Why has my cat taken to ****ing everywhere?

I've got 2 cats: boy and girl, bother neutered, 6 years old, had them for 5.5 years. A leftover from the ex-girlfriend. They are 'rescue cats' so pretty timid, but manageable.

Never had any problems with them crapping or ****ing in the house. Well, I didn't......

2 weeks ago one of them took a pee just inside the front door; very unusual and out of character. Few days later there was pee on the bathroom mat. Today I find my trainers have had the treatment, as has a jumper that was sat on the side in the living room.

5 minutes ago I looked round from an FM10 session, and the male cat is gleefully spraying **** all over my bookshelf. (Admittedly there was an unread John Grisholm on the shelf, so it might of been a literary comment......)

Any cat owners offer some advice? Don't think he's sick: eating well, seems happy. Plus, I didn't think a neutered cat would have the urge to 'spray'.

Probably grown a new pair of ********.

Well, what did you expect, this is a football forum FFS.

Do you let them out running free?

Have you noticed any other cats around, particularly a new one visiting your garden?

Spraying is marking their territory and they may be prompted by a new cat to the area which, itself, might well be marking your garden but what it considers to be it's 'manor'.

I am pretty sure it's urinary tract infection or kidney failure.

If it does it again, when you return from the pub, p1ss in its bed.

See how the pussy likes THAT....it might stop.

Unfortunately your flat/house will smell like a urinal, but....

Either a urinary tract infection or marking it's territory cos another cats been about, Had the same prob a few weeks back and found ot another cat had snuk in the house.

Take it to the vet, they'll give you some pills if its got a UI

Decided not to take him to the vet because:

1. He's completely 'himself' (aside from ****ing yesterday: no repeat perfomances today): still eating and acting the same; chasing his sister; sleeping on my lap; being a tart for cat-treats. Seems happy enough

2. It's a bugger to catch the little sod and he finds the trauma of a trip to the vet terrible (always ****s himself in the car): hard work having a 'rescue cat'

3. I'm lazy

Today he has been fine: perhaps more chilled than usual, but then I've just got one of those plug in pheromone things.

So, I think he'll get through it okay. I didn't even kick him after the game today.

The Grisholm novel he ****ed on is ****ed though.