I have a problem with my 2 cats and I hope someone can help. We just moved
into a new house and everything we read said to start the cats out in one
room with their boxes, bed and food and slowly move them into another room
then another and eventually into the whole house. We started them Saturday
(June 5) in just the laundry room with their boxes, food and a couple
folded-up blankets so they didn't have to sleep on a cold floor. Sunday
night we moved them into the adjacent carpeted spare room. Then Wednesday
night we moved them into the downstairs family room so they basically had
the run of the entire downstairs. Everything was just fine until Friday when
I came home from work and one of them had peed in the spare room (the second
room we allowed them in). Then we removed their access to the family room so
they just had the laundry room and the spare room one of them peed in. So
this morning I get up and there are two additional spots in the spare room.
So we moved them back into just the laundry room.

Any ideas what could have caused them to suddenly turn? They had been
progressing nicely. Nothing as far as their food or boxes had changed since
we moved them in. My husband cleans their boxes every day.

Also - any advice on how to proceed next? I'm afraid if we let them back in
the spare room they will just pee in there again. And I don't want to get
rid of them or keep them in the laundry room for the rest of their lives.

Thanks,
Mathilda