Cat problems - help!
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We have a 5 year old cat and 2 dogs. The cat has never been overly fond of the dogs and has avoided them. This was OK as the dogs are confined to downstairs and the cat has the run of upstairs a couple of rooms downstairs and access to outdoors via a cat flap.
We moved house in April and she's had real problems settling in. She's now very nervous of the dogs and won't come near the baby gates separating their part of the house and her part. Initially she was venturing outside, but that has stopped.
The main issue for us with this at the moment is that she has been peeing in our bedroom and on the floor of the bathroom where her litter tray is.
We've had to move the litter tray on to the landing and keep the bedroom & bathroom door shut if we're not in there. She has access to my eldest daughter's room and has never peed in there.
So far I have tried felliway and Pet remedy plug ins have given her an additional litter tray plus extra toys for her to play with, but she is still finding the odd corner to pee in.
I don't know whether she has been bullied by other cats and this is why she has stopped going out, if so I don't think there is anything we can do about that.
Asides from this she is her usual affectionate self is eating well.
Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?
TIA and sorry for long post.
We moved house in April and she's had real problems settling in. She's now very nervous of the dogs and won't come near the baby gates separating their part of the house and her part. Initially she was venturing outside, but that has stopped.
The main issue for us with this at the moment is that she has been peeing in our bedroom and on the floor of the bathroom where her litter tray is.
We've had to move the litter tray on to the landing and keep the bedroom & bathroom door shut if we're not in there. She has access to my eldest daughter's room and has never peed in there.
So far I have tried felliway and Pet remedy plug ins have given her an additional litter tray plus extra toys for her to play with, but she is still finding the odd corner to pee in.
I don't know whether she has been bullied by other cats and this is why she has stopped going out, if so I don't think there is anything we can do about that.
Asides from this she is her usual affectionate self is eating well.
Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?
TIA and sorry for long post.
Hi. Sorry saw this late last night but was too tired to give a decent reply!
I agree stress but as I always have to do I should advise a vet check first to rule out a medical reason (always a possibility) if all clear then we are back to stress
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Cats have coping mechanisms for stress which we often miss until these mechanisms no longer are working and signs become obvious such as inappropriate urination. This makes sorting it harder unfortunately.
Continue with what you have been doing, try zylkene but also Kalmaid at triple dose (both natural products that should be available online)
Any chance other cats getting in the house, if so stop the access point (even if the means locking her in!)
Use an enzymatic cleaner for where she wees.
I agree stress but as I always have to do I should advise a vet check first to rule out a medical reason (always a possibility) if all clear then we are back to stress
. Cats have coping mechanisms for stress which we often miss until these mechanisms no longer are working and signs become obvious such as inappropriate urination. This makes sorting it harder unfortunately.
Continue with what you have been doing, try zylkene but also Kalmaid at triple dose (both natural products that should be available online)
Any chance other cats getting in the house, if so stop the access point (even if the means locking her in!)
Use an enzymatic cleaner for where she wees.
Below should be a link to some excellent advice pages, definitely worth a read.
http://icatcare.org/advice/cat-behaviour
http://icatcare.org/advice/cat-behaviour
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