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This has all been very helpful to me! My 6-y-o kittie Picasso started to pee on bath rugs about six months ago and after removing the rugs, we took her to the vet a month or so later--nothing medically wrong with her. Vet diagnosed stress (we have her littlermate too, a male, who bullies her a bit) and we tried a NurtureCalm collar. This solved the problem for about two months, and made her more affectionate, but as soon as we started putting the bath rugs down again she would pee on them. So we removed the bath rugs permanently. She has just started to pee on the bed up by us as a new part of her morning cuddle...INCREDIBLY annoying and disgusting. My husband has said this is the last straw and we need to get rid of her or make her an outside cat--not possible right now due to weather, though, and she doesn't really like the outside for more than short bursts of time. For the moment we are putting her in the basement at night (full access to litterbox) and not taking her out until we are up out of bed. She is still using the litter box, but misses occasionally. I think she might be stressed out by the smell of the bullying cat.
I heard about Prozac and have checked it out. Worrying about the side effects and the expense, but thinking it might be worth trying. However, I am generally opposed to the idea of medicating for behavior--didn't put my ADHD son on Adderall when it was recommended by a teacher (but not his dr!) and it took me until he was 19 and he tried it himself in college to understand how beneficial it was for him. So maybe I'm wrong about kitty Prozac too. Can someone share how they made their decision to medicate after being unsure? Thanks!
I heard about Prozac and have checked it out. Worrying about the side effects and the expense, but thinking it might be worth trying. However, I am generally opposed to the idea of medicating for behavior--didn't put my ADHD son on Adderall when it was recommended by a teacher (but not his dr!) and it took me until he was 19 and he tried it himself in college to understand how beneficial it was for him. So maybe I'm wrong about kitty Prozac too. Can someone share how they made their decision to medicate after being unsure? Thanks!