He was nuetered young but I do seem to remember that he had two little furry kitty balls.

I will mention that to her though, so she can explore all possibilities.

This sounds like a pretty stressed out animal. How long has this been going on?

A few years ago I used to work at kennel and we had a few boarding cats. We always keep the cats in a cage with a litter box. I suggest to get a large cage and put the cat in it with food, water and his litter box. Keep the cat in there for two to three weeks. It won't hurt the cat to stay in the cage, especially if this is a last-chance effort. He won't like it and will complain, but it won't hurt him. Keep the litter box cleaned at least twice a day.

During this two weeks, make sure you have cleaned all of the spots thoroughly, you won't want him coming back in and being attracted to his old spots. I also recommend using a black light to find spots you didn't know were there. After that two weeks, let the cat back into the house and put the litter box where it belongs. You could also confine the cat to one room with the litter box in it until you want to try whole-house access. Give him a chance and see if he does ok from there. It's worth a try.

Good luck.

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You could also confine the cat to one room with the litter box in it until you want to try whole-house access. Give him a chance and see if he does ok from there. It's worth a try.

This is what I do!

I have a 15 year old persian that started this!

just thought I would update this
He is doing much better with the potty problems! My mom is also doing much better with her animal management and it gives me hope for if they get a dog in the future.

Her solutions so far are:

1. confining him to the basement when they are not home or she too busy to keep an eye on him.

2. adding several other litter boxes in areas where he has been going on the floor

3.changing litter types

4.more excerise with chasing toys, ribbons, and a springy thing that looks like a cat flirt pole.

5. Only with my son when supervised, he is perfectly safe with animals but I do not want him to get hurt when all he is doing returning affection or even worse just sitting there.

He still bites sometimes for no good reason, he got me with a walk by nipping last night, but it didn't leave a mark, just startled me.

He got my aunt last week bad enough to warrant a trip to the ER to get meds and prednisone, But she had also insisted on picking him even after he warned her.

Usually when he starts to go for you if you tell him NO! he will back off and compose himself.

This product could help with the biting as well as the spraying: http://www.feliway.com/us
I have never used it myself, but I have heard good things about it. Also, is she making sure to clean the spots with something that eliminates the smell to the cat as well as the humans? Regular cleaning products won't work, you need one that is specifically made for cats.