How to stop a cat peeing somewhere?

Question

I have an 18mo cat from a shelter. We have had her for about 10 weeks. Initially we kept her inside and used a litter tray. She used her tray with no problems but about 3wks ago she peed on our spare bed for some reason. We scrubbed it away and presumed she'd been shut in there. A few days later she did it again so everything got washed again and we decided it was time to let her out in the garden, so we shut the spare room up to stop her getting in and put her out. She loves that and has started doing her business outside, however a few days ago, someone left the spare door open and she went straight back and peed on the bed.

Does anyone know any tried and tested methods of stopping this? She doesn't do it on any other beds and is a really good kitty apart from this.

Answer 1

I have heard that cats can't stand the smell of citrus. Maybe placing some orange peels on the bed would help? I know there are products you can buy to spray on things so that cats won't go near them. Maybe trying asking someone at a pet store. Good luck! :)

Answer 2

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!

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Answer 3

We had the same problem too!
Our cat used to do it on every bed!
We found the main problem was that the litter box was in a busy area, and if she was gonna go and someone walked past she would think she was getting into trouble, and would pee somewhere else instead (like the beds)
The only way I found to stop it was to clean the bed, using special sprays from the pet shop to deter her, moving the box to a quieter place, and keeping it clean all the time.
But unfortunately there were still times she would return to the beds, you really have to stop her before she makes a habit of it

Answer 4

I had the same problem! We had like 5 cats @ the time and they were all related. Cats are territorial and they will pee/spray in one spot over and over again. From personal experiance, even though how much it will cost, your cat will keep on peeing on the bed unless you throw it out. And if you do it do it soon before he gets into the habbit and finds another place to pee. Or as a good alternative, if you dont want to buy a new bed, this stuff works MIRACLES it's called "Cardinal: Pheromone Stain & Odor Remover" Hope I've been of help

Answer 5

Put the cat in the litterbox a few times a day.
Get a urinalysis done to see if the cat has a urinary tract infection. A month after we got our cat I noticed she was peeing on the couch which was beside her litter box. She had crystals in her urine which is treatable. We just had to switch her diet to prescription food for a few months.

This will let you know if it is behavioral or medical. Also you will have to feed the cat a high quality food from a pet store so reoccurance of crystals or infection doesn't occur. Feed some canned food with added water and dry food, daily.

Answer 6

My 5 yr. old male cat started doing that last summer before we went on vacation. We had an enclosed litter box upstairs in our computer room, and he had always gone in it with no problem. My cat is really fat and sometimes gets lazy and doesn't want to go upstairs, so we bought another enclosed one for downstairs as well before we left for vacation. When we got back, he had peed NEXT to the cat box and my house reeked. I cleaned it with my steam cleaner and got most of it out, but he still kept going there. One of the reasons, he was doing it was because he's so fat that he started feeling claustrophobic and refused to get in the box. Well, simply taking the lid off the enclosed box got him to start using it again, but my carpet was still ruined. I had to buy a special enzyme dissolving solution to kill the enzymes in the carpet and to remove the odor. Cats can smell their scent on anything, and especially where they urinate. Since it's so concentrated, even just a small spot is all it will take for a cat to return to that spot. I looked up some information about this when I was searching for enzyme cleaners....it's called "sticky mucus". Regular over-the-counter cleaners just cover up what WE smell. Until the "sticky mucus" in the urine is broken down and removed from the carpet, that is all your cat smells and that's all it takes for them to keep going there over and over. I bought my enzyme remover from PetCo and it worked really well and haven't had a problem since. I even gated off the area after applying the product so that it had a chance to soak in. You might need to apply it more than once. Good luck!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Once your cat has sprayed on the bed.. Nothing you can do about it, scrubbing, washing, cleaning ,steam cleaning,odor removal of all kinds,even veterinarian pet prescription odor removals won't help a bit.. you just have to get rid of the bed. From experience :0

Answer 9

The answer about oranges is spot on worked for our cat. Cats do this territorial thing p up against doors etc...though why the spare bed...??? Also try pepper.

Answer 10

Product called Boundary. Just spray it on. But check it doesn't ruin the bedcover first. Maybe spray it all over the room to keep it out of the room