How do you stop a cat from urinating on things left out?

Which against an animal outside if it escapes, will do nothing. Cat should never be outside, at all.

 

Mines an inside cat... He only goes outside if he really wants to, which isn't common. Today was the first day he saw another cat since he was a kitten. It was through a glass door though.

 

Let me start with this and let me be blunt: I don't know you, nor do I know your family. I have not harassed you, nor have I insulted you. Do you see me calling you names? I would sure like to, but that is not appropriate and accomplishes nothing. All I know of you is what you have posted here and in chat. I haven't had any reason to have a positive or negative opinion of you until this thread. I don't know your family history or how old you are (to gauge conversational maturity) and don't care to. I responded to the content of this thread and that's all. If you don't like the fact that someone (many people) considers declawing to be inhumane and animal abuse, then maybe the internet is not for you. Challenging your world view or simply disagreeing with you/your family's behavior is NOT harassment. I do not appreciate your threats and seriously would suggest you look into what the actual laws on harassment are and consider looking at those regarding filing false police reports/threatening to file a police report. You might be surprised at what you find. I recommend starting with Nolo.com. Seriously, let something beneficial come out of this.

You know what, I'll believe you. I'll believe that you love your pets. I will not believe, however, that declawing was some mystical process. You may have had a bad vet who did not properly educate you on what the process for declawing is or how a cat's demeanor in particular can change after the surgery, but please don't act like nobody knew then. You might not have, but declawing is a very well known procedure which hasn't really changed in many decades.

You're right, I don't know more than what you posted in this thread, so I have to base my opinions on your statements. When I hear that someone wants to euthanize an animal because of inconvenience, then I get disgusted (same with the reason stated for declawing: to protect the furniture). If things are that bad, then you need to give him up for adoption, don't just kill him. For all you know, he has a UTI and just need antibiotics.

And in all seriousness, if you really do want to help your cat and try to figure out what is going on, I recommend a cat forum. While plenty of us here have cats, you'll find a lot more people who share similar issues and vets who can comment on those issues somewhere like here: http://www.thecatsite.com/f/

 

Yes, but when you have a female and a male dog in the same house of the same size that you can't watch 24/7... its necessary. Sometimes I wonder if all the people on here are PETA supporters...

 

I would have multi-quoted, but I think that this response should stand alone. It is easy to make this comparison, but if you look at the medical research, the opposite tends to be true. Spaying/neutering most pets have long-term benefits for those animals. The biggest benefit is the drastic reduction in some forms of cancer and UTI's. Done at an early age (as recommended by most vets), the pet won't even know what they are missing, though it is perfectly safe to do it when they are older too (but again, there is risk of a demeanor change the older they are). Declawing on the other hand, takes a lot more away from a cat. I won't reiterate everything and I only mention it here for comparison, but a declawed cat loses a large amount of defensive/offensive capability and a primary form of communication (yes, a scratch across the face is a method of communication).

 

The most smartest thing a cat owner has said.
Laws here are required to keep cats indoors at night, as many jump in other backyards and get mauled by dogs. Many run across roads get flattened or cause accidents. I'm not a cat person at all, but I hate to see animals suffer or get killed by owner negligence.

Correct. Declawing is similar to muzzling a dog, reducing its chance to defend it's self is a very bad idea - It's not difficult to train your pet not to do things you don't want it to.
How I see it is the only crawl thing to do to a dog is pinning ears and docking tails. The other form of abuse is painting your pets, painting nails, dying furs and so on.

You don't understand what desexing is do you?
When you desex a dog, it only remove it's balls. So it can't make puppies. The dog will still have arousal and want to mount female dogs.
Many dogs have had their balls removed and still get erections - it's a brain emotion, not controlled by testicles.