Natural/home-made substances to deter cats from peeing

We have two indoor cats, at least one of whom sometimes marks (what she believes is) her territory in various places around the house. (Note: aside from these occasional incidents, the cats have no trouble using their litter boxes.)

From a stint in my 20s working at a pet store I know there are sprayable liquid products one can buy to deter this, but I don't know what's in them and I figure natural and home-made is preferable anyway. So I wanted to check here to see what y'all might recommend...

A spray made from either lemon juice or vinegar mixed 50/50 with water may work.

I don't know about a spray, but my friend used old-style wooden mouse traps to frighten her cat out of certain areas. It seemed to work for her and she never had a cat injured by it - just startled.

The only thing that worked when one of our cats started spraying -- and we tried everything! -- was homeopathy. Hubby has a book written by a vet who recommended Staphysagria for this. It took a couple of weeks the first time we treated him with it, he'd been spraying all over the house for months by that stage and the behaviour was seriously entrenched. After that, if he ever relapsed and sprayed again then a dose or two would fix things.

I am sceptical about many of the claims made for homeopathy, but it really worked for this cat.

I believe this remedy is especially helpful in cases of bullying from another cat triggering the spraying, and will also help if given to the bully.

Jane Mulberry wrote:The only thing that worked when one of our cats started spraying -- and we tried everything! -- was homeopathy. Hubby has a book written by a vet who recommended Staphysagria for this. It took a couple of weeks the first time we treated him with it, he'd been spraying all over the house for months by that stage and the behaviour was seriously entrenched. After that, if he ever relapsed and sprayed again then a dose or two would fix things.

I am sceptical about many of the claims made for homeopathy, but it really worked for this cat.

I believe this remedy is especially helpful in cases of bullying from another cat triggering the spraying, and will also help if given to the bully.

A brilliant British vet George MacLeod completely transformed his practise to homeopathy after it helped his health. When I first read his book, his opinion, quite radical then as now, was that cats are angry having their breeding potential removed without permission. But the anger is suppressed and usually only comes out in later life, usually as spraying, but can be eczema. Can't say I blame them for the anger. Most people would be too. So now I talk to them about why and what weeks before the surgery.

Jane Mulberry wrote:The only thing that worked when one of our cats started spraying -- and we tried everything! -- was homeopathy. Hubby has a book written by a vet who recommended Staphysagria for this.

I would love to know the name of the book and author please! I'd like to learn more about it and know the proper dose. Having the same problem here. Thank you!🙏