Peeing on soft things for no known reason?

I have a kitty, Toto, who my boyfriend and I adopted three months ago with another kitty. Toto is almost three years old. He goes pee in his litter box 99% of the time, but whenever we accidentally leave something soft on the floor, he pees on it! Some of the things he's peed on include a blanket, a pillow, yarn.. He's never peed on our carpet to my knowledge. He's been to the vet recently and there wasn't anything wrong that the vet could see. He seems to be fine sharing the box with our other kitty.. We wouldn't have room for another box anyways since we live in a small apartment. I've finally reached my last straw because today he peed on my entire bag full of yarn!!

I'm really hoping that someone could help! All I've been able to find is people suggesting to check for a UTI or get another litter box! I just have no clue why he seems to only want to pee on soft things when they're available while peeing in his box the rest of the time!

I've known a lot of cats who do this. I can only chalk it up to cats being weird, and advise keeping soft things off the floor. Another litterbox wouldn't hurt either. Some people provide a litterbox with a towel in it, I don't know if you're willing to do that, though.

Is he de-clawed? Sometimes that increases the chance of soft surface peeing. Trying a softer litter might help if that's the case.

Ugh, it's so frustrating! We've tried our best to keep things off the floor.. There was one roll of yarn that happened to fall out of my yarn bag and that's what made him pee on it!

I would give them another litter box if we had the room.. as it is we have to keep it in the entryway closet (obviously kept open) because we have no other place for it. Nope, he's not de-clawed. I don't know if there is a softer litter available? They already use feline pine.

It really could come down to a texture thing. Maybe toto would prefer a different feel to her litter. Or perhaps he wants more privacy.... If the soft things he was peeing on were in tucked away areas that could be a possibility

I don't think it would be a matter of texture.. We adopted them from a shelter which has people foster the cats in their homes before they're adopted. Both cats were in foster care for 8 months before we adopted them and were using the same litter without problems. I don't think it's a privacy issue either since the other things he's peed on have been out in the open. In fact, there was a pillow on the ground and he proceeded to pee on it when my boyfriend and I were standing right beside him!

There is a litter called Cat Attract which may help. I would also suggest another litter box. Some cats don't like sharing.

My seven month old has never had an issue, I keep a box downstairs in living room (small city town house) which they barely use.

The other night the box was not there it was downstairs where I empty it.

Either she forgot (kittens are not that smart) where her box was, but she jumped into a laundry basket with clean clothes and started peeing.

I knew almost immediately and grabbed her and ran her upstairs and had a breakdown (its crazy to come home and have 2 kittens going ballistic while your trying to sort things   )

One thing interesting, why does it seem I hear more "my cat is peeing outside of the box" vs "my cat is pooping outside the box"???

You might try shredded newspaper? He definitely has a fetish for 'soft' stuff. Somehow you've got to find something in the litterbox that he likes better than stuff on the floor! I'll pray for a solution, I'd hate to see him lose his home over this.

Assuming they are young, maybe they are just dumb and excited like my kitten.

When she peed in my laundry, the only box was all the way upstairs.

In her mind, why should she go up there when having so much wrestling her brother?

So she saw what closest looked like a bathroom spot and went.

My tip, get over the fact you have an apt, that's no excuse.

If space is an issue, get this box: http://www.amazon.com/SmartCat-Corner-Litter-Box-Gray/dp/B0018CJZ32/   They also have models with lids.

Keep them at far ends of the house, so they have a choice, and don't get lazy like mine.

If smell is a concern, go to Sam's Club or any wholesale store and buy 5 lb bag of baking soda, its like 10$ tops.

Add a cm of it in your litter pan (maybe half a cm) before filling it.  I have done this for years and never smelled anything.

Another tip is get a Rubbermaid storage thing at walmart, its much bigger in area than any litter box you can buy, plus its only 7$ (best way to identify it, all the other  boxes are much more).   And that's what I use upstairs(bedroom, main kitty bathroom) and the corner one is in my living room.

Another test, try lockup time.  When you go to work, put the kitties in your bedroom with door closed and litter and food.

Leave your soft stuff out, maybe a pile of white clothes, old white pillow etc, and see if he does it.

As far as UTI, my best advice is get urine analysis test at vet (35$) although if the cat is less then two, its probably unnecessary.

I get all my adults urine screens every two years.

PS- If clay smell bothers you or your guests, try to switch them to feline pine, smells outstanding no matter how dirty box gets.  Smells like fresh pinewood, and it so so so much more pleasant to handle then clay.

Hello Natchan, I know this is a really old post but I'm curious if you found a solution to stop you cat from peeing on soft things. Unfortunately, my cat is doing the same. He's peed on all the pet beds laying around the house, my bed, and the guest bed. For the past 2 weeks I've had him confined in our study which has tile floors. He has two litter boxes and uses them without issues. I've been trying different litter and seems to continue to use the litter box no issues, however the moment I place a bed in there, he pees on it. I already took him to my vet and he has no issues. I don't know what to do anymore.

I would also be interested in knowing why they do this but unfortunately it sounds like its just a weird cat thing. My snowshoe started off with what I thought was an accident on a fleece blanket. But she has since peed on my bed, and other blankets, and soft fleecy cat beds which I have all had to get rid of - most unfair for my other cat, but what can you do !