Hi Guys,
So I have to kitties, Lucas aged 2 who is a cow and was castrated 18 months ago and Audrey who is 7 months old and was spayed 2-3 weeks ago.
I felt some pee smell a couple of weeks ago but since we had had this problem with a previous cat and the smell was on a cover he had peed on I thought the laundry had not done a good job...Then, we usually do not let the kids (read cats) inside de bedroom but forgot to close the door and when husband went in he found a puddle of pee on his side of the bed close to where the pillow lies. Finally yesterday my husband left his jacket on the floor (men!) and after a while the hood of his jacket was smelling like pee, not very strong as the previous male cat we had but still pee. So we do not know who is the culprit or what is going on???
The only new event we had were visitors (on both occasions I think) and we brought two guinea pigs in the house, but this was after the first peeing incident. Any ideas on what to do? I love my cats to bits so for now I only think that I will have to be more careful on leaving the doors to the bedrooms open or leaving stuff around...
Any tips will be greatly appreciated!
As all incidents have to do with your husbands clothes / side of the bed, maybe the cats are jealous ? Maybe the culprit is not of the feline persuasion, have you thought about castrating your husband ?
Never use chlorine to clean the peed-on spots, cats assosiate this with an OK place to pee and will become repeat offenders (men too by the way )
Foi! Not yet, I still want to have a kid
Our cat would sometimes pee on our bed if we left him alone for 1-2 days. I guess he did this because he was angry at us or sometimes when his litter box hasn't been cleaned as often as it should be.. It happened only 2-3 times in 8 years though. I'd say your cat would be fine. Just make sure to clean the peed-on places carefully so that the kitty doesn't go back to pee there and keep an eye on her for the next few days.
The thing is that I believe the girl is doing it and not Lucas, that worries me a bit. Back in the Netherlands we had to give one boy away because the peeing had escalated to pooping EVERYWHERE! I mean on the table....So we caught who it was and found him a nice house where he was the only cat. Oh I guess it is Karma
I'm sure it's variable but there's a rule of thumb that a cat needs 50 square meters of 'territory' for itself, as well as its own littlerbox. Maybe now that the little one is getting bigger there are some tensions or stress developing between them? How big is your place?
I've had more than one cat share a littlerbox and it worked, but it had to be kept clean. Other people I've known with similar problems to yours solved it with a second box.
Good luck!
Get some
Feliway diffuser , but you can't open the window if you're using it as the diffused happy hormone stuff goes out the window! (they're only available from the vet here, so you might want to buy the diffuser from your vet so you have the right plug)
Do you think that it is bladder-related or behavioral?
Also, Mud brings up a good point. In general, they say you should have one litter box for each cat, plus a spare.
Sounds like Lucas might be marking his territory?
Nah I dont think so the place is 151 sq meters! Cat is only 2 kilos heavy! LOL
About the litter boxes, that might be it. We had 2 before but decided to buy a huge one in Germany to replace the two...guess we will get a new one this weekend
I really do not think its Lucas...he is such a well behaved cat I really doubt it....plus he is not smart enough to hide it
Still keep the huge one, and when you set up the new box, put a bit of litter (maybe a cup of it) in the new one, so it smells like where they're supposed to go.
Angela, do you let them outside as well? We had the same problem and tried everything, the cat was peeing on the bed first and then on the sofa and almost daily. But since we got the cat door, there haven't been any accidents. Even though we had 2 litter boxes that were cleaned twice per day, she obviously just did not like to use them.
Unfortunately that is not a possibility for us since:
1.- Lucas is dumb and the tram stop is only 10 meters away from our door
2.-Audrey is too smart and too beautiful (pedigree siamese) and a big temptation for those who know how much these critters cost.
I will buy an extra toilet for them this weekend, at least my husband is now forced to pick up after himself
Ugh - there must be something in the air as one of our cats started peeing randomly over the weekend too. At what point do you take them to the vet because they are trying to tell you something?
She was just howling/meowing in the litter box....
It's so much easier to tell when something is wrong with dogs.
Hmmm if yours is crying in the kitty litter it is time to go to the vet, she might have an infection or crystals in her urethra...if it was jsut meowing maybe she wants the toilet clean? cheeky cat!
Hope everything resolves soon, Lucas has peed a couple of times but only when we locked him accidentaly in a room so not blaiming him, I think Audrey is my suspect number one in my case
Possibly. I think that any behaviour that is out of character, whether it is a dog or cat, should be watched closely but it doesn't mean you know what is wrong. You just know something isn't right. It can be a change at home, visitors, for example, the ones who come and stay with you, can really upset some pets. Our dogs often fall ill after a stay at the kennels.
If I suspect something is wrong I'd rather be safe than sorry and visit the vet. I always check first if the dog has a fever, which is a sure sign something isn't right.
Now is the time to take her to the vet. Call them, don't waste time. If there's a crystal blocking her urethra, waiting till morning will be too late. Sorry, I don't mean to frighten you, but that's an urgent thing.
I should say I went through this a week and a half ago with mine, but I did see some blood in his urine so I knew something was wrong for sure. He didn't have a fever, though, when he was at the vet.
It happened again , my fault this time I told hubby to leave the fresh wash on top of the sofa that I would sort it out...but guess what? There were clothes from both of us but the pee was on two things from my husband a sweater and a shirt....We cleaned the mess and washed the clothes, we changed the toilet sand and we are going in a couple of days to get another big toilet.
Try spraying vinegar around the entrance to yur bedrooms and on the matress (not sheets, directly on the matress) Cats do not like vinegar and will avoid the smell. Spay can you can use the ones they sell for ironing or wash out an empty cleaning fluid spray can.
It's not guaranteed to work but it is a cheap first attempt.
Shuting the bedroom door is another cheap alternative
If you think it is the female, it most likely due to the surgery. Spaying females can be a pretty in depth procedure, and it is not uncommon that there are complications. Seems like she is finding soft, comfortable places to pee. That, to me, indicates something is wrong. It might actually be uncomfortable for her to go in the litter box.
Two things to try:
1. Separate her somewhere in the house where she will be comfortable with her own litter box. If the peeing in the rest of the house stops, then you know it is her. If you don't find pee in her box, then you know something is wrong. Monitor her behavior because any changes can be symptoms of something else.
2. Take her back to the vet and have her checked out. You can *never* be too cautious in these situations.
Good luck, and keep us posted... :]