Cat urinating in inappriate places

Re: Cat urinating in inappriate places

Royalsuper_fairy — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:00:59 GMT

I've got three cats and four litter trays, I've moved one of them as close to the area that she is urinating in after cleaning it with bicarb and lemon juice as at the moment things are going well and by now we would have had at least two puddles so have held back from the zlykene. The only thing has changed is the front door, for the better. Had a far better day today, here's hoping things are looking up! Thanks for all the advice, I will certainly take it all on board. Emma x

Re: Cat urinating in inappriate places

Steph Worsley — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:02:31 GMT

I agree she sounds super stressed but I am not a huge fan of jumping in with the drugs.

There must be a reason why she's doing this and that needs to be combatted.

how long has this been going on?
what sort of front door is it (ie can she see out of the bottom of it?)
have you changed litter?
has something changed in the house ie new addition etc?
is there a new cat in the neighbourhood

if the front door is glass maybe try and black the section she is able to see out. I agree with feliway as this is natural pheremones .

cleaning the area with biological washing powder will help eliminate the smell, but I personally use simple solution cat urine spray when any of mine have had an accident. with any of these the main thing is to remember to soak the area completely so if it's carpet with underlay you have to use loads so it goes all the way through otherwise the smell will keep resurfacing

How many cats have you got and how many trays have you got? n+1 trays (where n is the number of cats you have) is reommended although I have been know to have more I currently have 6 trays with 4 cats as one of mine is very particular and will only use a clean tray, I'm a firm believer in you can't have enough litter trays, Also are the litter trays you have in low traffic areas and hard to be ambushed from, mine hate covered trays as one of the kittens used to sit on top and hit them as they went in and out of it so I got rid of the top and they use it all the time now.

I agree if you can afford a behaviourist then I would get one in to see the situation at home as this is a lot easier to offer advice once the entire situation has been assessed

Re: Cat urinating in inappriate places

Fuzzyduck — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:26:26 GMT

She sounds like a super stressed out kitty cat, have u worked out what triggered it? New cat? New dog, new piece of furniture? Anything that has changed?

If you cant recitfy the trigger by making it go away, try putting a litter tray where she is urinating, use a biological washing powder and surgical spirit to clean the area thouroughly.

Then i would try a combo of zylkiene, kalm aid and feliway and see if that helps.

Also maybe get a behaviourist to come round if you can, cats can be tricky to solve and even if the drugs help it isnt getting to the route of the problem.

Good luck x