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Hi, everyone.
I adopted my half-feral cat from the shelter 2 years ago at 6 months of age. She was skinny because of having been pregnant and so the shelter neutered her and adopted out her kids. I always try to keep her indoors even though she always finds a way to escape and explore the outside for a few hours. She's always had the habit of peeing on my clothes on the floor or even on tables and when I took her to the vet, he said there was nothing wrong with her and just give her 2 litter boxes instead of just 1 which I did, but it's become more of a problem lately.
I blame the fact that most of the day I'm not with her most of the day because of duties elsewhere so I'm only really able to see her for half an hour a day to pet her and feed her and clean her litter. Also there's an indoor-outdoor cat downstairs which I take care of as a favor for a friend, but she doesn't come in contact with that cat unless she finds a way to escape the 2nd/3rd floors.
I just wonder. Does my cat increase her peeing because 1) she thinks i've abandoned her and wants reassurance that I'm still around or 2) she wants to warn away the other cat or 3) is she scared from escaping/being outside in the cold trying to find her way inside and me not being there as quickly/easily as before or 4) is this just usual for half-feral cats? My last cat who was well-behaved that I adopted when she was already well-domesticated at age 7 years never peed on my clothes unless I was stupid to forget to leave out a litter box, so I'm very confused what's happening.
I don't scold her because that just wouldn't make sense but I wonder how cat owners llike you deal with this?
I adopted my half-feral cat from the shelter 2 years ago at 6 months of age. She was skinny because of having been pregnant and so the shelter neutered her and adopted out her kids. I always try to keep her indoors even though she always finds a way to escape and explore the outside for a few hours. She's always had the habit of peeing on my clothes on the floor or even on tables and when I took her to the vet, he said there was nothing wrong with her and just give her 2 litter boxes instead of just 1 which I did, but it's become more of a problem lately.
I blame the fact that most of the day I'm not with her most of the day because of duties elsewhere so I'm only really able to see her for half an hour a day to pet her and feed her and clean her litter. Also there's an indoor-outdoor cat downstairs which I take care of as a favor for a friend, but she doesn't come in contact with that cat unless she finds a way to escape the 2nd/3rd floors.
I just wonder. Does my cat increase her peeing because 1) she thinks i've abandoned her and wants reassurance that I'm still around or 2) she wants to warn away the other cat or 3) is she scared from escaping/being outside in the cold trying to find her way inside and me not being there as quickly/easily as before or 4) is this just usual for half-feral cats? My last cat who was well-behaved that I adopted when she was already well-domesticated at age 7 years never peed on my clothes unless I was stupid to forget to leave out a litter box, so I'm very confused what's happening.
I don't scold her because that just wouldn't make sense but I wonder how cat owners llike you deal with this?