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Urgent advice needed re weeing cat !!!!!!!!!!!

i-once-was-bump — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:06:27 GMT

This morning about 10.30 am my cat did a huge wee on my bed.

I stripped the bed and washed everything and the cat was looking really upset so I just played with him and he finally settled.

This evening about 7 pm I made the bed with all fresh linen (because I haven't been able to dry any of the other stuff due to continual heavy rain).

About 9.30 pm I was in the lounge room and the cat was meowing and I thought he was on the windowsill in the bedroom because that window was open but he kept up the meowing so I went in to see what was wrong and my bed was drenched again.

I have stripped the bed again but this time the mattress is soaked so I have moved the litter box into the kitchen and closed off everything to the cat except the kitchen and lounge room.

I re-homed this cat at the beginning of December and apart from problems with him spending the first 2 weeks under the lounge and only coming out after I went to be to eat and use his litter box.

There have been no wee problems at all until today.

I don't know what is wrong and what to do about it.

BTW I have been looking at buying a new bed ensemble but don't want to get one if the cat is going to wee all over it. I nearly bought one last week but due to an unexpected visit to vet for the dog and a huge vet bill I didn't get the new bed.

I am wondering if the bed is always going to have a smell that will attract the cat to wee on it and if so what can I do?

The cat does sleep on the bed with me but will jump up to the window sill if he hears anything outside during the night.

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nevynreally — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:13:36 GMT

The cat is about or over 2 years old?

It want's to go outside, and knows you're the one to make that happen. But you're not.

In other words, the cat's cracked it.

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i-once-was-bump — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:20:16 GMT

He is about 2 1/2 years old.

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lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:22:31 GMT

There may be another cat prowling around which is causing him to mark his territory, or he may be unwell.

Jumping up at the window I would say another tom cat around.

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nevynreally — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:30:09 GMT

You could be right about that too lionrose.7. But some cats around 2 years old, just have to go out. I've had some that you can't keep in because they go completely stir crazy, and some that don't care. As you can't tell from kittens (all brought up the same) not going to have another. 😞

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lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:38:36 GMT

Nev my last cat was like that, she loved being outside in the sun, I keep her in at night.

I have a kitten now, I keep her inside but she does look out the window longingly

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i-once-was-bump — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:42:33 GMT

My cat seems to prefer to be inside because he hides whenever something happens outside and he likes the lounge chair at the large patio door because he is in the sun , and is very comfortable if he wants to have a sleep.

He never goes near any doors leading to the outside, if I go outside he just watches from afar and makes no attempt to come out with me.

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:48:31 GMT

My cat goes nuts when she wants out. She zooms around the house, jumping on things she's knows she's not supposed to, miaowing and carrying on. She's particularly fond of going out at daybreak and will keep jumping on to my bed with all the grace and force of an elephant then zooming off again. Dratted animal.

Just recently she peed on the spare bed, then another day on her own bed, then on the lounge and stared at me while she was doing it. Then she peed on the bed again.

I had had a visitor staying for a few days the first time she peed on the peed, and I think the second time she peed on the bed was after a visitor had stayed again.

I've just had visitors stay on and off over the last two weeks and so far there has been no peeing, so I'm not sure whether it was a particular vistor she was showing displeasure with, or she was just being a horror, or there was an underlying medical problem that resolved itself.

Oh, I did get another litter tray and put it at the other end of the house, so she has two to choose from and I have changed to the crystals rather than the clumping clay litter.

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nevynreally — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:52:36 GMT

So what's changed within the last week? Maybe your cat doesn't like something that's changed. Routine? Furniture? Visitors?

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nevynreally — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:54:08 GMT

Oh snap scarlett, didn't see your post when I was typing mine.

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j*oono — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:16:28 GMT

I think we need a new cat board :^O

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getting_of_wisdom — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:52:30 GMT

It could be any of the psychological reasons mentioned but, unless I missed it, there seems to be no mention of having your cat checked for a urinary tract infection. Cats will often pee in obvious places, even in front of your eyes, to let you know they have a UTI, so your first action should be a visit to the vet.

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cat_mioux — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:01:53 GMT

I'm the cat peeing queen 😐

First of all your kitty needs a vet check. Bladder/kidney infections can cause a cat to pee outside the litter tray. It's their way of telling us humans they don't feel well.

If it's not an infection then it's stress. A stray cat. Anything changed in the house recently?

Close off the door to your bedroom at all times. It's a no go area from now on.

Buy Odaban. Dilute according to the instructions and clean the mattress with it. It's the only product I've used that completely gets rid of kitty pee odour.

Add another litter tray. Some cats like a choice.

Buy Feliway from the Vets. It emits a calming spray for cats.

You can always add a couple of drops of Rescue Remedy in kitty's water bowl too.

PS I've been through this twice with my little deaf kitty and cured his peeing problem.

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cat_mioux — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:03:24 GMT

You could be right about that too lionrose.7. But some cats around 2 years old, just have to go out. I've had some that you can't keep in because they go completely stir crazy, and some that don't care. As you can't tell from kittens (all brought up the same) not going to have another. 😞

What a load of rubbish. All cats can cope with being indoor only if you provide enough stimulation.

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bella_again — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:37:06 GMT

What Cat said, Puss may have an infection, its the number one reason why they pee outside the litter box. Get a vet check, it is very easily sorted if it is. For clean up you can use Bio zet washing powder, it removes the stain and smell.

Good luck hope puss feels better again soon.

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lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:13:05 GMT

I would get the vet check, I remember years ago a cat I had peed on the washing in front of me.

There was blood in her urine, took her to the vet, he said a tom cat had been at her.

I said but she has been fixed he said did not make any difference to some toms

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syrupsmummy — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:27:56 GMT

I had a similar problem when my two young ones were still kittens. After washing my bedding twice I got a couple of large shower curtains and covered my bed when I wasn't in my bedroom. But after I had to clean wee on the shower curtains twice I decided to kick kittens out of bedrooms. I coudn't tell which one was doing it.

They did wee on my daughter's bed once too. There were a litter box each of both bedrooms. Once we kicked them out of bedrooms the problem solved (sort of). The kittens were litter trained when they came and didn't have any problem for the first couple of months. I thought they might have started to mark their territory to each other.

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lionrose.7 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:43:19 GMT

When my kitten arrived it was trained but did not like where I put the litter tray, she peed by the window so I put the litter tray there and have not had another pee any where she just wanted a view.

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bright.ton42 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:02:41 GMT

Some good suggestions here that I can't really add to except get a vet

check for UTI before anything else. If she's got it it needs treatment asap so it doesn't

go to the kidneys.

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cat_mioux — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:55:15 GMT

When my kitten arrived it was trained but did not like where I put the litter tray, she peed by the window so I put the litter tray there and have not had another pee any where she just wanted a view.

Cats are very fussy when it comes to their toileting :^O

The second time my deaf kitty started peeing on the floor, a month ago, the first thing I did was take him to the vet. He was given the all clear so it was stress related. As the vet was asking me if anything had changed and I was replying "no" it suddenly struck me that the peeing started when I started leaving the back door to the laundry open (screen door locked) when the weather started getting warmer. It was left open 24/7 for ventilation.

Deaf kitty's litter tray had been placed right next to the screen door. He may have seen another cat in the back yard, he may not have liked peeing "for all the world to see" ... but as soon as I closed the door and moved his litter tray near the washing machine rather than near the back door he started using his tray again.

The first time he had a piddle problem it took me 18 months to sort out. I tried different litter, different locations, bathroom lockdown for 3 days, Clomicalm (valium for cats), Feliway, Rescue Remedy ... nothing worked.

Then one day, while out shopping, I saw a litter tray that had a shallow tray and a high top cover. He took to it like a duck to water. Problem solved.

PS Bio Zet used to work but they changed the formula and it no longer has the "enzymes" needed to break down kitty pee smells. 😞

I have researched this and tried everything to get rid of the pee smell from my hallway hard floor. I used Bio Zet as a paste, Urine Off ... but the smell would come back. Odaban completely got rid of the smell. You can use it on hard floors, carpet, mattresses, upholstery.