitis which has now cleared with Cystease and adding water to wet food. Both girl cat and boy cat are still pissing on the floor though, despite new litter trays and calm spaces and Feliway. I’ve ordered Zylkene too. Lost my sense of smell with covid but I imagine the house reeks regardless of all the cleaning.
It’s a fairly cat-heavy neighbourhood. Our two are fairly pathetic and non-confrontational. Has anyone had any success at changing rival cat territory dynamics, or do I just have to hope it loses interest?