My parents have a cat named Orion. He's around 2 years old and was a shelter kitty. I should tell you right off that my mom is a total "dog person" and my dad is the cat lover of the family.
For about a little over a year(!) now, Orion will, for no reason at all, jump up and pee on the couch (thank goodness it's easy to clean). Even after he's been outside, litter box is clean, vet checkups all OK. My mom swears he does it out of spite. I tell her cats don't feel spite but she insists HE does.
I've helped them try everything to get him to stop. It's almost as if he just doesn't care about the litterbox. He'll use it sometimes and the vet has checked and double checked that he doesn't have urinary problems. It's just as if he doesnt want to put forth the effort to walk to the box and use it.
Right now he's in their garage and has been for a few days until they try to find out what they can do to solve the problem. I gave them some Feliway to spray on the couch but I'm not sure if they're as consistant with it as they should be.
With everything checking out okay, we're all kind of scratching our heads as to what we can do for the big guy. It doesn't seem to matter if we put the litter box upstairs either (it's typically downstairs in the basement, has been since Ryan was a kitten), it's like he just doesn't have the get up and go to get up and go!
Any ideas??
For about a little over a year(!) now, Orion will, for no reason at all, jump up and pee on the couch (thank goodness it's easy to clean). Even after he's been outside, litter box is clean, vet checkups all OK. My mom swears he does it out of spite. I tell her cats don't feel spite but she insists HE does.
I've helped them try everything to get him to stop. It's almost as if he just doesn't care about the litterbox. He'll use it sometimes and the vet has checked and double checked that he doesn't have urinary problems. It's just as if he doesnt want to put forth the effort to walk to the box and use it.
Right now he's in their garage and has been for a few days until they try to find out what they can do to solve the problem. I gave them some Feliway to spray on the couch but I'm not sure if they're as consistant with it as they should be.
With everything checking out okay, we're all kind of scratching our heads as to what we can do for the big guy. It doesn't seem to matter if we put the litter box upstairs either (it's typically downstairs in the basement, has been since Ryan was a kitten), it's like he just doesn't have the get up and go to get up and go!
Any ideas??