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Hi I am new to the forum, my name is Brenda and we have just brought home two male kittens. We brought Humphrey home 2 and a half weeks ago and last week we brought home Twinkie. We thought Twinkie was a female but discovered by the vet that he is indeed a boy.
My dilemma is this... My boyfriend had a bad experience with two males and he is convinced that they will eventually mark up the house like his last two cats did.
He had Snickers first for a few years then they added another kitten and when Skittles was about a year old he started peeing on the carpet, soon enough Snickers was peeing also and he ended up replacing $7,000 worth of carpet because he couldn't get the smell of urine out of the carpet.
He had both cats neutered at around 4 or five months and is sure that if we keep Twinkie we will go through the same thing a year from now.
So any of you have any advice or experience in this. We are really attached to both of the kittens now and we really want to keep them forever, but Al is unwilling to go through this again.
He ended up giving away both cats in the end.
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I've owned more males then females and none of them ever peed in/on anything other then the litter box. I had one entire male (my breeding rex) and he didn't even spray.
Your BF just had bad luck - not to say these two will do the same thing. Most times if a cat is using something else it could be for the following reasons:
1. Not neutered and IS marking
2. A UTI or blocked male - needs to see the vet immediately
3. Another cat is harassing him when using the box.
4. Box is in a high traffic area and not a quiet place.
5. Cat doesn't like the type of litter or the type of box.
The kittens need to be neutered young, so get them done now. Second confine them in one room if you cannot supervise them when they are young. Get 2-3 boxes and not make them use just one. Sometimes cats don't like to share a litter box.
And if they do have an accident, then clean it up with a good pet stain cleaner like Nature's Miracle.
I'm willing to bet the other cats might have had a UTI and that's why they did it. And if you don't clean up the spot, the cat (or others) will use that spot too.
No reason to condemn all male cats cause of a problem that one had. BTW a female kitten can do the same thing for the above reasons!
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I have had two male cats at once with absolutely no problem. We had a cat that was about 6 or 7 and we brought in a kitten that we thought was a female. We discovered he was in fact not a female at all a couple weeks later when he "developed" more. The older cat was already neutered and the kitten didn't even get neutered that young. He was about 6 or 7 months old when he was neutered (I was waiting on my discount at the place I worked so I could afford it). The older cat always sprayed outside, but never inside. The kitten never sprayed anywhere at all. They are now the best of friends and there has never been a problem (they live with my mother). I too was worried about having two male cats in the house because the old cat likes to fight with other cats, but this has never been a problem. It should never be a problem with you if they're growing up together. Another good solution for cleaning up any accidents is baking soda and vinegar. It takes the smell right out of it.
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| Two of my four cats are male. They were both neutered at about 2 months or so. One is now 4 and the other 2. I've never had a problem. They are best of friends. I've had multiple male cats all my life and never had a problem. Usually when a neutered male starts spraying and marking suddenly, it is because he has bladder stones/crystals or a bladder infection. 
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I've had many male and female kittens/cats throughout my life. I have adopted them from ages 2 weeks to nine months. As long as they are neutered early enough, you shouldn't have any spraying issues. I had a Leukemia cat that we had to wait until he was 6 months until having him neutered- we had to wait for certain blood tests to be done to make sure it was safe to put him under. He was perfectly fine- in fact, he was the best cat I've ever had! I don't recommend waiting 6 months under normal circumstances, by the way.
Your cats should be fine. Just make sure you keep the 'stress' down in the house, as this can sometimes leave to spraying issues. So make sure there is plenty of room for them to 'get away', have plenty of litter boxes (1 per cat plus one extra), lots of toys for variety so they don't get bored, and lots of love and attention from you.
If you have stray or un-neutered outdoor cats in your neighborhood, this may lead to spraying as well, but this is something that you may not neccessarily be able to control.
Hope this helps!
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| As they have tell you neutering is the solution. If you neuter them before puberty they probably will never spray. If you wait after it, probably they will begin fighting also. And later they won't be as good friends as before cause they will remember the fighting. Spraying is always a sexual thing and neutering gets rid of it (or prevent it). They can urinate outside their box also because they are ill, or stressed. Of course that need another kind of solutions. Really male cats are usually more comfortable to live with. You should be very happy with them.
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