Busy or monotonous

[tyrrlin]

I've decided to have a yard sale this coming weekend. Going though my stuff is ...fun... and making a pile in the corner of the RoR (Room of Requirement) for Monday. I have too. much. stuff. so I hope people show up and buy it from me. A fair number of things in the pile are lightly used and are in original packaging, so I hope they sell well

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[dinogrrl]

Apologies if you've heard all this before!

Are there other cats in your area that could be stressing him out and making him want to mark his territory? Marking by doors and windows sounds kinda like a territory conflict to me--those are the places he could see and smell other cats if they come around.

One trick I've seen is to take a slightly damp cloth and rub it all over the cat, like you're petting him, to get his scent on it. Then rub the cloth on his preferred spraying spot. You may have to repeat this several times if he's got several spraying spots. And unfortunately it's something that you may have to do every day. Anyway, the idea is that if you put the cat's own non-stressed scent on that area (as if he had been rubbing there of his own volition), he won't feel as pressured to spray in the heat of the moment because it smells calm instead.

/ramble

[tyrrlin]

Oh, it's totally territorial. I know of at least four cats who wander around here regularly, and Sarge has had "discussions" with at least two of them through the window. Two of them had a fight in my flower garden about a month back.

I've been using the Feliway spray, but I'll try your damp cloth trick as the spray doesn't seem to be doing anything. Nature's Miracle can only do so much to remove the smell if he keeps spraying, yanno?

Heh, and I used to brag that you can't tell I had a cat unless you saw him. *sigh*

[dinogrrl]

Wish I knew of anything to keep strays out of the yard :/. I mean beyond like blocking your windows like you're preparing for a hurricane so he can't see them.