I need some help and advice with my senior cat.

I have a Maine Coon Tabby Mix (Sam)who is 10 years old and a Tiger Tabby (Maisie) that is 9.

Sam and Maisie fight a lot and Sam is the one who instigates most of these fights. They also will at times love on each other and snuggle. However Sam has been really stalking Maisie down. He chases her under the bed that he can't fit under. So he sits and waits for her to come back up and then attacks again.

Recently he caused Maisie to get her claw stuck in her ear and she hobbled under the bed and I was really mad. He also will surface from trying to get under the bed with a tuft of her fur in his mouth.

Wednesday, he was relentless and I was so fed up that I got a squirt bottle and gave him a squirt to get him away from under the bed. I've had these cats for a decade and have never resorted to using a squirt bottle but I was just so fed up. He of course backed off and ran away.

Well later that night, I get home and find he's peed on my bed. So I wash everything on sanatize, do my best to get the urine out of the mattress with a urine remover and buy a waterproof mattress pad and once everything is dry, put it all on the bed.

Last night, get home, and find he again peed on the bed. Twice this time. So again, wash and sanatize everything and soak the mattress in urine remover and then sleep on an air mattress while I wait for the bedding to dry.

Today, I can't tell if he peed on the mattress because it's all wet but last night, I did put a metal pen laid flat over the mattress so it's uncomfortable for him to walk on the mattress and I got a new litter box that is close to the bed.

Back to today, I found a shirt that I threw on the floor in the midst of trying to put my air mattress away and hurrying to get ready for work. He had peed on it.

I'm not sure what to do here. I won't leave any clothes on the floor but I am not sure if I should be worried. I don't know if he's just being really salty from me squirting him a couple of days ago or if something is wrong. I really don't see a whole lot else that is different other than I also have not been home much the last week. Could that be it? He is extremely attached to me. Like he can't go outside most of the time without me going with him.

What should I do?

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