Cat urinating on bed with me in it!!

I don't have a lot to offer because neither of my cats ever went outside the box. However, have you mentioned the inappropriate peeing to the vet? Perhaps he needs to check for a physical problem. If there isn't any, you might think about a behaviorist. One of our animal hospitals has a vet who specializes in behavior and consults, and my vet refers to a local animal behaviorist. If you check, there may be someone close to you.

The other suggestion I have is that perhaps he doesn't like the type of litter you're using. I mention that because you said that he is always there to try out the new littter. Perhaps he's hoping for something more to his liking?

Good luck with this. I'd hate to think he was peeing on you because you'd delayed his breakfast. That doesn't sound like cat behavior. My guy would just cuddle next to my head and swat me with his paw until I got up and fed him.

Hello and welcome! I think your kitty needs to see the vet and be checked for urinary tract problems. He could be forming crystals and/or have an infection causing all this trouble.

The blood work you mentioned will not diagnose urinary tract problems. The vet has to take a sample of urine from the bladder to properly test for crystals and bacteria.

Once he is getting treatment, or illness has been ruled out, you will have to get rid of all the urine spots. You need special cleaners for that, because even if you can't smell it he still can.

Add another litter box, also. You might want to try feliway plug in diffusers to help reduce stress. But first he needs to see the vet.

Let us know how he's doing, what are your boys' names?.

Yes, you should take him back to the vet. Though this behavior has been going on for a long time and from a young age, health problems really need to be ruled out. Diet can affect the pH of the urine, making it painful to pee for various reasons. (On the same diet, it may affect some cats and not others, which would explain why his brother is fine). But as otto pointed out, a blood test will not reveal the problem, only a urine sample will. They should be able to express his bladder or use a needle to get a sample.

You need to specifically mention there's a peeing-outside the box problem. He may have some kind of neurological problem. One of our cats pees outside the box when she's in pain (she has dental problems).

Your cat does NOT hate you. Cats don't know that we hate it when they pee outside the box. They can sense the stress it creates - which, if the problem is behavioral, not health related) - makes a circular problem, because they sense your increased frustration, which stresses them further.

But your cat is trying to let you know there's a problem. You just have to work to figure out what it is - and, failing that, how to make him happy and stress free enough to want to use the litter box.

To clean up the places he's peed... have you used specifically an enzyme cleaner? These are the ONLY products that will help to remove the scent of the pee to his sensitive nose, and if he smells urine, it only encourages him to continue to pee outside the box. We use Nok Out (http://www.nokout.com) and as we had a kitty with a behavioral problem, we went through a LOT of them before we discovered this one.

You must pre-soak any clothing, bedding, whatever with the Nok Out before washing it, and you should add Nok Out to the wash like you would bleach.

For a mattress or carpet or cushions or whatever, you must completely soak the affected area. It's hard with mattresses and sofa cushions, but it really has to be done right to work. (That's why we always order several gallons of Nok Out at a time). Cat pee wicks, so you have to use a lot of the cleaner. You just soak the area... let it sit for 15 minutes, then blot up what you can. For the mattress, we just laid folded towels down over the area, and made the bed - and changed the towels every day before we went to bed.

You should also consider buying a black light. Pee turns up in the black light as an orange splotch, so at night you can go through your home and find all the places you need to treat.

If it's behavioral, you have to do two things (apart from clean up the smell). You have to deny access to where he's been peeing. If it's clothes lying around, pick them up. If it's folded clothes, put them away and don't let him have access to the closets. If it's clean laundry in a basket, don't leave it out anymore.

For the couch, we put strips of aluminum foil over it. If it was because the cushions were soaked with Nok Out, we'd just set throw blankets on it if we wanted to sit on it, and we'd put them away and leave the aluminum foil down when we were done using it.

For carpet, we laid aluminum foil down over the place that had been treated with Nok Out to remind us not to step there until the area dried (it is very important to let it air dry).

For the bed, you can buy a plastic tarp and just throw it over the bed after you're out of it, and fold it up and put it away when you're in it.

I realize he peed on the bed with you in it - but that is just kitty screaming that there is some kind of problem.

You can add more litter boxes. With two cats, you should have three.

You can buy Feliway - either a diffuser (like a plug in air freshener) or the spray. Feliway is a synthetic hormone that mimics the "friendly" markers in cats' cheeks. When cats pee, poop, and scratch, they leave a scent behind that is territory oriented. When they rub their cheeks on something, it is a "happy" thing. Cats are very much about scent, and using feliway can help reduce stress. Just make sure you don't spray it near litter boxes or scratching posts.

There is also a litter that is having huge success. It is called Cat Attract: Cat Attract certainly does attract the cats!

Is he interested in play? Play can help relieve stress, so if he likes playing, then giving him extra play time often helps.

The most important thing to remember is that your cat is not doing this because he hates you. Something's wrong, that's what he's telling you.

Cats, like little kids, learn better by positive reinforcement. So whenever you do see him using the litter, praise him to high heaven! Maybe give him treats. ...and if you catch him in the act of peeing outside the box, don't say anything, just pick him up and put him in a box and THEN tell him what a good boy he is (if he doesn't just run out and run away). Please don't scold him for peeing outside the box - he doesn't understand why you're upset and it doesn't help him learn just what it is you want.

...but please do get him to the vet first.

Amazing advice!!!

I didn't read everyone elses reply but I had one of my cats do this to me once (thanks to advice here, I got her to the vet asap) and she had a uti/crystals and needed surgery to remove them.

I am not sure if NokOut is available only online or not, but IMO there are only 2 products that REALLY work in the Market - Nok out and Anti Icky Poo.
Make sure of a couple of things when you use the cleaners - this is an enzyme cleaner - it takes a while for the enzymes to eat the bacteria in the urine, up to two weeks, so you need to be vigilant, and cover the area for the kitty to not go back and pee on the same area while the cleaner is working. That is while it will be air drying - LDG gave you great tips on how to do it... This will be frustrating, but be persistent!
You need to really pour a lot of solution in there - forget about spraying it. If you have carpet, you need to make sure that all layers of the carpet are saturated... Then wait and blot the excess like LDG explained...
One thing came to mind - do you use bleach? for some reason some cats are attracted to bleach, and will pee on it - so, if you use bleach to wash your clothes, make sure to keep the piles out of his reach.

2 Cats, 3 litterboxes.... Open, preferably in the back corners of a quiet room, where they can see the whole room, and do not feel trapped. If it is inside of a closet, bring it out.

Please reconsider taking him to the vet... UTIs in male cats can become a very serious problem very quickly, and if he develops crystals he can die from it.

Good luck!!

Nok Out is available online only. It's more expensive than Nature's Miracle - but it is like a million times better. Nature's Miracle never worked for us. ...and especially as this problem has been going on for a while, I think Nok Out (or Anti Icky Poo) is worth the investment. You can probably buy Anti Icky Poo at Amazon, but I originally found it at http://www.catfaeries.com

Anyway, as to the litter boxes - yes, some cats will not pee and poop in the same box. You may actually want to consider adding a second box on whatever floor the litter box he's peeing in is. Often, just adding more litter boxes solves a behavior problem.

And as to the vet, we know that pain! Given that he's been doing this from a young age, I really doubt it is crystals (though you should know that as they get older, this can be a problem if you're not feeding a urinary-tract healthy food). But yes - wet food helps reduce this potential problem - as does increasing their water intake. A water fountain is often suggested.

...and, actually, rather than take kitty in for an appointment, as you have to drop off a poop sample, you can also just bring a urine sample in with you. It's not as easy to get as a poop sample, but... if you have the ability to close him in a bathroom until he pees, and you have the ability to keep an eye on him and catch it pretty much as soon as he pees, you can pour just a little bit of rice in the bottom of an otherwise empty litter pan. When he pees, pour the urine off and get it to the vet asap. They can check it for pH and crystals & culture it to see if there's any infection.

...but I'm SO GLAD to hear the new litter box seems to be doing the trick!

he keeps it up!