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Peeing outside litter box
I have a 12 month old female (and two siblings) who I found at two
months old. This cat has herpes and gingivitis (or some tooth problem). Recently, she started peeing outside of her litter box (twice a day) and I can't figure out why. She has been to the vet and a UTI (or similar) has been ruled out. Sometimes she will go look/sniff around the litterbox, get in the litterbox, and then leave the area and goes play. It's almost like something isn't right to her. The litter boxes are always kept clean and she urinates out of the box even when fresh litter is in them. When she pees on the floor, I always clean it with a special enzyme cleaner such as Nature's Miracle. The vet doesn't want to do any blood tests right yet because she doesn't want to stress out this cat right now because of her URI. She wants to try a few other things first. So far we think the urinating may be due to one or more of the following: tooth/gum pain post-nasal drip sore throat nasal congestion possible constipation possible stomach acid Nothing in her living conditions has changed like a new food or new routine. Right now her and her two siblings are confined to a room as part of introducing them to the resident cat. They've been in the room for several weeks and have met the old cat and they all like him. However, the resident cat is afraid of them and will hiss if they get too close but has never attacked them. I do let them all out together for a few hours each day but I make sure to supervise them all. She does have problems (URI) and several symptoms due to that such as: tooth/gum pain, post-nasal drip, nasal congestion, watery eyes and underdevelopment. Some of her adult teeth haven't grown in and some of her kitten teeth are still there. The vet thinks that these adult teeth will never grow in and the remaining teeth will fall out or have to be pulled out. Her gums are red and inflamed and I believe they hurt her. She puts up a huge fight and meows when anyone tries to look in her mouth. Her lower jaws seems to be underdeveloped (or receding). All the cats have been tested for FeLV/FIV and are negative. No one did any testing for FIP as I guess that's fairly uncommon (?). Her two siblings are in fairly good health. Though, one sibling did die at around two months old from what appeared to be a bacterial infection and/or possibly pneumonia. Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem might be? |
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You didn't indicate whether your cat was long or short hair. I mention this
because I have a 10-year-old Persian who has been peeing outside the litter pan her whole life. She lives with two American shorthair (i.e. alley cats). Here are a few options that have worked for me. 1. I spent several years with the litter pans in the tub in the spare bathroom (for easy hose down). 2. The last couple of years I moved the litter boxes to the utility room and placed a bed pad just outside the box. She used it exclusively. I would buy the 23 x 36 pads and cut them in half. Each day when I cleaned the litter pans, I replaced the pad. 3. About six months ago my vet clued me in to the real solution. Long-haired cats often don't like the feel of the litter pan against their fur. Even though I had two very large pans, apparently her fur still "touched." My vet suggested I buy one of those under-the-bed plastic storage boxes, the largest possible. Obviously, don't waste money on the fancy one with a hinged top -- you only need the bottom. My Persian hasn't failed to use the new pan since the first day I filled it. In fact, all three have no problem sharing the one large pan. |
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EmonyDax wrote: You didn't indicate whether your cat was long or short hair. I mention this because I have a 10-year-old Persian who has been peeing outside the litter pan her whole life. She lives with two American shorthair (i.e. alley cats). Here are a few options that have worked for me. 1. I spent several years with the litter pans in the tub in the spare bathroom (for easy hose down). 2. The last couple of years I moved the litter boxes to the utility room and placed a bed pad just outside the box. She used it exclusively. I would buy the 23 x 36 pads and cut them in half. Each day when I cleaned the litter pans, I replaced the pad. 3. About six months ago my vet clued me in to the real solution. Long-haired cats often don't like the feel of the litter pan against their fur. Even though I had two very large pans, apparently her fur still "touched." My vet suggested I buy one of those under-the-bed plastic storage boxes, the largest possible. Obviously, don't waste money on the fancy one with a hinged top -- you only need the bottom. My Persian hasn't failed to use the new pan since the first day I filled it. In fact, all three have no problem sharing the one large pan. Thanks to all that replied. My cat is somewhere between long and short haired. Actually, I think it may be a matter of her still having her "kitten fur". The litter box I'm using isn't really a litter box at all. It's one of those plastic storage containers with short sides like a litter box but it's much bigger/wider. I had to get one when one of cat's stomach got very large from fluid (liver disease or cancer) and he had trouble with the small litter boxes. I liked the storage containers so much that I replaced two out of four litter boxes with them. But the situation has gotten a bit more strange. Today, the cat was out playing in the house (rather than being confined to the one room) and she came upon an unused, clean litter box. She looked as if she wanted to use it, sniffed around and left. She then went to her own litter box, just down the hall and she did the same thing and didn't use it. It's so odd. It seems like if she was trying to communicate a problem to me that she would've either used it or urinated on the floor but she did neither. Not only that, but early in the day I saw her urinate in her own litter box. It's very strange. She's very strange. Two thoughts just occured to me. 1) A day or two prior to her urinating out of her box, I added a litter mat at one side of the box. None of the cats liked it so I covered it with a small towel that I had been using there instead so they could used to the feel of the new mat without really having to feel it. And that's when the cat started peeing on the floor. I removed the mats and used the special enzyme cleaner but she's still goes on the floor. 2) Since she's an inside cat now, I've been trimming/cutting her claws every 6-8 days or so with special cat/kitten clippers. I haven't made her or her siblings bleed and I haven't hurt them, yet. But the silly cat hates it when I trim her claws. She meows as if I'm hurting her but I can't see how I am unless she's just extra sensitive. She was using the litter box just fine after trimming her claws but maybe it's bothering her now? |
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