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Peeing issues inside cat

post #1 of 5
7/3/11 at 3:13am
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I know this has been talked about many times, but my particular issue has not been addressed - my cat pees on things and it is obviously related to him not getting his own way or he is unhappy with something. He is an inside only cat, but we do let him outside for short times some days. Trouble is, he wants to be outside most of the time. Inside he has 2 clean litter trays and fresh grass. But he still pees on anything left on the floor eg mats, clothes, towels, papers etc. And if I go away, he pees in my bed or other things.

Biggest issue is that when he doesn't get his own way ie going outside, he will pee on something while he looks at me.

He once had a UTI and now has special dry food to keep that under control. He is a Norwegian Forest Cat that we got 6 years ago from the RSPCA. He is not the friendliest of cats, but does like me better than the males of the household. All help greatly appreciated.
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post #2 of 5
7/3/11 at 4:15am
He is probably peeing right in front of you to say 'Hey! I don't feel good! I've been peeing all over your things, trying to show you that something is wrong, but you aren't listening!'

Cats don't have the ability to feel spite or do things out of anger. Those are human emotions.
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post #3 of 5
7/3/11 at 5:43am
I used to think my cat was spraying all over the house just to piss me off (pardon the pun). He was doing it because I wouldn't let him out and he was stressed. He was stressed because of a new neighbor cat right next door. He wanted to get out to mark his territory. When he couldn't get out, he let me know he took issue with my keeping him inside. Since he couldn't mark his territory outside, he marked it in the house. The point is, he was feeling stress.

Whether it be stress or illness, your kitty is trying to communicate to you that something isn't right. Cat's don't know how much humans hate their peeing on things. They only know that they can't talk to us so they use spraying, marking, peeing as a form of communicating.

Is there any reason you don't let your cat out more often? Is there a new cat around? Could your kitty have another UTI? All things to consider. I think I would check out the possibility of the UTI first and go from there.

I know this is a great source of frustration for you. I have finally got to the point where I'm not running around my house with a bottle of anti icky poo every day. Hang in there. There's a reason, therefore a solution.

Ligwa
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post #4 of 5
7/3/11 at 5:46am
If he's actually peeing as opposed to marking/spraying, I would say to get him to the vet asap.
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post #5 of 5
1/5/12 at 8:22am

He probably wants out. He's had a taste of the great outdoors, and being indoors probably stresses him. We had a feral kitten for a few years. At first, we tried to keep him inside because our last cat, Ollie. was hit by a car.

Problem: Mitten didn't like it inside. he had WAY to much energy, and refused to hunt bugs, so he hunted his owners. Once we let him outside, Mitty calmed down. admittedly, he never peed, but his tendency to violence was a reaction to being kept indoors, as may be your cats peeing.

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