Hey everyone!
I am in desperate need of some suggestions or ideas to help stop my cat from peeing! Here’s some information:
She’s a 15 year old calico and she’s always liked peeing outside the box. If she can find a spot, especially if it’s soft or carpeted, she will go for it. Over the years, we’ve created barricades for these areas we’ve found and have been able to some what corral her. That was in an apartment-now we’re in a house and space is so much more.
We’ve tried all kinds of litter and have found she prefers low-dust, no scent. Great. We can do that! We have 5 cats in total, so we currently have 7 boxes. Check! We scoop litter in all boxes everyday. We thought maybe having a lid on the boxes was bothering her, so we rigged them to have sides and be open on top. The previous owners had a dog and that dog had peed in the one carpeted room of the house, so once we moved in she smelt that and started marking it too (which I get). We tried cleaning and using enzyme spray on that carpet and eventually realized that it’s not working so we ripped up the carpet, coated the floor in some sort of stuff that locks in the past odor, and are currently redoing that room with laminate floors. We’ve taken her to the vet, and she’s in great health! And here’s the kicker-she uses the boxes to POOP in. The only time she poops outside is when the odd times we haven’t scooped each day (we’re sick, at work late, etc). So she had no problem going in the box and pooping, but peeing is just a no go for her.
I don’t know what else I can try! As we’re redoing these floors, we caught her peeing on a towel, on a small pillow, and a piece of felt. It’s driving me crazy! I was thinking if the issue is she likes peeing on soft surfaces, maybe I can get pee pads and place them by the boxes and just throw them out each day. I just am out of ideas!
Do any of you have any tips or solutions, things I can look into, etc? I’ll try anything at this point! Thank you all for any help you can give-I greatly appreciate it!
I am in desperate need of some suggestions or ideas to help stop my cat from peeing! Here’s some information:
She’s a 15 year old calico and she’s always liked peeing outside the box. If she can find a spot, especially if it’s soft or carpeted, she will go for it. Over the years, we’ve created barricades for these areas we’ve found and have been able to some what corral her. That was in an apartment-now we’re in a house and space is so much more.
We’ve tried all kinds of litter and have found she prefers low-dust, no scent. Great. We can do that! We have 5 cats in total, so we currently have 7 boxes. Check! We scoop litter in all boxes everyday. We thought maybe having a lid on the boxes was bothering her, so we rigged them to have sides and be open on top. The previous owners had a dog and that dog had peed in the one carpeted room of the house, so once we moved in she smelt that and started marking it too (which I get). We tried cleaning and using enzyme spray on that carpet and eventually realized that it’s not working so we ripped up the carpet, coated the floor in some sort of stuff that locks in the past odor, and are currently redoing that room with laminate floors. We’ve taken her to the vet, and she’s in great health! And here’s the kicker-she uses the boxes to POOP in. The only time she poops outside is when the odd times we haven’t scooped each day (we’re sick, at work late, etc). So she had no problem going in the box and pooping, but peeing is just a no go for her.
I don’t know what else I can try! As we’re redoing these floors, we caught her peeing on a towel, on a small pillow, and a piece of felt. It’s driving me crazy! I was thinking if the issue is she likes peeing on soft surfaces, maybe I can get pee pads and place them by the boxes and just throw them out each day. I just am out of ideas!
Do any of you have any tips or solutions, things I can look into, etc? I’ll try anything at this point! Thank you all for any help you can give-I greatly appreciate it!
