A solution, of sorts, for stand-up pee'ers

Rocket has taken to occasionally peeing standing up lately. It was irritating, to say the least, to find a wet wall and floor when I checked the litterboxes. First, I tacked up some kraft paper to the way, with a little fold or "trough" on the bottom to catch te urine. That worked pretty well to protect the wall, but the urine still soaked through the paper at the bottom. Then I tried what you see in the picture: a second layer of paper tacked to the wall, but just wide enough to fit IN the litterbox, and angled so the urine hits the paper and runs down into the box. The end of the "pee slide" is anchored by burying it in the litter.

This has been working pretty good, so I thought I'd share it with whoever might benefit from it. The paper I use is heavy brown kraft paper, also sold as packing/shipping wrapper, but be sure it's heavy enough so the urine doesn't easily soak through.

I was discussing this exact problem with a friend of mine - she has a stand-up pee'r- and she solved the problem by getting a covered litter box. He obviously still pees against the walls of it occasionally, but it keeps it inside the box!

I use sterilite containers that are taller than Nabu. That keeps him peeing in the box. Nabu has been known to pee over the other 2 sides too. He's been doing this since we got him at 1 1/2 yrs old. He's going to be 11 yrs on May 1st.

I used covered boxes for years, but got tired of cleaning pee out from between the halves. And Nabu figured out how to aim the stream to get between the halves and drip onto the floor. Nothing grosser than discovering the entire litter pan is sitting in a pool of pee. So then I started using dog pee pads under the boxes, especially after moving to a fully carpeted place with no room for the box in the bathroom.

Things have been a lot better since switching to Sterilite tubs though. And cheaper. A new litter box only runs me $3.99 usually.

So far, Rocket has only peed on the back side. My theory is that because he's such a long cat, when he urinates while facing the front, there's no room for his tail when squatting. When he urinates facing toward the back (squatting), he hangs his tail over the lip and outside the box.

Ah, peeing between the halves! Yes - my friend said this was a problem she used to have. But, our local pet shop here in Cork stocks some really good ones where this is not a problem - the way the boxes are connected doesn't really leave any gap, but the lid is still really easy to remove for easy cleaning. The only reason we got the covered boxes is because one of our cats, Paddington, is a very zealous litter-pawer and we used to have tons of litter outside the box because of all his gardening.

Originally Posted by coaster

So far, Rocket has only peed on the back side. My theory is that because he's such a long cat, when he urinates while facing the front, there's no room for his tail when squatting. When he urinates facing toward the back (squatting), he hangs his tail over the lip and outside the box.

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I never thought of that. Both of my cats are pretty long and tall. Stimpy doesn't stand all the way up, but sometimes he'll hit the back of the box about halfway up.