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Urination in Bed
My little dear has had a history of urinating on the floor. These
incidents have corresponded to infections and have ended after anitbiotic treatments. Recently, she has taken to wetting my bed. She was found to have another infection and is on antibiotics but she is doing it every other day now. The urination itself is silent but I find out when she starts scratching the bedding to "cover it up" with "litter (sheets). She is now up to doing it every other day. Any ideas how to get her to stop this disgusting behavior? |
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Urination in Bed
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:54:51 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: My little dear has had a history of urinating on the floor. These incidents have corresponded to infections and have ended after anitbiotic treatments. Recently, she has taken to wetting my bed. She was found to have another infection and is on antibiotics but she is doing it every other day now. The urination itself is silent but I find out when she starts scratching the bedding to "cover it up" with "litter (sheets). She is now up to doing it every other day. Any ideas how to get her to stop this disgusting behavior? Yep, my Tom did the same years ago and the solution was putting a foodbowl on the bed. Strange but it worked. Hopes it helps for you to. All the best best from Belgium - Europe. it's Hadrian |
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My first question is, what kind of food are you feeding her? Since she
has a history of urinary problems, wet food is HIGHLY advised. It will increase her water intake and dilute her urine. Most likely she is urinating elsewhere because she associates pain with the the current litter box. I recently went through this with one of our cats. What I did was buy NEW boxes and a NEW type of litter and place them in NEW locations. You can also use the "Cat Attract" litter. This worked great for me, and within a couple of weeks, when she was feeling better, she was using the old boxes again. |
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wrote in message ... My little dear has had a history of urinating on the floor. These incidents have corresponded to infections and have ended after anitbiotic treatments. Recently, she has taken to wetting my bed. She was found to have another infection and is on antibiotics but she is doing it every other day now. The urination itself is silent but I find out when she starts scratching the bedding to "cover it up" with "litter (sheets). She is now up to doing it every other day. Any ideas how to get her to stop this disgusting behavior? Close the bedroom door and confine her to a utility room or other small room with her box, some toys, and some bedding, food and water. Cats are creatures of habit, once she is in there for a day or two she should be fine. If not, confine her again. (Make sure you visit her a lot and praise and pet her.) She began peeing on the bed due to the infection, got in the habit, and there you are. It's great that you took her to the doctor before posting to Usenet. You just passed the Way Above Average rph+b IQ test. |
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"it's Hadrian" wrote : Yep, my Tom did the same years ago and the solution was putting a foodbowl on the bed. Strange but it worked. Well this is brilliant! Did he pee on anything else? |
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Answers to questions. 1. She is eatting the $50/bag prescription diet dry food that is supposed to be formulated for kidney function. 2. I will try the food dish in the bed thing thing. Unfortunately, I have 2 cats where she is nibbler and he is a gobbler. So I cannot leave food out for her on teh bed 3. My place is not large enough that there is no place I can hear her scream. She does not give up. When I lock her up she, continues all night without stop. (The other gives up after a while.) 4. We're supposed to go back to the vet in a couple of weeks after the antibiotic cycle is over. However, she is not doing all of her weeing in the bed. Just some of it. So there is some behavioral component to the problem. 5. I'll try some litterbox modifications. |
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wrote in message ... Answers to questions. [snips] Good luck, this is a really tough one. Let us know what happens. |
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Hi there,
We have a cat with urinary infections and general cystitis. He gives us symptoms when his bladder is bothering him, and he has peed on the bed. I've covered the bed with a sheet of plastic, like a shower curtain liner. That kept him honest until he was feeling better. I wouldn't do anything too unusual to him, any stress will flare up bladder problems big time. Good luck, Rhonda wrote: My little dear has had a history of urinating on the floor. These incidents have corresponded to infections and have ended after anitbiotic treatments. Recently, she has taken to wetting my bed. She was found to have another infection and is on antibiotics but she is doing it every other day now. The urination itself is silent but I find out when she starts scratching the bedding to "cover it up" with "litter (sheets). She is now up to doing it every other day. Any ideas how to get her to stop this disgusting behavior? |
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1. She is eatting the $50/bag prescription diet dry food that is supposed to be formulated for kidney function. Since she has kidney issues, it's important that she gets more moisture. Here's a must-read article on feline nutrition: http://www.catinfo.org/ |
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wrote in message ... My little dear has had a history of urinating on the floor. These incidents have corresponded to infections and have ended after anitbiotic treatments. Recently, she has taken to wetting my bed. She was found to have another infection and is on antibiotics but she is doing it every other day now. The urination itself is silent but I find out when she starts scratching the bedding to "cover it up" with "litter (sheets). She is now up to doing it every other day. Any ideas how to get her to stop this disgusting behavior? Close the bedroom door so she cannot get in. Seems simple to me ;-) Tweed |
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