How can I stop my cat weeing everywhere?

Question

I have had a (neutered) rescue cat for 6 years and he goes through phases (more often than not) of weeing and pooing in random places around the house. He seems petrified of the litter tray which I keep clean all the time. When he does use it he's in and out as fast as he can move and never scratches the litter to cover his mess. I've tried all "common" solutions; moving the litter tray to where he wee's, keeping him in the room with the tray after he has eaten, putting his food bowl near where he has weeed; vetinary solutions, etc, etc. He is worse than he has ever been at the moment.

Answer 1

a few things to think about, wherever he has weed put either pepper or orange spray down ( any cleaning product with orange oil ) cats hate the smell and will not wee somewhere where there is a bad smell...but dont put it anywhere near his tray that way he will associate his tray with being a good smell...this worked for me

i had 5 of the little blighters doing it and this is what a friend told me to do

Answer 2

Is he "weeing" or spraying? I had cats that did the same thing when we had just a tray for litter.

We switched to a covered box and that solved the problem. If you dont have one, then you could try that.

www.kittenwise.com has a section where you can ask a specialist about anything for your cat. They usually have an answer within a couple of days.

Answer 3

My first suggestion is to discuss this with your family veterinarian. Your cat could have a bladder infection or other condition that is causing accidental urination. If it is defiant urination, then it's a behavioral problem that - at 6 years old - most likely cannot be corrected.

It is NOT a good idea to keep moving the litter box; it confuses the cat. Cats are creatures of habit and prefer to have their litterbox in one place. Also, do not put his food near where he's urinated or near his litter box. You don't eat out of the bathroom, why should he?

Answer 4

My cat, Kefla, had this problem for the better part of 8 years. We tried everything including lots of blood and urine tests by different vets. She hasn't gone outside her litter box for almost 3 months now -- a record.

The solution was a combination of kitty prozac, called Fluoxetine (1/4 tablet), and a plug-in kitty pheremone called Feliway.

I have to pill her every night, but, we have a good routine and it usually takes less than 10 seconds now. My vet had to write the prescription for the Fluoxetine.

One last thing. I had to stop yelling at her when she went outside her litter box and just love her as best I could.

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

I had a mature cat 13 years old that out of nowhere started weeing wherever he felt like. I was clueless of what to do and unfortunately could not afford veterinary assistance. The whole process of neutering your cat is supposedly to stop the spraying and help make them better pets to live with. In the end, though it took some time for me to do it, I loved him deeply, I had him put to sleep. I creid for days. I'm not suggesting this as an answer to your problem. I'm just sharing with you that sometimes it can be an impossible situation to fix.

Answer 6

cats will wee were there is already a toilet smell if the smell is still lingering in the carpet she will think its OK to do this because as far as she is concerned its the correct place, go to the pet shop and buy some of the special sprays you can get to get rid of pet smells they really are the best as conventional carpet cleaners never seem to do the trick with odours like cat pee, also to try and discourage her get one of those water spray bottles for pot plants and give her a quick squirt in the face as soon as she starts to do it again. make sure her litter tray is clean and close at hand. if this doesn't work take her to the vet as it is odd (but not unheard of) for a cat to do this they are very particular about where they go to the toilet, there may well be a medical reason

Answer 7

have u tried changin the cat litter to a different sort, the paper ones are better than the little stones. i have a nervous cat who will wee at the bottom of the stairs, i have washed the area with vanish spray and then sprayed over it with citrus scent Oust, its workin at the moment, the carpet has been dry for 4 days now. if he is nervous, get some Feliway spray or plug-in from ur vets, that worked with mine,it calms them down. good luck.

Answer 8

Take kitty to vet to see if it is behavior or medical problem. It could be from a urinary tract infection or something. If it hurts to pee in the litterbox, they associate the pain with the litterbox.

Make sure kitty has 2 litter boxes. We have one with a hood, and a regular one, so she can choose what she wants.

We use clumping litter which is great. You can scoop urine and poo, keeping the box really clean.

Try putting kitty in there a few times a day. We did that with my cat and she would use it most of the time. (She is 4 yrs old, adopted from SPCA in August.) She has crystals in her urine though, so medical problem was why she was going outside box.

Answer 9

I am VERY sorry to say but if she is older then 2 she will never stop "weeing" everywhere. I've had my cat for ten years she still "wees" everywhere. So we lock her in a room while after she eats, wait untill she does her bussiness, the let her out. When its feeding, an I lock her in her room while she sleeps. In the Morning I let her out. Thats the way I stoped her from "weeing" everywhere.

Answer 10

try a different cat litter if that fails get a behaviour therapist in or put pepper down where you dont want your cat to wee as they dont like the smell