Oh no, not another cat peeing in the house thread!

[Hilts]

I have 2 cats, brother and sister, 2 years old. I've had them since they were 8 weeks or so.

They have and always have had 1 large litter box between them, I use wood pellets, empty the crap as soon as I see it and change the litter completely maybe every 3 days. Up until a few weeks ago everything was great. No problems, they happily use the same box.

Now one of them, I suspect Tommy - he looks guilty! has peed a few times on the sofa, luckily leather or it would've been thrown out and once on my bed.

I live on a fairly busy road so don't let them out often but I do occasionally let them out into the back garden as my house is surrounded by at least 6 foot high fences, yes I know absolutely no problem for a cat but I've watched them and they seem reluctant to go over, at least to the the traffic side. If I close the patio they'll want back in.

No change in their home environment, no obvious signs of anything wrong.

Vet time?

[andyjo1982]

You need to watch My cat from hell on TV. Its on Animal planet, the cat behaviourist covers this near enough every episode.

[bexVN]

Yes to rule out medical reason. If all clear then could be stress

Eg new cat in the area, home renovations, that sort of thing.

Time for extra litter tray, ensure wet food being offered not just dry. Maybe a Feliway, or pet remedy, maybe some Zylkene and/or Kalmaid.

[bexVN]

http://icatcare.org/advice/problem-behaviour/soili...

A must read!

[Hilts]

bexVN said:

Yes to rule out medical reason. If all clear then could be stress

Eg new cat in the area, home renovations, that sort of thing.

Time for extra litter tray, ensure wet food being offered not just dry. Maybe a Feliway, or pet remedy, maybe some Zylkene and/or Kalmaid.

Thanks Bex, I'll make an appointment tomorrow. They need vaccinated anyway.

I have another big litter box already so that's going out once I get it from the loft. They always have dried food, I had boxes of wet food left over from when my old cat died and they wouldn't look at it. They still won't touch it, I've been gifted some over the couple of years and it will just sit there.

I've had a good read of that site you linked and I think I've learned quite a bit. Well I'm even more sure it's Tommy now, he seems to have the mens rea.

IANAL but I picked this up from See no evil, hear no evil and I think I can use it here??

Anyway nothing's changed in the house, no reason in the house for stress. All I can think of is that about a month ago I let them out for a little longer and saw Tommy jump up onto my fence and then into the neighbour's garden at the rear a couple of times. They have a cat, he wasn't there at the time as far as I could make out. What do you think?

Now after reading that link I can't make up my mind if he's urinating or spraying, the amount of spraying suggested on that site is 2ml. I think he's done more than that but a lot less than a bladder empty (I think). I've yet to see him do anything.

Hey thanks for the help, good job as usual.

[Hilts]

andyjo1982 said:

You need to watch My cat from hell on TV. Its on Animal planet, the cat behaviourist covers this near enough every episode.

Aye, the guy with the ear-rings, he's good. I'll see if I can get a relevant episode, I know he always suggests buying one of those piss detector things but after that I forget.