I live in a 4 cat household. One of the cats is a 12 year old, spayed female. She has had an issue with inappropriate urination for quite a while. We have 6 litter boxes, all of which have easy entry, and no lids. We use crushed walnut shell litter currently, but previously had used clay litter and she would still pee on things. We had her on a behavioral med for this issue which we had thought was working, but it was actually causing her to retain her urine which resulted in a UTI. We had thought she was not peeing on things because of the med working, but turns out she just was barely peeing. The uti has been resolved for months and she has been weened off of that particular medication (paroxetine). Since then she has been switched to Buspar. After weening off the Paroxetine, the inappropriate urination returned, and has persisted since starting the Buspar. She is a very happy cat, affectionate, and not anxious. She jumps up on beds, furniture, windows so we know it’s not a matter of her being unable to get in the litter boxes. Urinalysis shows no issues, blood work shows no issues, and we are completely stumped as to why this is an issue and what we can do to solve it. She doesn’t pee on objects, put pees on walls/around the perimeter of rooms.
Things we have done:
- added more litterboxes
- behavioral meds
- more access to food/water etc
- supplements/meds for mobility
- adding more toys, towers, tunnels, hides
- giving more attention
Things we have done:
- added more litterboxes
- behavioral meds
- more access to food/water etc
- supplements/meds for mobility
- adding more toys, towers, tunnels, hides
- giving more attention