I have a female cat, she is under a year and she pees wherever she feels like it. She will go in her litter box sometimes, but most of the time she just pees on the floor or on my furniture. If anyonehas any suggestions on how to make her stop or why she is doing it please let me know.
2006-10-16 05:53:51 · 17 answers · asked by Laura B 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
check if her litter box is clean. or she could have a urinary tract problem
2006-10-16 05:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by Shy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take her to the vet to see if it is a medical or behavioural problem.
The vet will probably do a urinalysis to check for crystals. It only costs like $35. Your cat is too young to have crystals probably though, but could be some other infection.
I did that for my cat and I'm glad I did. It was crystals, which is treatable through diet.
If it hurts to pee, kitty will associate the pain with the litter box, and start urinating on carpet, or furniture, where it is more comfortable...
Dummy cats. Now we have stinky carpet and furniture and have tried everything to get rid of the stench. :)
So far my cat hasn't peed outside the litter box in 3 weeks.
We modifed her diet following the vets orders, then we bought another litter box (the vet suggested this when she thought it was behaviourial), now she has a hooded and non-hooded box to choose from, we use clumping litter and clean it multiple times a day, whenever we notice she did her business. We put her in her litter box a few times a day (morning, after work, before bed) and she'd usually do her business for us or just jump out. We don't do that as much now since she has been using her litter boxes now. She prefers her new box now for some reason.
2006-10-16 06:33:46 · answer #2 · answered by hello 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like any cat she's marking her territory. It doesn't matter whether your cat is male or female. Just tap her on the nose or just above her tail and put her in the box. Make sure the box is clean. That might be a problem. When you change the litter, scrub the box really well. That'll help.
Good luck.
2006-10-16 05:59:59 · answer #3 · answered by Lizzie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cat usually "house soil" (pee everywhere) if their litter box is "unacceptable" to them. Cats are fastidious and require that their litterboxes are clean, or they won't use them. "Clean" means it's cleaned of all elimination every day. Some cats will refuse to use a litterbox if another cat uses it, or if there is no "privacy". Keeping the box clean, and relocating it to a more "private" area should help to stop the house soiling behavior.
2006-10-16 05:58:26 · answer #4 · answered by Fetch 11 Humane Society 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possible Options
- Your cat is new and is trying to estabolish a personal territory and tell the other pets you may have it's there.
- Your cat finds the litterbox unacceptable due to the location or odor coming from it. (cats do not like litterboxes right by their foods)
- Your cat has a bladder control problem and you should see your vet.
2006-10-16 06:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by leaysa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's marking her territory most likely. Is the litter box really clean? Also is she fixed? After being spayed or neutered cats usually stop this.
2006-10-16 06:02:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cat had that problem and it turned out he had a urinary tract infection. ive also know of cats to pee outside the litterbox because it has not been cleaned. my one cat peed a few times right outside the litterbox after i switched to a new litter. i think he didnt like the litter.
2006-10-16 06:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by §eeker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u have another cat in the house it might be scared,my cat was at first now it jsut goes outside or we have to put him in the litterbox. we also went to the vet and they gave us some lil bead thingies and we had to put our cat in a room where the litterboz was until he peed then we brought back the beads with pee on them haha and they said there was nothing wrong but there could be something wrong with ur cat so check with a vet hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-16 06:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As to why she is doing it the first thing that must be ruled out is a medical condition that could be making it painful for her to urinate and she has come to associate the litterbox with the painful urination.
When that possibility has been eliminated or treated you can work on the problem from a behavioral standpoint.
2006-10-16 05:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well you can't get a better answer than from an animal trainer but I'm gonna put my two cents in anyways.
This is perfectly natural for cats to do. They are marking their territory. The only way to stop this is by having your pet spayed or neutered. It's best for them anyway.
2006-10-16 06:02:13 · answer #10 · answered by Q&A Queen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some cats do that to mark their territory. or maybe you should take the cat to the vet ,they'll talk to u about having the cat spayed. when u spay cats they
tend to stop the habit
2006-10-16 06:59:06 · answer #11 · answered by snoopy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋