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Jazzman - 07 Jan 2004 10:55 GMT

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Agua Girl - 07 Jan 2004 13:58 GMT

> We adopted a year old female cat about six months ago and had her
> spayed. About a month or two ago, she peed on our bed twice in as
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> thoughts on this? And any suggestions on how to deal with this peeing
> on the bed problem? Thanks.

My dad has a similar problem. His cat will pee on the bed for two
reasons...
not enough attention or a dirty litter box. They have a cat door and he has
the option of going outside so you know he is just using this as a means
of sending a message. Here are some suggestions which may or may
not work.

1. Be religious about shutting the door...this has the best chance
of solving the problem <g>.

2. Have your wife do the feeding and be sure the cat sees that she
is doing the feeding.

3. On the same note, have your wife give the cat extra attention
doing something the cat really loves. Playing, brushing..whatever
the cats favorite pastime is.

4. Make sure there isn't any other underlying problems. Is the
box clean or dirty (some cats are fanatics about a "used" liter
box) when this happens. Can you add another box?

5. Has the cat seen a vet lately? Some cats will avoid the box
if they have a urinary tract infection or some other health issue.
Maybe the cat is trying to tell you it's sick?

AG

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Ted Davis - 07 Jan 2004 14:00 GMT

>We adopted a year old female cat about six months ago and had her
>spayed. About a month or two ago, she peed on our bed twice in as
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>thoughts on this? And any suggestions on how to deal with this peeing
>on the bed problem? Thanks.

I have thirteen cats, and one of them pees on the bed whenever she
doesn't like something: litter pans too dirty, food too stale, etc.
Since about half the cats use the bed for something, and any of them
can have an accident, I have to deal with a soiled bed several times a
month. I have taken the approach that I'll just clean it up - this
ultimately required a considerable rethinking and reconstruction of
the bedding arraingement.

I settled on two air mattresses (they all leak, and sometime blow out
- a spare is needed so I can get back in business within minutes
instead of hours), washable mattress pad, sheets, and comforter - the
comforter was the hard part: it has to be light enough to wash in my
home washer, and those can be hard to find. Of course I have at least
two sets of sheets, and at least two comforters and mattress pads.

The vinyl surface of the mattress is easily cleaned and dried, so an
incident discovered at bed time means a delay of only the few minutes
it takes to put the cloth stuff in a laundry basket, wipe the mattress
with a damp sponge, dry it with the hair dryer, and remake the bed
with fresh linens. Of course it also means three loads of laundry the
next day.

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Jazzman - 08 Jan 2004 11:51 GMT

You are obviously a very, very dedicated cat lover with a remarkable
threshold of tolerance. Thanks for your reply.

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Ted Davis - 08 Jan 2004 14:53 GMT

>You are obviously a very, very dedicated cat lover with a remarkable
>threshold of tolerance. Thanks for your reply.

Remarkable laziness is more like it.

There are a lot of people who pretty much give their homes over to
cats - we don't even try to have nice furniture because we know it's
doomed to be shredded; we provide the cats with private 24-7 entrances
so they can come and go without bothering us to open a door every few
minutes ... we keep forty pounds of cat food in stock at all times to
avoid even the possibility of running out. And we keep dogs to
prevent the local wildlife vermin (possums and coons) away from the
cat food. Taking steps to make cleaning up the inevitable messes
easier just goes with that.

In my case, when I moved to my current country home, I discovered that
my waterbed was shot, and that the floor wasn't strong enought for one
anyway so I looked around for a replacement. I first got a camper's
air mattress and slept on the floor, but it wasn't thick enough to
hold my weight without botoming out, but I did discover that this
seemed to be the way to go. Next I got one of those mattresses sold
for temporary use and found it to be quite satisfactory, except that
the useful life was only about 90 days before they developed leaks
that I couldn't find, and multiple leaks at the same time. But an air
mattress on my waterbed base was definitely superior to anything else
I had tried. It was about this time that I discovered the advantage
of having a washable mattress.

When I got disgusted with the frequent failures of the seventh one of
those I had bought, I tried a more expensive brand than what Walmart
sold - a Beautyrest: *much better" - fewer leaks and blowouts, and
they were easier to find. After deciding that this was 'The Answer',
I went back to the Simmons store to get a spare - they no longer
carried them and weren't interested in special ordering one for me.
Then I got lucky: after going to every bedding store in the area
looking for something usable, I decided I was going to have to go back
to the old style I got from Walmart ... Walmart no longer carried
those - they now carry the Beautyrest model I was looking for all
along.

BTW, the cats seem to like it as well as I do, but not liking each
other all that well, only five or so can use it at a time:
<http://www.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/jan_04/five_on_bed.jpg>
(clockwise from lower left - Tigger, Spooky, Maryweather, Dandy; Avery
in center).

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Not so quick - 09 Jan 2004 20:15 GMT

> >We adopted a year old female cat about six months ago and had her
> >spayed. About a month or two ago, she peed on our bed twice in as
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One of our cats used to pee on the bed 4 or 5 times a day, no
just kidding, 4 or 5 times a month. We bought some water proof
material land made a bedspread.

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Ted Davis - 09 Jan 2004 21:45 GMT

>One of our cats used to pee on the bed 4 or 5 times a day, no
>just kidding, 4 or 5 times a month. We bought some water proof
>material land made a bedspread.

In times past I have covered the bed with sheet plastic, but I have to
take it off at night because it traps heat and water vapor. I still
do it when one of the cats that doesn't sleep with me is sick and
using the bed during the day.

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Wendy - 09 Jan 2004 01:13 GMT

We adopted a year old female cat about six months ago and had her
spayed. About a month or two ago, she peed on our bed twice in as
many days. We wound up throwing out the comforter and mattress pad
and buying a new set. We also began closing the bedroom door unless
one of us was in the bedroom. Last night, my wife left the door open,
went into the bathroom and I came in a moment later to discover the
cat on the floor but with fresh pee on the bed. Each time, by the
way, the cat has peed on her side of the bed. I'm beginning to wonder
whether this cat is jealous and wishing to demonstrate her dominance
for my attentions to my wife. (Believe me, I prefer my wife!) Any
thoughts on this? And any suggestions on how to deal with this peeing
on the bed problem? Thanks.

I wonder if maybe some of the odor is still in the matress. Cats can smell
things we can't. You may want to try an enzyme cleaner followed by some
white vinegar on the matress to assure the smell is gone. They tend to want
to return to the scene of the "crime"

Like others have already said it might be a good idea to take kitty for a
checkup at the vet just to make sure she isn't trying to tell you something.
In the mean time keep her out of the room.

We had a beagle years ago who used to pee, poop and chew up my side of the
bed. I think she was angry at me because I went to work and left her alone.
She was as good as could be when I was home but when I went to work at night
all hell broke loose. She would drag newspaper up on the bed and then go on
the paper. She chewed up the phone, the toothbrushes, toothpaste, the leg of
the bed, a tube of Ben Gay (that must have tasted good - not!), the
tupperware canisters, my pillow and the dh's leg if he got too "friendly"
with me. We've had cats since then.

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suzie - 10 Jan 2004 23:47 GMT

there are a few solutions to ur problem,but the one that has more effect is
this spray they sell at any pet shop,and it doesn`t cost much either.this
spray has a smell that the cats don`t like,but we can`t smell it
either,we`ve used it alot before and it works.just spray the spray on the
effected areas and the cat won`t pee there again.

we had some simallar problems with a 6 month old male cat,he used to pee
everywhere guess he thought that the world was a litterbox.well at the time
we lived on a boat and every time my cat peed on somthing my dad would thow
him overboard.well i think the cat thought it was a game so everytime my dad
thew him over the side then my cat would do it again.it went on like this 4
a while until my cat went too far he wanted to get big time revenge this
time so he went and peed on my dad`s 1500 dollar video camera.so we bought
the spray and sprayed the whole boat.and he stopped peeing on everything.

but u see when cat`s do things it`s too get ur attention so u should listen
to ur cat and give her more attention.

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