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OP Update: It's been about a month and we've had no incidents! Fingers crossed this holds. What we did: -Replaced mattress protector and repeat washed bedding with Advanced Formula Natures Miracle. (I hate the product's smell so many extra washes to get rid of that.) -Installed a dim nightlight...

We have feliway advanced diffusers near both litter boxes. I've considered the sprinklers, but I'd rather try other things first since it just doesn't seem like she's reacting from territorial threat. But who knows!

Thanks for the encouragement to do it one step at a time. We'll get more vigilant about making a visit to the litter box pre-bed/early morning. On other posts on the forum, I've seen people suggest their cat might need a nightlight. I thought cats could see perfectly fine in the dark, but maybe...

Thank you for the warm welcome! And thank you everyone for the suggestions and encouragement. Keep them coming!

By not responding you mean ignore the fact that she's soaked our legs in urine?? 😲 I guess putting a puppy pee pad over the covers and ignoring her could be worth a try. I get that the idea of ignoring is not to reward the behavior, but we are not getting up and immediately feeding her or...

She does use the litter box regularly otherwise. She prefers to use it while we are in the room, but does use it if we're out of the house during the day. And yes, the vet did a urinalysis and it came back fine. Trying to get her to pee before bed and making a habit of guiding her to her box...

Our tortie is a little over 1 years old and she has urinating out of the litter box issues. At first she peed on the bed or soft things at seemingly random times. After she peed directly outside the box while we watched, we changed the type of litter, got a second box, and we thought we'd solved...