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Hi everyone,
We have a kitten about 18 weeks old who we've had since she was about 12 weeks. Recently in the last 3 weeks she's started peeing on the covers of the bed. The strangest thing is that she aside from once or twice she pretty much only does this when we're sleeping in the bed at night and the last two times she's peed it's been on me!
She's been checked for a UTI - negative. She's never had this problem, has always peed in her litter tray. We recently added a second litter box in the bedroom near the bed as we thought maybe she didn't like using the other one as we have another cat and he uses it. She uses the second litter box frequently as well as the original box and other than the pee at night always goes toilet in one of the boxes. The litter is kept clean, scooped once in the morning before my husband goes to work, again when he comes home from work and once more at night before we go to bed although if we notice a smell coming from the boxes he will scoop them clean again (I'm currently pregnant so husband does all the scooping!), the litter gets completely changed at least every few days as well as the boxes being washed clean at the same time or the next time after that but usually once a week minimum.
We've had to add plastic mattress protector to the mattress as the pee was often soaking through the covers and sheet. We bought some specifically targeted urine cleaning spray from the pet store to clean the stains, then covered the mattress in plastic and a fresh clean sheet which she had never peed on before. The most recent time she has peed (tonight, or rather very early morning) we were not using either of the two covers she had peed on, just a sheet as a blanket (currently summer here).
We have been very patient but as I'm sure you can imagine we are both growing frustrated at waking up to pee and having mountains of bed sheets and covers to wash every day or so. She doesn't do this every night but I would say every second to third night.
I might also add that her and our second cat get along quite well, he doesn't bully her or prevent her from using either of the boxes. The new second box is pretty much exclusively hers as he prefers the original box and hardly uses the new second box (I've only seen him use it once or twice).
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
We have a kitten about 18 weeks old who we've had since she was about 12 weeks. Recently in the last 3 weeks she's started peeing on the covers of the bed. The strangest thing is that she aside from once or twice she pretty much only does this when we're sleeping in the bed at night and the last two times she's peed it's been on me!
She's been checked for a UTI - negative. She's never had this problem, has always peed in her litter tray. We recently added a second litter box in the bedroom near the bed as we thought maybe she didn't like using the other one as we have another cat and he uses it. She uses the second litter box frequently as well as the original box and other than the pee at night always goes toilet in one of the boxes. The litter is kept clean, scooped once in the morning before my husband goes to work, again when he comes home from work and once more at night before we go to bed although if we notice a smell coming from the boxes he will scoop them clean again (I'm currently pregnant so husband does all the scooping!), the litter gets completely changed at least every few days as well as the boxes being washed clean at the same time or the next time after that but usually once a week minimum.
We've had to add plastic mattress protector to the mattress as the pee was often soaking through the covers and sheet. We bought some specifically targeted urine cleaning spray from the pet store to clean the stains, then covered the mattress in plastic and a fresh clean sheet which she had never peed on before. The most recent time she has peed (tonight, or rather very early morning) we were not using either of the two covers she had peed on, just a sheet as a blanket (currently summer here).
We have been very patient but as I'm sure you can imagine we are both growing frustrated at waking up to pee and having mountains of bed sheets and covers to wash every day or so. She doesn't do this every night but I would say every second to third night.
I might also add that her and our second cat get along quite well, he doesn't bully her or prevent her from using either of the boxes. The new second box is pretty much exclusively hers as he prefers the original box and hardly uses the new second box (I've only seen him use it once or twice).
Any suggestions would be appreciated!