Cat and dog pee question
Does it go across species? Like if a cat smells dog pee he'll want to mark? Or vice versa? Many of you know of my cat peeing inappropriately. Well, he's been good and hasn't done anything in about a month. But on Monday night Barney had an accident in our bedroom and I cleaned it as best I could and used enzyme scent removers and all that stuff. So, last night the cat peed on the bed again. Is it just coincidence or do you think it's related to Barney? (Even though Barney peed on the carpet and the cat peed on the bed)... |
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I really have no idea if they "cross over" or not. But I can tell you a cat will mark a dog! Our neighbor's cat has been hanging out on our front porch, which has caused our female cat to start marking everything in sigt, including a sleeping Lizzie! I caught her.  |
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What a great question!!!! I've never come across it in any readings and definately should be looked into. Although there are books which talk about urine in a specific species, but I haven't seen it discussed regarding various species. In the past year, I've had over 30 foster cats of all sizes and ages and previously have lived with aprox 40 others since I was a kid. That doesn't include the 9 dogs and numerous other creatures I've fostered or adopted. (I've experienced only 2 months since birth when I didn't live with an animal so lots of opportunity for observation.) I always worried my own cats would develop bad habits or start to spray when I brought in fosters, but my foster cat room is in a separate part of the house where my own cats hang out so no problems so far. Only had two cats that I had problems with regarding peeing and the one young kitten I mentioned in a previous post that didn't know how to use a litter box. I should mention that I've never had an un-neutered or un- spayed adult cat out of those gazillion cats so that would rule out cats spraying to attract mates. Some theorist believe dogs roll in dead things to disquise their smells which they believe goes back to wolf ancestry. Dogs leave signals for others in their urine which is why dogs pee where other dogs have gone. I believe that many animals know exactly what the urine smell is and what species has caused it. Some gardeners will claim that dog urine will keep deer away from their gardens. Anyhow back to your question - I think if the animal feels confident or dominant towards the species that has peed they will pee over it themselves. Otherwise, if they feel threatened they will avoid urinating overtop of it as they don't want to draw attention to themselves. Kinda like a deer probably wouldn't urinate where a bear has gone. Please note this is my own opinion and not researched. I mentioned the two cats that urinated - one had seizures and would spray urine while in the midst of her seizure, once controlled under meds she discontinued this behavior and I was lucky to not have any other dogs or cats urinate in those areas. The other, interestingly enough, and just happened recently did it I feel as a result of smelling other animals. Remember those numerous bunnies I was asked to foster when the bunny shelter needed to get the roof fixed? I wasn't prepared for numerous cages and as it was supposed to be only for a week I placed the majority of them in my downstairs bathroom. The bunnies lived free range at the shelter and thus were litter box trained but in cages in my bathroom there were no litter boxes as the cages couldn't accomodate them. The bunnies urinated in their cages which I cleaned daily and even took 2 bunnies at a time for excercise in my yard. Daisy my own cat who is 8 started urninating outside the bathroom door - yikes she'd never done that before. I suspected it was due to the bunnies and their smell. She did it several times while the bunnies were there. Once the bunnies were removed out of the bathroom and I decided to install new flooring anyway - the problem ceased immediately. So two things came into play - the bunnies were no longer there and her own urine smell was gone as I bleached the lino floors and painted the bathroom. I'm in the process of installing new tiles. I suspect your kitty may urinate if she smells a doggie has gone previously not feeling intimidated by them I'm guessing. Probably letting them know she's the Queen of the house. 
Apologizes for being long winded as usual but found your question something worth looking into more. Marianne |
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