Hi guys,
My kitten (Penny) is turning 9 months at the beginning on August, and has for the last few months been urinating and sometimes defecating outside the box.
I've tried different brands of cat urine cleaner (very expensive) - and the vinegar & baking soda trick. But nothing has worked...
She first started peeing outside the box a few months ago when she had a cat tunnel. She loved that cat tunnel so much and played with it non-stop for weeks when suddenly I came home one day and it was drenched in her pee. I took it away immediately and tried to wash it with cat cleaner (with enzymes) and that didn't help at all because it still smelt so I threw it away. Another problem was that she peed on the cat tunnel on the rug right in the middle of the living room floor. She peed again in the same spot 5 times; so I gave up and bought a new rug then she stopped peeing there.
Next she started peeing on the door mat at the front door. I suspected maybe one of us had bought in traces of cat/dog/other animal pee/poo in on our shoes so she thought it was a good idea to start using the door mat.
Again she re-visited the door mat several times before I decided to throw it away. To my dismay she continued to pee at the front door (wood floorboards) in the same spot where the door mat use to be and she has been continuing to do so since...
Then one day a few weeks ago she peed and poo'ed on the wooden floor behind the sofa! It was a very nasty surprise for me as I was reading a book and caught the stench of cat poo up my nostrils whilst relaxing on the sofa. Again I have cleaned and cleaned that spot. But she continued to return so I blocked her access to behind the sofa completely a few days ago and it has stopped.
In between all of this she sometimes pee/poo on the tiled floor AROUND her litter box in the kitchen... now this is quite annoying as her litter box is right there! She still continues it until this day!
And now today is really my last straw. I came home all happy from getting a promotion at work when suddenly I found a wet patch on my rug. The very same rug that I only bought 2 months ago!
I have checked with the vets and they gave her all clear. I've been cleaning her litter box regularly.
And I am not sure what else to do because often she does her random pee/poo when I am at work so I cannot discipline her.
I am also very concerned that because it is on wooden floorboards that her urine smell has soaked through the cracks of the floorboards and will forever be a toilet spot for my kitten.
Please help as it is awfully distressing for me and I love my kitten so much that I can't bear the thought of giving her away.
I've had her since she was 14 weeks and she is pure white with sapphire blue eyes. She is also completely deaf so I can't simply shout "no" to her. She was also spayed at 6 months old.
Thank you
Regards,
Kim
My kitten (Penny) is turning 9 months at the beginning on August, and has for the last few months been urinating and sometimes defecating outside the box.
I've tried different brands of cat urine cleaner (very expensive) - and the vinegar & baking soda trick. But nothing has worked...
She first started peeing outside the box a few months ago when she had a cat tunnel. She loved that cat tunnel so much and played with it non-stop for weeks when suddenly I came home one day and it was drenched in her pee. I took it away immediately and tried to wash it with cat cleaner (with enzymes) and that didn't help at all because it still smelt so I threw it away. Another problem was that she peed on the cat tunnel on the rug right in the middle of the living room floor. She peed again in the same spot 5 times; so I gave up and bought a new rug then she stopped peeing there.
Next she started peeing on the door mat at the front door. I suspected maybe one of us had bought in traces of cat/dog/other animal pee/poo in on our shoes so she thought it was a good idea to start using the door mat.
Again she re-visited the door mat several times before I decided to throw it away. To my dismay she continued to pee at the front door (wood floorboards) in the same spot where the door mat use to be and she has been continuing to do so since...
Then one day a few weeks ago she peed and poo'ed on the wooden floor behind the sofa! It was a very nasty surprise for me as I was reading a book and caught the stench of cat poo up my nostrils whilst relaxing on the sofa. Again I have cleaned and cleaned that spot. But she continued to return so I blocked her access to behind the sofa completely a few days ago and it has stopped.
In between all of this she sometimes pee/poo on the tiled floor AROUND her litter box in the kitchen... now this is quite annoying as her litter box is right there! She still continues it until this day!
And now today is really my last straw. I came home all happy from getting a promotion at work when suddenly I found a wet patch on my rug. The very same rug that I only bought 2 months ago!
I have checked with the vets and they gave her all clear. I've been cleaning her litter box regularly.
And I am not sure what else to do because often she does her random pee/poo when I am at work so I cannot discipline her.
I am also very concerned that because it is on wooden floorboards that her urine smell has soaked through the cracks of the floorboards and will forever be a toilet spot for my kitten.
Please help as it is awfully distressing for me and I love my kitten so much that I can't bear the thought of giving her away.
I've had her since she was 14 weeks and she is pure white with sapphire blue eyes. She is also completely deaf so I can't simply shout "no" to her. She was also spayed at 6 months old.
Thank you
Regards,
Kim
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