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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2006*SIGH*
For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. Someone has been peeing behind the sofa. I have my suspicions who it might be, because I caught Cleo middening in the kitchen so it looks like another vet check is in order for a UTI. :o( I feel like I have the most unhealthy cats on the planet at the moment! *Grumble* Helen M > For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of > cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Helen M I have forgotten (sorry) if Cleo is old. Is she? I've had a similar problem with KFC this winter. I only have a litter box in the house in case they have to be kept in overnight for a TED visit so that's just *very occasional.* Normally there isn't one as they are expected to perform in the out. Kitty has started to try and sneak behind the woodburner to pee, it's out of sight, but if I notice her doing it I say loudly "hey, Kitty, get out of there and get outside!!" So then she does and does her business out there. I don't tell her off about it, she is very old and probably if she sees rain out there - she hates getting her feet wet - behind the woodburner seems a good option. Providing I don't notice ;-) She does *not* have a UTI. She can go 12 hours without peeing, she just doesn't want to get wet or cold. I don't blame her. Tweed > Kitty has started to try and sneak behind the woodburner to pee Why not put a litterbox back there? >> Kitty has started to try and sneak behind the woodburner to pee > > Why not put a litterbox back there? No room, 6 inch space behind it, 4 inch space each side. > > For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of > > cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Tweed My cat door opens into the garage, and the cats go out the back garage door to get outside. When it's raining, or when rain is expected, I put a litter box in the garage. Quite often they go outside rather than use the box, even if it's raining. Then, if I don't pick up the box, sometimes one of them uses it when it's clear outside. Joy > My cat door opens into the garage, and the cats go out the back garage door > to get outside. When it's raining, or when rain is expected, I put a litter > box in the garage. Quite often they go outside rather than use the box, > even if it's raining. Then, if I don't pick up the box, sometimes one of > them uses it when it's clear outside. Even when my cats were indoor/outdoor, I always kept a litterbox for "emergencies". Mostly, they preferred the out, but I had one little girl who would come rushing in to use the litterbox, then go out again to continue her outdoor activities!  SignatureNewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth >> > For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of >> > cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > even if it's raining. Then, if I don't pick up the box, sometimes one of > them uses it when it's clear outside. I don't have a garage. It's outside or nothing. There is 1/4 acre of garden for them to find a spot! Kitty has got a bit lazy from spending all the winter by the fire, she is perfectly capable of going out for toilet duties, and will do so if I spot her trying to nip behind the woodburner and remind her that this is just *not on.* If she gets too frail, I will of course provide her with a litter box..but that is not necessary at the moment. It was sunny today and she was out in the garden by choice threatening bumble bees and butterflies. Tweed > Kitty has started to try and sneak behind the woodburner to pee... > She does *not* have a UTI. She can go 12 hours without peeing, she just > doesn't want to get wet or cold. I don't blame her. Is there some way you could set up a little shelter for her outside where she wouldn't get wet? I don't mean a full enclosure, just something with a roof, keeping the rain off of her? That wouldn't stop her from being cold, but at least it would take care of one problem. Hmm... I guess you'd have to put it right next to the house in order for it to be useful to her (otherwise she'd have to get wet going there), and maybe you don't want cat pee right next to your house, so... maybe that's not very workable. She needs a dry, heated outhouse! :) Joyce > > Kitty has started to try and sneak behind the woodburner to pee... > > She does *not* have a UTI. She can go 12 hours without peeing, she just [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > She needs a dry, heated outhouse! :) ROFL! No she doesn't. Remember, this is a cat that lived outside for at least 7 years. She has merely got a bit spoiled by being inside snoozing all winter, she is perfectly capable of going outside to toilet, she has 1/4 acre to find a spot that suits and if she sees that I notice her trying to get behind the woodburner she absolutely flies outside.. She's just got lazy, why stir far from that warm fire in the kitchen to pee? Why go outside when you can go into the next room and nip behind the woodburner? She'll probably go out more as the weather improves, I hope so. I don't want to get into a confrontation with her about her toilet habits. It's best not to get into a confrontation with KFC about anything, really. She will do exactly what she wants to whenever she wants to do it. I don't know why I think I can alter anything. Just hoping I might be in control I suppose. Tweed > I don't want to get into a confrontation with her about her toilet > habits. It's best not to get into a confrontation with KFC about > anything, really. She will do exactly what she wants to whenever > she wants to do it. That's my girl! I do whatever I want whenever I want, too... when mom's not looking, that is. :) Licky > I don't tell her off about it, she is very old and probably if she sees rain > out there - she hates getting her feet wet - behind the woodburner seems a > good option. Providing I don't notice ;-) Years ago it was raining a flood and my old tomcat Whitey Ford needed to go out. He sat at the edge of the porch watching the rain until he simply had to go, at which time he howled his defiance up at the sky and, squaring his shoulders like John Wayne, walked into the wet to do what a cat had to do. Whitey was a funny old cat. He was in love with anyone who sat in a particular chair. It didn't matter who. If you sat in that chair he took it as an invitation to leap onto the sitter's lap, where he would purr, knead and drool. SignatureThe night is just the shadow of the Earth. > Years ago it was raining a flood and my old tomcat Whitey Ford needed > to go out. He sat at the edge of the porch watching the rain until he [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > took it as an invitation to leap onto the sitter's lap, where he would > purr, knead and drool. Is drooling common among old cats? I noticed as Rusty started drooling in my lap. I talked to the vet tech about it, and she said he could have teeth problems. But TED examined him and didn't find anything wrong. Rusty is going to be 12 in June, God willing. Winnie > Is drooling common among old cats? I noticed as Rusty started drooling > in my lap. I talked to the vet tech about it, and she said he could have > teeth > problems. But TED examined him and didn't find anything wrong. Rusty is > going > to be 12 in June, God willing. Whitey drooled as a kitten and just kept it up all his life. This was around 25 years ago. SignatureThe night is just the shadow of the Earth. >> I don't tell her off about it, she is very old and probably if she sees rain >> out there - she hates getting her feet wet - behind the woodburner seems a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >took it as an invitation to leap onto the sitter's lap, where he would >purr, knead and drool. My parents had a cat for 15 years who was trained to go outside, rather than to use a litterbox. If it was raining outside, she would usually lead a human to several doors in turn, apparently in hopes of finding better weather through one of them. She would eventually go out into the wet when her bladder pressure got high enough, but would then complain loudly for several minutes once she came back inside. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria My "pee queen" goes in odd places too, when she has UTI and sometimes not... The best thing I've found is to immediately spray with vinegar (I keep a spray bottle for that purrrpose), leave it for about a minute to neutralize the odor, wipe it up with a paper towel, then apply more vinegar and let it dry. Works better for me than any of the expensive things. Also, sprinkling ground black pepper in the pee spot helps the kitties learn not to go there (the person who told me this said, "Kitties are scratch and sniff." It works most of the time but you need to remember to sprinkle it around once every three days or so. Cantate Doesn't it all seem to happen at once? I don't know why. I've always wondered if the stars really do line up wrong or if Mercury is in retrograde... Hope everyone feels better soon, including you. Rhonda > For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of > cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Helen M >For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of >cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Helen M {{{{Helen}}}}} It always happens all at once, doesn't it? Purrs that Cleo will be okay very soon, and everyone be healthy! Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > For the last few weeks, I've been trying to identify where the smell of > cat pee is coming from in my living room. Eventually I found out today. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Helen M Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for the problem to be easy to solve, Polonca and Soncek |
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