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.