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Hello everyone! I'm brand new to this forum and couldn't find a thread relating to this topic with a quick search, so...
My cat, Haku, is almost 6 months old and has always been very good about using the litter box. He was neutered at 4 months old, and about a month and a half ago he started urinating on piles of towels and clothing, in laundry baskets, and on my bed pretty consistently once a day. I took him to the vet and they gave me a urinary tract health dry food, and he's been eating that since then and went accident-free for about two weeks. A few days ago, it started up again and he has urinated in three places outside of the litter box lately.
The only other option I can find is that it could be due to stress triggers in the house, but I thought that usually resulted in spraying to mark territory rather than squatting and urinating on things? and I can't think of anything that would be causing him to be stressed-- we have a stable normal routine, a relatively quiet house, no stray animals outside, and only one very polite dog inside (by "polite", I mean he leaves Haku alone and only really interacts with him by very gently playing when Haku initiates it).
I was doing some research about some of his other behaviors and noticed that this one thing he does usually once or twice a day almost perfectly matches the symptoms of a Hyperesthesia Syndrome episode, and I was wondering if that had anything to do with the urinating? I haven't noticed if the urinating lines up with the fur rippling/licking/head shaking/meowing/running around episodes, but I'll be keeping a close eye from now on to see if it does.
Would that make sense? If there are any other details I can give that might help identify what's going on, please ask and I'll do the best I can to answer with specifics. I really want to find out what's causing the urination issue, because obviously it's not ideal for me to have to keep all of the doors closed and give Haku such limited space in the house.
Thank you for your time!
My cat, Haku, is almost 6 months old and has always been very good about using the litter box. He was neutered at 4 months old, and about a month and a half ago he started urinating on piles of towels and clothing, in laundry baskets, and on my bed pretty consistently once a day. I took him to the vet and they gave me a urinary tract health dry food, and he's been eating that since then and went accident-free for about two weeks. A few days ago, it started up again and he has urinated in three places outside of the litter box lately.
The only other option I can find is that it could be due to stress triggers in the house, but I thought that usually resulted in spraying to mark territory rather than squatting and urinating on things? and I can't think of anything that would be causing him to be stressed-- we have a stable normal routine, a relatively quiet house, no stray animals outside, and only one very polite dog inside (by "polite", I mean he leaves Haku alone and only really interacts with him by very gently playing when Haku initiates it).
I was doing some research about some of his other behaviors and noticed that this one thing he does usually once or twice a day almost perfectly matches the symptoms of a Hyperesthesia Syndrome episode, and I was wondering if that had anything to do with the urinating? I haven't noticed if the urinating lines up with the fur rippling/licking/head shaking/meowing/running around episodes, but I'll be keeping a close eye from now on to see if it does.
Would that make sense? If there are any other details I can give that might help identify what's going on, please ask and I'll do the best I can to answer with specifics. I really want to find out what's causing the urination issue, because obviously it's not ideal for me to have to keep all of the doors closed and give Haku such limited space in the house.
Thank you for your time!
