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We've been having this problem off and on for weeks now. My 3 and 1/2 year old cat, who is otherwise very well behaved, started peeing in places she shouldn't. At first, I noticed she was going to a room which we normally don't use, and since this cat's pee isn't strong smelling, I had no idea this was going on until one day I went into this room to do dusting and discovered sticky stuff on top of the table! I cleaned it all thoroughly and closed the room off completely. Then she started peeing on my leather loveseat in the living room. Another issue with her is that she throws her food up a lot, not every day, but more often than I've seen in other cats I've owned before. We went to the vet. They did a urine test and found crystals in her urine and elevated PH. Gave her antibiotics. While on the meds, she stopped peeing on the sofa and went back to the litterbox. The moment the meds ran out, two days later - back to the sofa. So we went back to the vet and back on the meds. Same story - no pee until the meds ran out. This went on three times! We changed her diet to urinary tract diet. First to over the counter urinary tract diet - helped for a little while - no pee on the sofa, no throwup, then back to the same thing. Changed to prescription diet, did an x-ray, another urinary analysis. All checked out normal on the test - good x-ray, no stones, no more crystals, no fever, and PH went back to normal. Prescription diet helped for 2 weeks. Now we are back to peeing on the sofa and throwing her food up every other day (not digested, and this happens soon after she eats, though not every day). I covered the sofa with plastic and sprinkled black pepper all over it. So frustrating! Black pepper and all - today she went back on it.
We have three litter boxes in the house for her to choose from, all in easy access. She gets plenty of water. I feel like we've tried everything, and three vets at the clinic have looked at her and feel puzzled. Now they are talking about this being behavioral issue. I am not convinced, or maybe in denial. But I just want this household to get back to normal and my cat to start feeling like old self. Obviously if the meds have helped before and the diet helped temporarily, this says to me that the issue is medically related. I've been told also that she may have to end up being an outside cat. I've never owned an outside cat before and this isn't something I want to start.
Any thoughts?
Thank you!
We have three litter boxes in the house for her to choose from, all in easy access. She gets plenty of water. I feel like we've tried everything, and three vets at the clinic have looked at her and feel puzzled. Now they are talking about this being behavioral issue. I am not convinced, or maybe in denial. But I just want this household to get back to normal and my cat to start feeling like old self. Obviously if the meds have helped before and the diet helped temporarily, this says to me that the issue is medically related. I've been told also that she may have to end up being an outside cat. I've never owned an outside cat before and this isn't something I want to start.
Any thoughts?
Thank you!