Help...Loco is out of control.

[LocoBengal]

I am in desperate need of some advice for Loco who is my boyfriends cat. He is destroying the house by spraying and urinating everywhere. This hasn't just started but has been going on since being a kitten. He pees on things that have texture...costume wig, crumpled paper, empty soft briefcase, box full of files, plastic bags and the latest was a bowl of oranges on the kitchen counter. I know what your thinking...how? I have no idea. He has 2 walls in the house he also favors to pee and spray along. Its getting worse. I cannot keep up with cleaning up after him.  We have our business located in our home and the smell is beyond acceptable.
Now some back ground since I have read that stress might cause this problem. He was declawed, not a good thing in my opinion but before my time. He has also been neutered but later then he should have and there is one other cat in the house.
Are these my only options?
Ask vet about clomicalm or valium
Feliway
ssscat
Ask vet to examine for lower urinary tract disease

Please help me! My boyfriend is now to the breaking point where he has said we might have to give him to a shelter.

[thewhites]

Well I don't know what to say. I have never experienced anything like that or even heard of anything that extreme in a neutered cat. Neutered males do certainly occasionally spray but this goes beyond that.

Spraying is a very definitive thing. A cat backs up to the intended target and does a little excited hopping dance with its tail up in the air and releases a small brief stream pretty much straight back. The smell of cat spray is significantly different then the smell of normal urine. It is beyond strong and when encountered indoors will often make your nose burn and your eyes water. Unlike urine it is very hard to clean it and eliminate the smell off of any porous surface. It is almost solely a territorial/sexual response. I find it hard to believe that your cat is spraying as much as you describe as it would be completely unbearable.

Peeing on various items around the house in a somewhat random seeming pattern is generally an emotional/behavioral issue. It is often not as random as it appears. Cats are extremely scent oriented and mark things in many ways.  Kneading you with its paws or rubbing its head against both scent mark you. Peeing on your possessions often indicates a dislike or jealousy and is an attempt to make you go away. So the question is who does the cat think owns these items he is peeing on?  In a cats world ownership is defined by scent so who handled the items in question the most or the last?

If he is actually doing both I don't know what to tell you. I use Feliway but my experience with it is it has a mildly calming effect and it is pretty good at covering the scent of a female so that the male doesn't go crazy when entering a room where she was recently. Urinary track disease will cause a cat to urinate in odd places but not like what you are describing. They will go in corners and behind various things but you are describing a cat that is targeting items and doing it since he was a kitten. That said talk to a vet about it.

[LocoBengal]

Im afraid I might be taking the cat back to the same vet that declawed him which was clearly the wrong choice. It makes me feel that the vet doesnt understand the behavior of the cat and just took the money and ruined the cat. And the items he pee's on belong to everyone, not just one person. Actually Im the lucky one who he hasnt pee'd on. Im going to contact the breeder that we got Loco from. Im hoping the best chance might be back with her. We cant continue like this...I cant bring clients into our home.
Thank you for your help.

[thewhites]

If he is not peeing to annoy someone then he might be doing it to get attention. Is he alone in the house each day while you guys work?  Bengals do not like to alone for 6 to 10 hour stretches and can develop behavioral issues if there is not something to keep them entertained.

Who was the breeder that you got him from?   

Declawing can also definitely cause behavioral issues in cats although few vets will ever admit it. Declawing is something that is strictly forbidden in our contract and in fact we have a clause stating we will repossess the cat at the owners expense if one of our cats is declawed. It is illegal in most civilized countries, the U.S. & Canada being the only notable exceptions. It is a jail-able offense in some places as it is considered to be animal cruelty. For vets it is a pure cash cow and many of them will defend the process vehemently but as the old saying goes it is hard to convince someone of the truth when their income depends on the lie.  I find it to be a complete breach of the ethical code vets claim to uphold but that said it is almost impossible to find a vet that does not offer the service. Our own vet offers it.

I'd be interested in being kept in the loop if you think of it.