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My cat is peeing on my couch. It is purely behaivoral, I am sure, because she only pees in her litter box and on the couch. If I move the couch, she still pees on it. I've had the cushions off for a while, stacked in the corner, and even though I am sure she can smell her scent on them, she won't return to them - but she continues to pee on the main part of the couch, and only on the seat portion, not the arms or the back.
I've had her checked by the vet and she is completely healthy. She only started doing this a few weeks ago. I hadn't been home much for a week or so, then was fully out of town for a week, and then still not home much after I got back in town, and that's when she started doing it - about a week after I got back in town. I always give her plenty of attention when I am here, but I'm just not home much right now., and she is a very affectionate cat who loves attention.
I got a Feliway plug-in which is plugged in by the couch. I got the Cat Attract litter additive. I've been using both of those for a couple of weeks now. I got the Dumb Cat spray and completely doused the couch and cushions in it in an attempt to get rid of her scent (she pee'd on the couch twice more after that). I even moved the couch and drenched the carpet underneath where it was sitting before in case it leaked through.
My vet gave me a brochure about a medicine to try for her and upon looking into it further I find out the medicine isn't even meant for cats - it was designed specifically for dogs!
Sometimes I get hopeful because she will go a day or two without doing it, but then she's right back at it again. As I'm typing this I look over and see her sniffing at one of the recent spots (and licking it??). About half the time when she pees on the couch it is when I am home, usually in the other room sleeping or getting ready for work or something.
I've had her since she was about 2 months old and she is 4 years old now. I've never had this problem with her. The only other time she has pee'd outside the litter box was when she had an infection.
This has been going on for a few weeks now, and I've about had it. I love my cat dearly. She has personality and is a sweetheart. I don't want to get rid of her, but my entire living room is in shambles! Furniture torn apart and moved around, the constant smell of cat urine. My steam cleaner is on constant stand-by because I'm cleaning the couch every few days. I just can't keep doing this. I don't want to rehome her, but if I can't figure out a way to make her stop peeing on my couch, then I will have to do that and try to find her a home where she can get more attention than I am able to give her. The thought of doing that bothers me, not only because of giving her up, but also because I know that it will be very traumatic for her because she doesn't like strangers, so moving to a new home would be a huge thing to her. I'm all she's ever really known, but I really just can't deal with this much longer.
If anyone has ANY suggestions, I am all ears. Please, anything at all is worth a try right now.
I've had her checked by the vet and she is completely healthy. She only started doing this a few weeks ago. I hadn't been home much for a week or so, then was fully out of town for a week, and then still not home much after I got back in town, and that's when she started doing it - about a week after I got back in town. I always give her plenty of attention when I am here, but I'm just not home much right now., and she is a very affectionate cat who loves attention.
I got a Feliway plug-in which is plugged in by the couch. I got the Cat Attract litter additive. I've been using both of those for a couple of weeks now. I got the Dumb Cat spray and completely doused the couch and cushions in it in an attempt to get rid of her scent (she pee'd on the couch twice more after that). I even moved the couch and drenched the carpet underneath where it was sitting before in case it leaked through.
My vet gave me a brochure about a medicine to try for her and upon looking into it further I find out the medicine isn't even meant for cats - it was designed specifically for dogs!
Sometimes I get hopeful because she will go a day or two without doing it, but then she's right back at it again. As I'm typing this I look over and see her sniffing at one of the recent spots (and licking it??). About half the time when she pees on the couch it is when I am home, usually in the other room sleeping or getting ready for work or something.
I've had her since she was about 2 months old and she is 4 years old now. I've never had this problem with her. The only other time she has pee'd outside the litter box was when she had an infection.
This has been going on for a few weeks now, and I've about had it. I love my cat dearly. She has personality and is a sweetheart. I don't want to get rid of her, but my entire living room is in shambles! Furniture torn apart and moved around, the constant smell of cat urine. My steam cleaner is on constant stand-by because I'm cleaning the couch every few days. I just can't keep doing this. I don't want to rehome her, but if I can't figure out a way to make her stop peeing on my couch, then I will have to do that and try to find her a home where she can get more attention than I am able to give her. The thought of doing that bothers me, not only because of giving her up, but also because I know that it will be very traumatic for her because she doesn't like strangers, so moving to a new home would be a huge thing to her. I'm all she's ever really known, but I really just can't deal with this much longer.
If anyone has ANY suggestions, I am all ears. Please, anything at all is worth a try right now.