Your precious cat or kitten keeps marking its territory and will not use the litter box or goes on your mattress, furniture or floors. You have tried everything and have no other ideas. What can you do?

ANSWER: Cats instinctively mark their territories. This same marking scent confuses the cat or kitten and they will stop using their litter box. Spray Dumb Cat Anti-Marking Spray on areas where the cat left their marking. Do not wipe up. The special ingredients inside the product will permanently remove the marking scent and the cat or kitten will return to the litter box. Use a 18" 15-40 watt black light (available at Petco, Dr. Foster & Smith, Petsmart and party stores for around $18.00. Do not waste your money on the little 6 inch battery brands. They just do not work) or sniff with your nose directly over carpet or upholstery to find the smells where the cat or kitten marked. At night, shine the black light six inches above the floor and look for glowing areas. This is urine, marking and cat spray that can be seen by the black light. Only Dumb Cat has been proven to work on the unique marking scent left behind in cat urine. "Whole Cat Journal" evaluated cat urine removing products and rated Dumb Cat a "Best Buy" and one of the only products that they found that worked to remove not only the cat urine, but also the odors left behind in the carpet. Current cat owner research says that ninety-eight percent of all cat owners have this problem at one time or another. Cats will stop using their litter box for a number of reasons. First there are cat rules.

RULE NUMBER ONE: You must have one litter box for each cat in the house. Three cats, three litter boxes. Clean the litter box often and replace with fresh litter as often as possible.

RULE NUMBER TWO: Use a different type of litter in the litter box or boxes. If one cat out of three does not use the litter box, then give them their own litter (generic potting soil works great). When you bring home the new litter box or litter, place it in a bathroom or room that can be closed. Place the other two cats in another room until you set up your training room and find the problem cat. Fill the litter box with the problem cat in the training room. Place a bowl of water and food along with a towel or bed to sleep in and place a catnip toy in the new litter box training room. Play with the cat in the new litter box room. Now, leave the cat alone with its new litter box. Feed it and refill its water bowl for three days. Do not let it escape or let the other cats get into this temporary training room. Making sure the other two cats do not get into the new litter box room. If the cat has an accident, clean up the mess with only Dumb Cat Anti-Marking Remover. Do not scold the cat. Just clean up its mess and check to see if it has used the litter box. If after three days the cat does not use the litter box, then try a different litter. First remove all the litter and clean out the litter box. Go from clay litter to crystals or another type until you find a litter the cat will use. There are at least fifty brands of cat litter on the market, so you may have to try a few until you discover the magic cure for your one cat.

RULE NUMBER THREE: Spray everywhere the cat marked with Dumb Cat Anti-Marking Remover and let it do its stuff. If you do not remove the sticky mucous and pheromone the cat will go back to marking outside the litter box. Get Dumb Cat to the source of the problem. Top spraying carpet will treat the fibers but not the pad. Get Dumb Ca to the pad or floor if that is where the marking scent is located.

RULE NUMBER FOUR: Buy a dozen mouse traps. Set the trap to snap and place one inside a thick skin paper bag and seal the bag with a staple or tape. When the bag is hit the trap should release and make a popping noise. Place these bags all over the areas where the cats mark while the Dumb Cat liquid removes the scent. This will train the cat not to go in this area. Some folks sprinkle a little catnip inside the bag to attract the cat. Your call as to whether you need the attractant. I find the cats instinctively go to the bag and soon learn to stay away. Be careful not to snap the trap on your fingers or use a bag the cat can claw through. Rule number four-A. If this approach does not meet your safety, then use tin foil, towels, loose tiles or blankets to cover area until scent is gone.

RULE NUMBER FIVE: Be patient. Cats stop using their litter box for a reason. Our rules and tips, usually cure the problem.

RULE NUMBER SIX: Believe it or not, the type of cat food you feed can make all the difference in getting cats back to the litter box or changing the Ph level of their urine. Stop using Wal-Mart brand cat foods. Even if they come from well known companies. Stay away from grocery store pet foods and nearly all brands sold by veterinarians. All these brands contain too much corn, wheat and byproducts that irritate the urinary tract. Go to Petco, Petsmart or your local pet store and buy a premium food like Solid Gold Katz n' Flocken. You will be amazed at how well it works. Stay away from foods that contain the above mentioned ingredients. We have found that whole chicken and by-products are not recommended because they are part of the food chain. Chickens are fed corn and this gets into the cats urinary tract and causes many problems. Pour a small amount each morning of cranberry juice (sweetened is okay) into the cats water bowl. Refresh each morning or night and watch their Ph level in their urine drop. The higher the cranberry level the better.

Consider buying a magnetic cat door and installing it on a new litterbox or build a box with the cat door installed in front of your new litterbox. Cardboard boxes will work. Then, only the cat that is not using the litterbox should have the magnet placed on their collar. None of the other cats can use this litterbox. This usually solves most multi-cat household issues.

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