thanks to everyone for their input. i do have a vet appointment tomorrow, and
after talking to a few people about this, some even suggested that there
might also be some neurological or mental thing going on with her. I mean it
is a lot easier for us to know if we're depressed, or anxious. it was also
brought to my attention that she may have kidney problems. it's hard when
there's so many possibilities and no way to know for sure! I'm just glad that
i have a vet appointment tomorrow, so i can get some questions asked, and
hopefully some answers. Thanks again everyone.

cybercat wrote:
A lot of people have suggested having the cat checked for a UTI
(urinary tract infection) and I don't disagree. However, if the cat
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still banned from the bedroom. Other than that, we all live in
harmony.

Quite true, as our Boo uses her bladder to, err, "express" herself as well,
and has never had a UTI. She has to stay on the first floor, and still goes
on the rug down there at times.

The first time she peed inappropriately is when we were washing bedclothes
and kept shooing her off the naked mattress. (She has black fur and sheds
like mad.) She waited until we had the whole bed made up, fresh duvet
cover, sheets, everything, and until my husband got INTO bed then
peed on top of the duvet that was on top of him.

First thing in the morning I hauled her in to the vet, howling all the way.
No UTI. She was clearly just "p*ssed off" and expressing her displeasure.

After that it was a certain corner in the living room whenever we displeased
her, and, once, ON a plastic grocery bag full of canned cat food that lay
on the kitchen floor waiting to be unpacked one evening when she decided
we had not fed her soon enough. Again, we took her to the vet, and every
time, no UTI. And, just like with Charlie, the only way to keep her from
doing it again is to keep her out of the places where she peed.


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