I have 2 cats and a dog, an 11 year old daughter and myself in an apartment.
Background (feel free to skip this bit): 5 year old Burmese boy, Charlie, is the boss. He tolerates the dog, and can be a grump, especially when his little human bestie is at her fathers. Daisy, the black and white 3 year old girl has never had any health issues, never any behavioural concerns. She came from a hoarder situation, I adopted her at 6 months old, and she's a bit skittish, but very loving. Mia, the 16 month old British bulldog will chase Daisy when she's on the ground, but other times loves on her, and the two of them will snuggle on my bed and groom each other.
Problem: Since before Christmas Daisy had been peeing on beds. Charlie occasionally has little angry sprays when he's unhappy about life, but Daisy is doing full bladder emptying. She curls up on my bed, relaxes and BOOM, everything is wet. She's been to the vet for urine and blood, there were some white cells, but otherwise unremarkable. She had a course out metacam ,+ antibiotics to no effect.
She's been back to the vet, and is now on Gabapentin and metacam as relaxers. One theory is either grumpy cat or excited dog have surprised her in the litter box and now she's too scared to go there, so waits till she's relaxed on the bed. But she's done it in the middle of the night and everyone is sleeping and there's not chance of being surprised in the litter box.
I've moved a litterbox so it has a couch fortress around it so the dog can't get anywhere near it. The other litter box had a screen in front of it for privacy.
I've had feliway diffusers running. I've stayed feliway on mattresses, which have been protected by mattress protectors.
Nothing else has changed,, and the household dynamics had been pretty good.
I'm lying on my bare mattress because I have no more clean sheets.
Nearly three weeks off full bladder emptying on our beds most days. I'm over it, and desperately need help please!
Background (feel free to skip this bit): 5 year old Burmese boy, Charlie, is the boss. He tolerates the dog, and can be a grump, especially when his little human bestie is at her fathers. Daisy, the black and white 3 year old girl has never had any health issues, never any behavioural concerns. She came from a hoarder situation, I adopted her at 6 months old, and she's a bit skittish, but very loving. Mia, the 16 month old British bulldog will chase Daisy when she's on the ground, but other times loves on her, and the two of them will snuggle on my bed and groom each other.
Problem: Since before Christmas Daisy had been peeing on beds. Charlie occasionally has little angry sprays when he's unhappy about life, but Daisy is doing full bladder emptying. She curls up on my bed, relaxes and BOOM, everything is wet. She's been to the vet for urine and blood, there were some white cells, but otherwise unremarkable. She had a course out metacam ,+ antibiotics to no effect.
She's been back to the vet, and is now on Gabapentin and metacam as relaxers. One theory is either grumpy cat or excited dog have surprised her in the litter box and now she's too scared to go there, so waits till she's relaxed on the bed. But she's done it in the middle of the night and everyone is sleeping and there's not chance of being surprised in the litter box.
I've moved a litterbox so it has a couch fortress around it so the dog can't get anywhere near it. The other litter box had a screen in front of it for privacy.
I've had feliway diffusers running. I've stayed feliway on mattresses, which have been protected by mattress protectors.
Nothing else has changed,, and the household dynamics had been pretty good.
I'm lying on my bare mattress because I have no more clean sheets.
Nearly three weeks off full bladder emptying on our beds most days. I'm over it, and desperately need help please!