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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2007cats urinating on bed
i have a 2 cats a 3 year neutered male and 4 year old spayed female cat. there were a few times if i would go on vacation my cat may urinate on the bed which i assumed was her way of letting me know she wasn't happy with me. within the last few weeks it has been happening on at least 4 times a week.the problem may be the male which is actually my daughter's cat that lives downstairs but when my daughter works or goes out of tow nwhich is every weekend he comes upstairs. does anyone have this problem. >i have a 2 cats a 3 year neutered male and 4 year old spayed female cat. > there were a few times if i would go on vacation my cat may urinate on the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > lives downstairs but when my daughter works or goes out of tow nwhich is > every weekend he comes upstairs. does anyone have this problem. First take the cat to the vet to rule out a UTI; urinary tract infection. After that than you can start trying to find out if it is behavioral >i have a 2 cats a 3 year neutered male and 4 year old spayed female cat. > there were a few times if i would go on vacation my cat may urinate on the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > lives downstairs but when my daughter works or goes out of tow nwhich is > every weekend he comes upstairs. does anyone have this problem. Assuming the cat has no physical reason for soiling outside the box, it's not clear from what you wrote exactly what the issues are. In any case you can prevent it by not letting the cats into the bedroom when you're away, simply by closing the bedroom door. Adam >>i have a 2 cats a 3 year neutered male and 4 year old spayed female cat. >> there were a few times if i would go on vacation my cat may urinate on the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >not letting the cats into the bedroom when you're away, simply by closing the bedroom >door. I had the same situation, tried the same solution. Honest to God, the cat learned to turn the doorknob to get in and piss on the bed. I had to install an exterior lockset and lock the door from the outside. I never actually saw him do it, but one day I heard the door open and caught him running down the hall. >>Assuming the cat has no physical reason for soiling outside the >>box, it's not clear from what you wrote exactly what the issues [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I never actually saw him do it, but one day I heard the door > open and caught him running down the hall. I'd be very very scared. LOL I've seen anecdotes and videos of cats opening doors, but never seen one myself. They sure do try, though. I had that situation with a cat who's now RB, and closing the door solved the problem. It was a spare room so I threw out the mattress because part of the problem is the odor drives them to keep doing it. So for the OP, Janet, if health problems are ruled out, the smell really needs to be thoroughly removed. There are products on the market made for that, and just laundering of the bedding or blotting of the stains with detergent isn't going to do it. This group has had a lot of discussion about removing urine odor, so a quick google (http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&) of this group would turn up tons of hits.  SignatureCheryl on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:51:13 GMT, Cheryl <jlhshadow@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote: > I'd be very very scared. LOL I've seen anecdotes and videos of cats > opening doors, but never seen one myself. They sure do try, though. Rudy opens doors all the time. He hasn't figured out how to unlock them (yet), but I won't be surprised if he does. SignatureLynne photos of my pets: http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it > i have a 2 cats a 3 year neutered male and 4 year old spayed female cat. > there were a few times if i would go on vacation my cat may urinate on the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > lives downstairs but when my daughter works or goes out of tow nwhich is > every weekend he comes upstairs. does anyone have this problem. It sounds like one of your cats has a UTI sweetie. You mention that *she* has done this before now? then, he-? If you are sure that it is her, rather than him, then it is obviously not marking of territory by your male. This leaves two possibilities. 1: Urinary tract Infection, or, 2:behavioural. If it is your daughters cat ( the male), then it might well be behavioural. It might be his way of saying why are you leaving me at home. Either way, the sooner you get them to the vet, the sooner you will have the answer to your problem. Normally a cat would not choose to go to the loo on your bed, which makes me inclined to think that whichever cat has this problem, has got a UTI infection,. The reason for this is because the cat seems to relate going on your bed to be less painful than the experience of using their litter box. The advice to shut your bedroom door & any other doors where she is likely to mess, so that you have less problems to come home to. Try making them both a nice comfortable bed in the kitchen for them both, & see how that goes? It makes you less stressful & also less resentful towards your cat for the work she is making for you. One thing you didn't mention- is she messing on your bed too, or is she simply urinating? K. |
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