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I've been dealing with a pretty deep depression for two months now, which made me play with my cat Riley less than usual for a bit. Soon, he started peeing outside the litterbox. In beds mostly, or where he slept. He's had crystals before and has been on the wet Urinary food for a long time (get to that later), but I decided to take him to the vet to run some tests.
Turns out his pee is fine, so the vet chalked it up to behavioral issues. He suggested another litter box with different litter, feliway, rewarding him after going in the litter box, and to reduce stressful situations in the house. He mainly pees in my bed and my parents bed, so I put another litterbox in my room(one downstairs and one in my room, no other cats) and the feliway through out the house. My question is... what happens if I can't reduce MY OWN stress? He went pee free for 2 nights and then my grandmother died... woke up to pee city in my sheets. The fact that he pees already stresses me out and everything else on top of it... ugh. He's my best friend and such an amazing kitty besides this issue. I have noticed some improvement though, so I'm gonna keep at it. I've gone back to his regular schedule of playing and then eating at night, and pretty much playing with him whenever I can.
Like many vets, mine told me he needs to be on the urinary food for life... which I don't know how to feel about. I've been doing research about introducing different wet foods like Tiki Cat or other foods with mostly meat. Should I just wait until this whole peeing thing blows over or would this improve his situation? I hate giving him the same food day after day, especially with the crappy ingredients! I know there's better options out there but I just don't know what to tackle first. Any suggestions or something that I need to do?
Turns out his pee is fine, so the vet chalked it up to behavioral issues. He suggested another litter box with different litter, feliway, rewarding him after going in the litter box, and to reduce stressful situations in the house. He mainly pees in my bed and my parents bed, so I put another litterbox in my room(one downstairs and one in my room, no other cats) and the feliway through out the house. My question is... what happens if I can't reduce MY OWN stress? He went pee free for 2 nights and then my grandmother died... woke up to pee city in my sheets. The fact that he pees already stresses me out and everything else on top of it... ugh. He's my best friend and such an amazing kitty besides this issue. I have noticed some improvement though, so I'm gonna keep at it. I've gone back to his regular schedule of playing and then eating at night, and pretty much playing with him whenever I can.
Like many vets, mine told me he needs to be on the urinary food for life... which I don't know how to feel about. I've been doing research about introducing different wet foods like Tiki Cat or other foods with mostly meat. Should I just wait until this whole peeing thing blows over or would this improve his situation? I hate giving him the same food day after day, especially with the crappy ingredients! I know there's better options out there but I just don't know what to tackle first. Any suggestions or something that I need to do?