Male Cat Spray

Unfortunately, as you found out, neutered males are unlikely to spray, but can. I agree that you should get his physical condition evaluated. My kitty started using the hall instead of the litter pan when she had never done so before, which I found out was due to developing diabeties.
If you rule out physical problems ... I would like to suggest that maybe a brand new baby, that is taking up people's devotion and time, might be the emotional cause. Just like older syblings acting up when a baby enters the home, so can pets. Cats are very emotional creatures and you are the family. Is your cat still getting positive attention from you? What have you done to introduce him to the baby?
Good luck!

He may have a urinary tract infection. This is pretty common with indoor cats (my cat would always pee in inappropriate places when she got an infection.) Take him to the vet to get tested, this could be as simple as a week of antibiotics and a change in diet to fix.

Good luck.

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I read someone elses response. Be carful with the baking soda and hydrogen peroxide mixture. That's what I use to bleach my moustache (and it works really well).

Hi Heather (great name ~ it's my daughters too!)

After having our's checked out for physical issues (he was fine) he continued to spray no matter what we cleaned it with. He became an outside cat - he's happy, feels like a lion (acts like it too ;) ), loves when we come out to "play" and loves to go explore. Another had the same issue (also checked with nothing wrong). He was our dogs best friend and a lover. He would jump on the counter and spray, he would spray on our shoes, he would spray on everything. We finally put him out as well. He discovered the garage and he would climb in my husbands tool box and spray on the go-cart and spray, bins full of clothes, there was no hope for him here so he found a new home. Once they start if it is not a physical issue, it doesn't stop.

Our older cat (5 year old neutered male) started doing this when we moved to a new house a few years ago. Only it wasn't spraying, but rather peeing on my bed, to the point that it would have soaked the mattress if I didn't have a mattress pad on. Yuck. I took him to the vet, who found nothing physically wrong. So, he became an outdoor cat! (It was either that or the SPCA, we were at our wits' end since he did this several times.) We are all much happier with him outdoors, and he has turned into a ferocious mouser! It has been about 2 years now and he knows he isn't allowed in the house. He has a cat door leading into our laundry room so he can get out of extreme hot or cold weather, and we keep his food and water in there. He will come right up to the laundry room door but he will not step into the hallway since he knows he will get in trouble if he does.

I do think it's worth taking your cat to the vet just to be sure there is nothing wrong, but be aware that he may be reacting to the stress of the new baby. Our kitten (a spayed female) sprayed my daughter's backpack a few months ago, and we caught her in the act and put her outside for 24 hours. She stood at the back door peeking in the whole time yowling, but we didn't let her in. Finally after her day of punishment was over, we let her back in and she has not done it since. But I think the key was catching her in the act so she could understand why she was being punished.

Good luck. Our animal friends have such socially unacceptable ways of telling us what's going on with them... =)

I hate to tell you this but we had to get rid of our five yo cat. He didn't spray but pee'd on clothes and anything we left on the floor. I was afraid he'd pee in the crib.
I was told that cat urine is toxic, and so we decided to send our babies to a new home. I won't lie, I cried for two weeks, I loved my kitties.
It was weird I have had four cats, and at age 5 they all got weird like that. Either spraying or howling at night.
We tried everything short of accupuncture (which I didn't know they did until after).
I guess I am just telling all this to reassure you that we must put our children first. Good Luck! :)

You can get rid of the mark so he wont keep going back by using a solution of half water and half white vinegar. The vinegar neutralizes the amonia in the urine and that is waht keeps the cat going back to the same spot. The spot will then smell like vinegar but that smell will dissapate. If you want, after the vinegar solution dries you can sprinkle baking soda on it and then drizzle over the baking soda 1/4 cup hydrogen peroxide mixed with a teaspoon of dish soap, work it in with an old toothbrush and then let it all dry. Once it's dry vacuum it up. Also as mentioned in the previous post, make sure he doesn't have a UTI or he will keep peeing elsewhere. Goodluck!