Background on Cat:
Yogi - 2 year old in Early October. Neutered in April of 2010. Never had an issue with 'marking' or urinating in the wrong places. We moved in with my parents 1 year ago. Still never had issues urinating anywhere but the litter box. He is a rescue cat, hand raised.
What's going on:
My mother's cat has a problem with urinating outside of the litter box if it does not get cleaned VERY often. It is not a form of marking, as we know the different smells between urine and 'marking', as I'm positive most cat owners know. My parents have an issue of their dog urinating in a certain spot on the carpet. We do our best to keep it cleaned, sanitized, but it just doesn't seem to work. About 3 weeks ago, my mom's cat started urinating in the spot where the dog has been urinating. So then we had a double problem. Keeping the pet odors out of the carpet is horribly difficult, now that it seems Mom's cat is starting to completely reject the litter box - even in a freshly cleaned state. (He is an older neutered cat).
Yogi has his own litter box. And he uses it, on a normal basis. We have never seen an issue, and we have kept very close tabs on him. Both litter boxes were cleaned last night. This morning, Yogi defecates in his litter box, of course plenty of praise is rewarded to him. He suddenly walks over to the spot where we have urin issues on the carpet (in a hallway right next to Mom's cat's litter box) and urinates in that spot. My husband and I didn't do anything, except stand in pretty much horror.
What has happened? Yogi walked away from the litter box only seconds before. Has he learned from the other pets that this is the proper place to urinate? What is going on? I know that a cat and dog can smell urine even after it's been cleaned and sanitized, it's not easy to have it escape their 1000 time better olfactory senses. Do please, anyone, give us some advice, help us figure out what Yogi is doing why he is defecating in his litter box, and walked away to urinate on the carpet. What has my best friend 2 year old feline learned and how do I break the habit now.
Yogi - 2 year old in Early October. Neutered in April of 2010. Never had an issue with 'marking' or urinating in the wrong places. We moved in with my parents 1 year ago. Still never had issues urinating anywhere but the litter box. He is a rescue cat, hand raised.
What's going on:
My mother's cat has a problem with urinating outside of the litter box if it does not get cleaned VERY often. It is not a form of marking, as we know the different smells between urine and 'marking', as I'm positive most cat owners know. My parents have an issue of their dog urinating in a certain spot on the carpet. We do our best to keep it cleaned, sanitized, but it just doesn't seem to work. About 3 weeks ago, my mom's cat started urinating in the spot where the dog has been urinating. So then we had a double problem. Keeping the pet odors out of the carpet is horribly difficult, now that it seems Mom's cat is starting to completely reject the litter box - even in a freshly cleaned state. (He is an older neutered cat).
Yogi has his own litter box. And he uses it, on a normal basis. We have never seen an issue, and we have kept very close tabs on him. Both litter boxes were cleaned last night. This morning, Yogi defecates in his litter box, of course plenty of praise is rewarded to him. He suddenly walks over to the spot where we have urin issues on the carpet (in a hallway right next to Mom's cat's litter box) and urinates in that spot. My husband and I didn't do anything, except stand in pretty much horror.
What has happened? Yogi walked away from the litter box only seconds before. Has he learned from the other pets that this is the proper place to urinate? What is going on? I know that a cat and dog can smell urine even after it's been cleaned and sanitized, it's not easy to have it escape their 1000 time better olfactory senses. Do please, anyone, give us some advice, help us figure out what Yogi is doing why he is defecating in his litter box, and walked away to urinate on the carpet. What has my best friend 2 year old feline learned and how do I break the habit now.









. If all the pets are peeing in the same spot all the time, then it is almost impossible to get the odor out totally. The carpet may have to be replaced. Go and get that plastic carpet runner and lay a section over the pee area, spike side up. Or put a litter box right in the spot where the cats are going or you can even put food or water bowls in the area. Try using the Cat Attract litter and add more litter boxes, open boxes, no hoods. Some cats want two boxes to use. One for poop and one for pee. Try adding another box near your cats other box. Your cat is only following suit with the other cat and dog in the house peeing on the carpet. I wonder if your mom's cat needs a vet check? Could be a UTI. 

