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My GF and I adopted a cat who had been in the shelter for nearly a year and was 3 years old. She is an absolute sweetheart so about a year after that we adopted a second cat the day it was supposed to be put down by the shelter. We separated the 2 cats into 2 sections of the apartment for about 4-5 days with their own litter box so they could get used to each other through a door. The new cat peed on the bathmat and some towels we had in the bathroom but we thought it was probably just an accident. We then swapped rooms so they could get used to each others scent however the new cat jumped on our bed and let loose all her pee right in the middle of the bed..... We cleaned it up and closed that door but about a day later we found pee on a couch cushion. So we swapped the rooms again putting her back in the bathroom and letting our first cat roam the rest of the apartment. Eventually we decided it was time to let both cats have free reign of the apartment. However the chronic peeing got worse. She has peed on Clothes, Clothes that are in the dryer, every couch cushion, the bathmat(like 100 times), My backpack, My gym back, countless numbers of shoes, throw pillows, blankets, you name it she has peed on it. She has even peed IN HER OWN BED and then slept in it..... We aren't talking like a little pee to mark we are talking about huge bladder fulls. So we tried changing the type of litter and that didn't work so we re-separated the cats. But now even separating them doesn't stop it. She is in a bathroom with a cat tree (For some reason she doesn't pee on the cat tree) and there is no towels, clothes, carpet, nothing to absorb her pee but the cat box. So here are the tricky ways she has peed in there. She has reached under the door and pulled clothes under the door to pee on. She has peed on cloth toys that she has in there when she cant do that she just pees on the tile floor (That is her last resort). Well now she has discovered the air filter on the top of the litter box and she has jumped up there and peed on top of her litter box on the air filter twice. This has been going on for about a year and a half now and only seems to be getting worse. If anyone has any suggestions on things we can try.
So here are some things we tried and have not worked:
We have changed the litter multiple times.
We talked to our vet and she ran a pee test to see if there was anything medical and has found nothing.
We have tried a calming cat diffuser.
We have tried anxiety treats.
We Spoke with our vet again and she suggested using a type of anxiety medication but so far it has been 2 week and we have not noticed any difference.
My GF and I adopted a cat who had been in the shelter for nearly a year and was 3 years old. She is an absolute sweetheart so about a year after that we adopted a second cat the day it was supposed to be put down by the shelter. We separated the 2 cats into 2 sections of the apartment for about 4-5 days with their own litter box so they could get used to each other through a door. The new cat peed on the bathmat and some towels we had in the bathroom but we thought it was probably just an accident. We then swapped rooms so they could get used to each others scent however the new cat jumped on our bed and let loose all her pee right in the middle of the bed..... We cleaned it up and closed that door but about a day later we found pee on a couch cushion. So we swapped the rooms again putting her back in the bathroom and letting our first cat roam the rest of the apartment. Eventually we decided it was time to let both cats have free reign of the apartment. However the chronic peeing got worse. She has peed on Clothes, Clothes that are in the dryer, every couch cushion, the bathmat(like 100 times), My backpack, My gym back, countless numbers of shoes, throw pillows, blankets, you name it she has peed on it. She has even peed IN HER OWN BED and then slept in it..... We aren't talking like a little pee to mark we are talking about huge bladder fulls. So we tried changing the type of litter and that didn't work so we re-separated the cats. But now even separating them doesn't stop it. She is in a bathroom with a cat tree (For some reason she doesn't pee on the cat tree) and there is no towels, clothes, carpet, nothing to absorb her pee but the cat box. So here are the tricky ways she has peed in there. She has reached under the door and pulled clothes under the door to pee on. She has peed on cloth toys that she has in there when she cant do that she just pees on the tile floor (That is her last resort). Well now she has discovered the air filter on the top of the litter box and she has jumped up there and peed on top of her litter box on the air filter twice. This has been going on for about a year and a half now and only seems to be getting worse. If anyone has any suggestions on things we can try.
So here are some things we tried and have not worked:
We have changed the litter multiple times.
We talked to our vet and she ran a pee test to see if there was anything medical and has found nothing.
We have tried a calming cat diffuser.
We have tried anxiety treats.
We Spoke with our vet again and she suggested using a type of anxiety medication but so far it has been 2 week and we have not noticed any difference.