Hello everyone!
I've tried reading through the other kitty peeing troubles for advice, but my problem seems to be a little bit different.. so here goes!
About 4 months ago a scrawny little black and white kitty walked into my boyfriends apartment, purring and mewling away. He has two large dogs, so he called me to see if he could bring the kitty to my place where he would be safe. We looked for the kitties owners for over a month but finally figured he was abandoned. I took him to the vet and had him all checked out, I wanted to make sure he was healthy to have around my other cat. He is a fixed, declawed male, around 2-3 years old. I feel so bad for him! Abandoned with no claws, he now has a chipped front tooth, is seriously underweight and all ratty. But they gave him the all clear, except for being underweight he is healthy.
But he is an incredibly sweet kitten. He is a cuddler and likes to climb on your lap and knead (aka "make biscuits") on your tummy. So I named him Biscuit. He gets along well with my other cat, an older fat tuxedo named Meatball. And everything has been wonderful except sometimes he pees where he shouldn't!
I have 3 litter boxes set up around my apartment. I keep them very clean, scooping 2-3 times a day, and I add a little baking soda to help with any pee smells. During the day Biscuit is fine using his litter box, at first he seemed scared of the box cover, so I took them off. But about every 2 weeks he will have an "accident" in my bedroom. He doesn't pee on my bed, he pees on whatever is on the floor at the foot of my bed and he only does it when we are sleeping.
It's sort of like he doesn't want to get up and walk all the way to his box so he pees close by! He's peed on my comforter twice, a pair of my pajamas once, and a pair of my pants once. I thoroughly cleaned the floor with some Nature's Miracle stuff, the pet store people recommended that. I moved my bed to a different place in the room and still he peed on something at the end of the bed! So he isn't targeting a specific place on my carpet. It really is like he hops off the end of the bed, pees, and then gets back on.
(I caught him doing it once, he woke me up digging at the blanket to "bury" his pee, so he isn't spraying it's definitely pee!)
I am not really sure what else to do. I took him back to the vet and he doesn't have a UTI. I explained what he was doing to the doctor and she said to try putting a cat box at the end of my bed so I am going to go buy another one to give that a try. But I am not sure what else to do! Do I really just have such a lazy cat that he wont walk the 10 feet to his litter box?
I've tried reading through the other kitty peeing troubles for advice, but my problem seems to be a little bit different.. so here goes!
About 4 months ago a scrawny little black and white kitty walked into my boyfriends apartment, purring and mewling away. He has two large dogs, so he called me to see if he could bring the kitty to my place where he would be safe. We looked for the kitties owners for over a month but finally figured he was abandoned. I took him to the vet and had him all checked out, I wanted to make sure he was healthy to have around my other cat. He is a fixed, declawed male, around 2-3 years old. I feel so bad for him! Abandoned with no claws, he now has a chipped front tooth, is seriously underweight and all ratty. But they gave him the all clear, except for being underweight he is healthy.
But he is an incredibly sweet kitten. He is a cuddler and likes to climb on your lap and knead (aka "make biscuits") on your tummy. So I named him Biscuit. He gets along well with my other cat, an older fat tuxedo named Meatball. And everything has been wonderful except sometimes he pees where he shouldn't!
I have 3 litter boxes set up around my apartment. I keep them very clean, scooping 2-3 times a day, and I add a little baking soda to help with any pee smells. During the day Biscuit is fine using his litter box, at first he seemed scared of the box cover, so I took them off. But about every 2 weeks he will have an "accident" in my bedroom. He doesn't pee on my bed, he pees on whatever is on the floor at the foot of my bed and he only does it when we are sleeping.
It's sort of like he doesn't want to get up and walk all the way to his box so he pees close by! He's peed on my comforter twice, a pair of my pajamas once, and a pair of my pants once. I thoroughly cleaned the floor with some Nature's Miracle stuff, the pet store people recommended that. I moved my bed to a different place in the room and still he peed on something at the end of the bed! So he isn't targeting a specific place on my carpet. It really is like he hops off the end of the bed, pees, and then gets back on.
(I caught him doing it once, he woke me up digging at the blanket to "bury" his pee, so he isn't spraying it's definitely pee!)
I am not really sure what else to do. I took him back to the vet and he doesn't have a UTI. I explained what he was doing to the doctor and she said to try putting a cat box at the end of my bed so I am going to go buy another one to give that a try. But I am not sure what else to do! Do I really just have such a lazy cat that he wont walk the 10 feet to his litter box?
. I first of all wouldn't leave anything on the floor near your bed. Secondly, I would try to put a litter box at the foot of the bed with the Cat Attract litter in it. You could try to confine him to another room at night as well and not allow him access to your bed for awhile.
