I have a 3 yr old cat whose annoying habits of peeing everywhere in the house. Does he have a kidney problem?

Answer 1

It's possible that he could have a kidney problem, or a urinary infection or urinary crystals. Urinary infection &/or urinary crystals are the most common cause for cats to start going outside of their boxes. Tell the vet what's going on, and ask for a urinalysis. If he's ill, he's in pain and can't help going out of the box occasionally - behavioral remedies will be useless until he's treated for the urinary health problems. Cats are good at hiding illness and pain (it's a survival tactic), so often the only clue you'll get that your cat may have urinary health problems is out-of-the-box urination.

If your cat checks out OK at the vet, it's possible that something about the litterbox itself, the litter, the box location, etc. is bothering him. See these links for suggestions:
http://www.catinfo.org/litterbox.htm
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/Housesoiling.html
Those links don’t mention it, but I highly recommend Cat Attract litter for helping with litter box problems. It can be found at most pet supply stores. Another thing to consider is the possibility that if your litter box has been in use for some time, the plastic may have absorbed odors – try replacing it with a new box to see if that helps.

Stress can cause inappropriate urination - cats can be stressed sometimes by things that we don't even notice, until we know what to look for. This article explains stress in cats & how to address it:
http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/stress.htm

A Feliway Comfort Zone diffuser can help a great deal with stress & litterbox issues: http://www.petcomfortzone.com/czcats.htm

This link has extensive "out-of-the-box" resources: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/9352/litterboxhelp.html

You’ll also need to make sure that all previously soiled spots are cleaned with an enzyme cleaner, so the cat won’t be lured there again. This link has excellent urine spot locating and cleanup info: http://www.thecatsite.com/Care/48/Combat-Cat-Urine.html
It's a 2-page article (the link to the second page at the bottom may be a little difficult to spot).

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Cats can have problems with Crystals in their urine as well as getting blocks in their urethras, and their also known for bladder infections. I recomend that you take your cat to the vet to make sure that your cat is healthy and dosen't have one of these conditions. If he does he is peeing around the house because he finds it painful to urinate and he thinks that it is the surroundings that are making it painful, in reality it isn't the place that he's peeing on making it painful its really a health problem. If he doesn't have any health problems he may be spraying so I recomend getting him fixed or he may feel that there aren't enough litter boxes. Try to have 2 boxes per cat and place them in spots where the cat will have privacy and wont be spooked. Hope I helped and good luck.

Answer 4

If he's spraying in the house, than no. He's marking territory.

If he's actually urinating, than yes, he could have a urinary tract infection - or a kidney problem. If he is also drinking a lot and peeing a lot, than he could have diabetes, but 3 is kind of young for that. In any case, I'd have him checked by a vet.

Answer 5

I have 2 male cats. When we went to our first visit at the vets they asked me if I wanted to get the cats fixed. I said not at the time, but maybe later. I was told that since they were both males if they weren't fixed before their hormones kicked in that they would start spraying the house to mark their territory. They said that once this starts that it will not help to have them fixed, because once they spray in your house, and the smell is there that they will not stop doing this. I am not sure of what you can do to stop the cat from doing this now.

Answer 6

when my dog was around 6, she peed everywhere in the house too. we brought her to the vet and it turned out she has a bladder problem. shes on meds twice a day now, and is 10 now and doing great! so maybe that is the problem, or maybe you need to relocate your litterbox. cats can be picky sometimes.

Answer 7

No: he's marking his territory and I'm sure it stinks like heck by now. He won't stop this irritating bad habit either. Your home is going to smell like heck soon, if it already doesn't. Being a landlord I won't allow cats in the building for this reason.
Take him down and get him fixed. This may help.

Answer 8

The only way you're going to know is by going to the vet. SInce it's more often the case and not a behavioural thing, I'd strongly advise you do just that.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

No you got a cat problem


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