Male cats and spraying Male cats and spraying Spraying is the squirting of a urine-like substance on carpet, rugs, draperies and furniture by your cat. No owner likes it, especially since the substance is typically quite foul in odor and persists through just about any cleaning substance known to humans. No matter how much or how little your pet squirts throughout your house, the stench will remain and your furniture or draperies may be stained forever. Cats spray mainly out of frustration or anxiety, but they have also been known to spray when they re interested in sexual behavior.
Many cats spray to mark their territory.
If they re in a new place or an unfamiliar place, they want to claim their ground. They want to let any other creature that comes into the place that they are in charge, and they do that by marking the location and leaving their stench. If a cat is spraying as part of sexual behavior, you can control it through castration. Sometimes cats will spray as part of a mating call, trying to attract a cat of the opposite sex. If your cat hasn t been spayed or neutered, you should consider doing this.