Help! Kitten peeing outside box

I wonder if someone can help my cat and I. I joined just for advice on this. I attempted to skim through the peeing sticky but it's pretty lengthy.

I have a 5 month old female indoor cat. I've had her from she was 2 months old and from the first night we got her she was using her litter box without prompt. No problems. But for the last month she has been peeing beside her litter box. She still uses it for pooping, just not peeing lol

Originally we had her litter box in a small carpeted area at the entrance of our home. When she started to pee on the carpet beside her box we moved her box inside to the wooded floor area and banned her from the entrance but the problem has persisted. When i catch her peeing I firmly say "No!" and put her in her litter box. I've dabbed the pee with tissue then dabbed her litter try with the tissue to get her to recognise that as her pee area. I clean up the area she pees thouroughly so that there is no scent left whatsoever.

There is no other animals in our home and she is unspayed as of yet due to her age. We scoop her litter box every time she uses it(as the smell is unbearable lol) and clean it out atleast once or twice a week. I've tried putting down 2 different litter boxes but she just used both for pooping lol and peed beside both of them. It is definately not spraying.

We haven't taken her to the vet about the problem as of yet but from what i've been reading it seems like it must be urinary tract problem and she will be brought this weekend if the problem isn't sorted.

Thanks in advance for any advice offered.

It's her stool that smells. They vary, sometimes very dark and hard. Sometimes light and soft and sometimes it's just out right diarrhea. We don't change what we feed her though. "Felix Kitten" wet sachet food. She's always hungry and we feed her ALOT. Still every time we're at the kitchen she's right behind looking for food and begging everytime someone's eating infront of her.

Her urine doesn't smell at all really. It did when she was peeing on the carpet because I never noticed until it started to smell of ammonia. But no, her fresh urine doesn't smell.

I'm cleaning it with orange scented surface cleanser. I've also tried vinegar.

You mentioned crystals? Thats worrying because one area I found she urinated in had what seemed like salt crystals. I thought this was normal for urine. No? I'm getting a little worried now, is my cat sick? I just assumed from her energy and appetite she was fine.

Thanks for the welcome.

I believe so, we got her from a shelter when she was 2 months old and was given her shots and deworming before leaving. She couldn't have got them since leaving the shelter because she's an indoor cat with no other cats in our home. I've never noticed any worms in her stool or noticed her over cleaning her butt... quite the opposite I wish she would clean it more often lol

Thanks for your advice guys. I've booked her in for a checkup for tomorrow morning. Unfortunately this is as soon as she can be seen. I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes. Got my fingers crossed that she's just a naughty kitty lol I've put down tin foil where she's been peeing to try and collect a urine sample.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid now that I think she's sick but she seems in a strange mood this morning. She's going into the hall and laying by herself. She normally has to be in the room I'm in, following me from room to room. Playing for a few seconds and then becoming very disinterested and going to lay down then playing a little again. She also pooped right beside her box this morning, not in it. She never does this. I'm getting really very worried.

She really is the sweetest cat. Her name is Jynx. She's strange though lol She doesn't doesn't meow or hiss or howl, Only chirrups, Alot. lol I hope she's ok.

Thanks again.

Well took her to the vets today and wanted to let you know how it went.

Yes, she has Cystitis. She was given 2 shots and a course of anti-biotics. I took a pee sample along with me which I collected from a sheet of tin foil I placed where she usually pee's, which seemed to speed the whole process along. We were in and out in a half hour. We also found out she's 2 months older than we thought! She's 7 months, too old to be feeding kitty food which didn't help matters. We've also booked her in for a spaying. She couldn't have behaved better.

I got an enzyme cleaner and cleaned all her usual spots. Just need to retrain her to pee in her box. If someone could point me in the direction of a topic that discusses this that would be really great.

I can't thank you, Carolina, Otto and Strange Wings enough, you've been a great help.

Carolina: Thanks so much for the coupon. I've found a UK site that stocks it. It's fine that the coupon doesn't work over here, if it gets my bubs to stop warping my floor I would gladly pay double. lol

Otto: Her name is Jynx because she's a little black cat but she almost never gets called it. It's always bubs or kitums... I don't know why lol
The vet suggested that after we put her onto adult cat food that if her stools are still inconsistent that we de-worm again after her spaying in 3 weeks. Which is what I will certainly do.

Strange Wings: Ha thanks but ofcourse. Hated the thought of her being in pain. Luckily though the vets was just a 2 minute drive from my home, not very busy and very reasonably priced. Though I have to admit the thought of having clean floors again did spur me on also. lol
He didn't mention a follow up, but if the problem persists I will definitely mention it to him when I take her for her spaying in 3 weeks.