Help! Husband is ready to get rid of kitty.

catkeepspeeing

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My sweet shadow car was a rescue. She was amazing when we first got her almost 2 years ago. Now...ugh!! She wont stop peeing in our hallway. Ive tried everything!!! Changing litter, adding litter boxes, training pads, relocating litter boxes, putting her eating bowl in top of wherever she pee's etc... I've had her to the vet. Clean bill of health. I've tried "calming" treats literally EVERYTHING!! My husband is at his wits end. Help!!!
 

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What are you using to clean the areas where she's peeing? You need a good enzyme cleaner in order to completely get rid of the smell. You may not be able to smell it using your regular cleaner, but the cat probably can. She'll keep going back to the same place as long as she can smell it.
 

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Where in the hallway? By any particular room? When does she pee? Did another animal live there before who peed there? Have there been changed in your house--a new baby, another pet? An illness in the family? Is she fixed?

I'm reminded of people who get cystitis; the bladder is always feeling full. Stress makes it unbearable. I'm wondering if something like this might be affecting your cat. Sorry to ask so many questions just trying to look at all angles.
 

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My cat started doing this when he encountered a stressful situation, strange cats coming to the window. There IS a reason she is doing this, you just have to find it. Stress, scary changes, and litter (or box) they don't like are the number one reasons. I have a cat that will urinate on another cats smell we bring home, on our shoes or on objects from another place. I would first start by changing your litter, she may prefer something different now. I'll pray that you find a solution, tension in the home is not helpful in finding a solution. All the luck! 
 

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She might be in pain.  I would ask the vet if there is anything they can prescribe to see if it helps.  My cat had a bout of stress related peeing.  He did not have a UTI, but they believed he was in pain as his pees where very tiny and happening so frequently.  I added Feliway diffusers around the house, used Composure liquid Max and the vet prescribed some pain medicine for 5-7 days.  This helped tremendously.  You might find the pees stop or lessen with some pain medicine which could help in diagnosing if it's a medical problem.

Has the cat been spayed?

I definitely would head back to the vet.
 

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A vet who gives a clean bill of health and sends you off when your cat is consistently peeing outside her box has not  done his/her job correctly. Go to a different vet, or go back and demand that they help. 
 

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I second what Pusheen said. Many years ago my husband and I had a kitty who showed signs of being diabetic - drinking a lot of water, flooding the litterbox - so we took her to the vet to have her checked out. The bloodwork came back normal, so we checked her again a few months later - same thing. I think we had her checked something like 4 times and the vet insisted she was ok, but then a year later she started peeing outside the box and developed sweet-smelling breath, so we took her back to the vet...and that's when she got diagnosed.

All of this is just to say that it might be worthwhile to take her to a different vet and get her re-evaluated if you can, but also that sometimes cats will start developing health issues but still have "normal"-looking bloodwork or exams. If you're comfortable with it, you might want to look into changing her diet, maybe to something grain-free if you're not already doing that. Two years old is really young for the sorts of health problems usually associated with inappropriate urination, but our diabetic girl was four when she was diagnosed, so it's not out of the question. Definitely give the enzyme cleaners and such a try, but don't assume it's not a health problem, either. If she's just starting to get sick you might still be able to get on top of it with some dietary changes and supplementation. Good luck to you!
 

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our oldest cat went through a bout of going all over the house and prozac was the miracle cure. he had diarrhea also so i was at my wits ends. i spent a fortune on the problem and 2 weeks of prozac was a total cure. took him off after that and he never did it again.
 
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