Hey guys
Dakota, Montana and I moved in with a friend of mine into her condo where she has a 4 year old Russian Blue named Twiggy. Now, Montana and Twiggy have never really gotten along, they don't fight, but my roommate and I know they are still trying to figure out the Alpha spot.
However, recently, Twiggy has begun urinating outside of her litterbox and also urinating on my roommate's dirty clothes. Basically, she would come home from work, change and Twiggy would litterally scrape all the clothes together and soak 'em. Then my roommate procedes to flip out, which isn't the right thing to do, because it scares the cat even more.
We've had the cat to the vet and she's received a clean bill of health. We have 3 total cats, but only 2 boxes. I had 2 with mine, but they never used the second one. For the first couple months this hasn't been a problem. However, recently, I've noticed that my cats' litter box downstairs in my living area remains relatively empty. So it's my belief that my cats are using the upstairs box, which is the box that Twiggy has always used. So I thought that maybe the box just filled up too quickly for her cat's liking.
I've read through some of the posts here about peeing problems, including the sticky, but I haven't seen anyting regarding urination on clothing.
My roommate did change the litter to a different brand, but we have since changed it back. Both boxes contain the same litter.
My first inclination from reading through is stress and to purchase a couple of Feliway room defusers. I've also suggested locking my cats up when I'm not home. I work 12 hour nights, 3 or 4 days a week. My cats go where people are, so my 2 cats trying to sleep with her combined with her cat who doesn't like my 2 sleeping with her mommy leads to problems and her usually kicking my 2 out of her room. If we locked up my two, they would still have plenty of space, food, water, and their own box.
So basically, I guess I'm looking for more suggestions on possible course of actions. My attack plan looks like this:
1. Double efforts to make sure upstairs box is clean.
2. 2 Feliway Room Defusers, 1 for upstairs, 1 for down.
3. Lock up my cats when I'm not home.
4. Replace roommate's litter box with a new one.
Maybe 5. Add a 3rd box.
Am I missing anything? Or anyone have anythign else to add?
It's kinda wierd. If my roommate locks up my cats, her cat goes to the door and taunts mine through it. The other thing is that her cat will do the urination thing while my roommate is staring right at her, almost like she's doing it on purpose (but I'm smarter than that.
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Dakota, Montana and I moved in with a friend of mine into her condo where she has a 4 year old Russian Blue named Twiggy. Now, Montana and Twiggy have never really gotten along, they don't fight, but my roommate and I know they are still trying to figure out the Alpha spot.
However, recently, Twiggy has begun urinating outside of her litterbox and also urinating on my roommate's dirty clothes. Basically, she would come home from work, change and Twiggy would litterally scrape all the clothes together and soak 'em. Then my roommate procedes to flip out, which isn't the right thing to do, because it scares the cat even more.
We've had the cat to the vet and she's received a clean bill of health. We have 3 total cats, but only 2 boxes. I had 2 with mine, but they never used the second one. For the first couple months this hasn't been a problem. However, recently, I've noticed that my cats' litter box downstairs in my living area remains relatively empty. So it's my belief that my cats are using the upstairs box, which is the box that Twiggy has always used. So I thought that maybe the box just filled up too quickly for her cat's liking.
I've read through some of the posts here about peeing problems, including the sticky, but I haven't seen anyting regarding urination on clothing.
My roommate did change the litter to a different brand, but we have since changed it back. Both boxes contain the same litter.
My first inclination from reading through is stress and to purchase a couple of Feliway room defusers. I've also suggested locking my cats up when I'm not home. I work 12 hour nights, 3 or 4 days a week. My cats go where people are, so my 2 cats trying to sleep with her combined with her cat who doesn't like my 2 sleeping with her mommy leads to problems and her usually kicking my 2 out of her room. If we locked up my two, they would still have plenty of space, food, water, and their own box.
So basically, I guess I'm looking for more suggestions on possible course of actions. My attack plan looks like this:
1. Double efforts to make sure upstairs box is clean.
2. 2 Feliway Room Defusers, 1 for upstairs, 1 for down.
3. Lock up my cats when I'm not home.
4. Replace roommate's litter box with a new one.
Maybe 5. Add a 3rd box.
Am I missing anything? Or anyone have anythign else to add?
It's kinda wierd. If my roommate locks up my cats, her cat goes to the door and taunts mine through it. The other thing is that her cat will do the urination thing while my roommate is staring right at her, almost like she's doing it on purpose (but I'm smarter than that.