My female cat keeps peeing on random things when I moved in with another person with a female cat!!?

Question

What should I do??? My cat pees in the other cat's litter box, and the other female cat pees on furniture and in my cat's litter box. They don't get along at all.

Answer 1

The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal and a subspecies of the wild cat. The cat is a skilled predator and intelligent animal, known to hunt over 1,000 species for food, and capable of being trained (and learning by itself) to obey simple commands and manipulate simple mechanisms (see cat intelligence). It has lived in close association with humans for 3,500 to 9,500 years,[1] figuring prominently in the mythology and legends of several cultures.

Cats come in dozens of breeds and a variety of colors. Due to mutations, some are hairless and some are tailless. They use more than one hundred vocalizations and types of body language for communication, including calling ("meow" or "miaou"), purring, hissing, growling, chirping, clicking, and grunting.[2] Like horses and other domesticated animals, cats can become feral, living effectively in the wild. Feral cats will often form small feral cat colonies. Animal welfare organizations note that few abandoned cats are able to survive long enough to become feral, most being killed by vehicles, or succumbing to starvation, predators, exposure, or disease.

Legends and myths about the cat exist in many cultures, from the ancient Egyptians and Chinese to the Vikings. They have been both revered and vilified by different cultures.

The trinomial name of the domestic cat is Felis silvestris catus; its closest pre-domesticated ancestor is believed to be the African wild cat, Felis silvestris lybica.

Answer 2

Using each other's litterbox is normal and a natural thing. Furniture is not. I bet both are spayed right? Well, make sure the one that pees on furniture don't have a urinary infection. Otherwise get some important info from the vet. A simple phone call could help. I would steam clean the furniture even the ones that has not been soiked on. You might just have to throw the soiled one out. Then while you are gone, cover with Vynel covering and put things on it to keep the cats discouraged from going on the furniture. Keep a couple more litter boxes around too. Good luck. P.S. sometimes hormone treatment helps if they have been spayed. Oh very important, keep the bedroom door closed, the bed will get peed on next! I would go to mattress world and get a cover that is so thin that you don't know it;'s there and no water, sweat, smell, dust mites, nothing will penetrate to that mattress, better to be safe than sorry. It is washable, the bed is not. It costs about Eighty dollars for a queen size. In the mean time, door shut even while you are there!

Answer 3

Yeah. I wish I had something a bit more constructive too add but I don't. It's been said already that you are just going too have too wait this out. That honestly is the best option in this particular case.

The other option is that you dope both kitty buddies with hormones. This will trigger a sharp mellowing of both cats but the results can be rather random at best. I would recomend this as a last resort.

What I ***can*** do is explain the how and why of what you are seeing.

If left too their own devices kitty buddies set up communities arranged around a central feature such as a water source. The female cats carve out very small parcels of territory for them selves too rear their young. Typically these parsals are no bigger than your average back yard. Intrusions by other female kitty buddies are delt with via a bit of low level bickering and some cross marking. These disputes are normally very short lived and end in a new boundry being set up.

Now on top of this structure there will be one (and on very very very rare occations 2) breading males. They will have territory rights to simply every thing. This is when the very very very nasty cat fights happen. A new male kitty buddy will come in to take over the entire area and all of the females as well. Male cats will more actively sent mark what is theirs for this reason. They are explaining just how it is too all over would be males ***and*** too all the other females in the area. Essentially what he's saying in these markings and "stud piles" is "I'm da man! You not da man!"

(Stud pile = big old pile of uncovered cat poo)

This also explains a bit about one of the reasons kitty buddies hide their poopies. If the dominate tom finds a pile of uncovered poop he's gonna go all kinds of Jerry Springer on the offender.

NOW! Too bring this history of cat behavior back too your situation... The two female cats are just acting out a bit of natural selection that has been going on for squillions of years. They are preprogramed for this type of behavior. The good news is that it probably won't last very long. If they haven't sorted them selves out inside of fourteen days then you might want too reconsider the vet opption. In most situations like this it only takes about four too six days for the kitty buddies in question too come too some kind of peaceful arrangement.

Do be prepared for the idea that they may never get on like peas and carrots. If they end up getting along very well then yours will be a shining beacon of hope for us all. They will settle down with the cross marking and what have you.

That is untill you introduce a peice of furniture that requires a bit of a dispute.

I hope this is some consolation for you.

Answer 4

It's a territorial thing. Unfortunate it could get quite rank. Some cats don't like change. They also don't like it when you move the litter box. As for urinating on furniture it could be anxiety, mad that another female cat is around. I recently saw on the news that you could feed them where they go pee. Pretty gross huh? Steam clean, disinfect furniture, if you can. Cats also don't like fragrance, so don't spray or powder anything that is harmful to them. Good Luck!!!!!!

Answer 5

Last year my beautiful Manx cat Theodore went out for the evening and never came back. I love cats and the house didn't feel the same without one, so I picked up Lola from a rescue centre. She was very frightened and would pee all over the house. I found Cat Spraying No More� on the internet and the techniques worked almost immediately. I haven't had a problem with Lola since. Amazing!

Can't stop your cat peeing in the house? Then worry no more...

Answer 6

The two cats are peeved at you and showing their displeasure.

My two females use each other's litter tray. This is fine. Specially if the door slams and they cant get to one of the trays they will use the other.

As for my male cat, I really dont know if he plays musical litter trays.

After cleaning the furniture, vinegar is good, spray the areas with citrus spray, they dont like it.

They are just working out the "pecking order" and are upset. When you see any of them spray the furniture, spray them with water. Of even look like they are about to do it.

Good luck

Answer 7

both cats are mad at you and your new roommate, so this is a normal thing for them to be doing.. peeing on the furniture and other belongings show that they are mad.. peeing in each others litter box is how they are trying to mark their territory. just be patient with them they should work it out.. just keep showing them affection so they know that neither one is being replaced.

Answer 8

i have always been told that two female cats just wont be compatible unless you get them at the same time. you got to wait it out or move.

Answer 9

Sadly, you are going to have to wait this out. They are establishing territory, boundaries and dominance. Buy some scent blasting stuff and wait. They will work it out.

Answer 10

Marking his terotery