What should I do to my cat?

Question

My cat pees all over my things I dont know why. He is fixed. So I dont know why he would do that.

Answer 1

Take him to a vet. He could have something wrong with his kidneys or bladder. Or he could have a psychological problem.

Has he recently had any upset or change in his life?

Answer 2

Cats don’t just break training with the litter box without a reason. Check through these and make sure that you can say you’ve investigated each one as to a possible cause:

1. litter box is too dirty (full), the cat won’t use it
2. litter box bottom has so much urine embedded in the plastic that it stinks too much for the cat
3. litter box is covered and the cat has been ambushed by another animal in the house
4. litter box is ok but the cat stands too close to the edge and poops/pees outside by accident while in it
5. litter box is in too high a traffic area now, no peace and quiet for the cat to use it in private without interruption
6. other cat/dog bothers the cat while they try to use the box
7. the litter is too smelly – too much perfume in it – makes the cat gag so he won’t use it even though the perfume is to help cover odors for us
8. you changed brands of litter and the cat doesn’t like the new one
9. the cat finds a smelly place in other rooms and figures it’s ok to do his business there—like the laundry basket, piled dirty clothes on the floor, very smelly shoes, etc. He figures if it stinks that bad there, it’s ok to poop there too.
10. bedding in the bedroom hasn’t been washed in a while—cats will use the two smelliest parts of the bed (pillow and quilt cover where it touches your face) for the same reason as #9.
11. cat uses the lower part of the bed because it might smell like poop—from when he or another animal wasn’t completely clean on their bottom and they sat on that part of the bed leaving a poop smell there. One poop smell means that it’s ok to poop there now.
12. something ‘hurt’ when they tried to poop or pee last, and they thought the box made it hurt (constipation, urinary infection, etc.)
13. something dangled off their butt end when they tried to poop so they ran out of the box and the danglie fell off onto the floor (not the same as pooping outside the box, but you know…

Answer 3

He needs to see a vet. He could have a urinary tract infection or some other health problem. Also, it could be some change in his environment. Have you brought any new pets or people into the home? Be sure to keep his litter box clean and fresh. Good luck!