Former feral has gone potty on my comforter

I adopted a former feral (who was declawed) , and he has urinated a few times on his cat bed and once on my comforter.  I ended up throwing the cat bed away, since he never uses it anymore and sleeps on a cat tree.  Although I've only had him for 9 months, he's never done this before.  I also have another male kitten who does not have litter box issues.

I took him to the vet, and he does not have a UTI and he is a healthy one-year old male.  The vet suggested I change his litter in one box to an unscented clay litter.  Right now, I use an unscented corn-based litter (World's Best Cat Litter).  I chose this litter because it seems soft.

The vet said if he still urinates outside his box, I need to again change the litter in one box to another different substrate.

My question is this:  Since he is declawed, would it be better to forgo the clay litter experiment (since I think it would be harder on his paws) and just get that litter attractant that is sold on Amazon and mix it with the corn litter?  People gave it high marks.  I am wondering if this would be good since he is a former feral, and the attractant is supposedly very earthy/grassy and maybe would appeal to a former feral.

Or, should I listen to my vet and try him on clay litter?  They do make a clay litter WITH the litter attractant, but it is pricey.  I have to spend $50 to get my comforter cleaned now, so I'm trying to solve this dilemma as economically as possible.

The only reason I am questioning my vet is that I forgot to remind him my cat is declawed.  He did not declaw the cat, and I wonder if he forgot, or if the fact that he is declawed has no bearing on whether he would like clay litter or not.

Thanks

I would contact your vet and tell him that your cat has been de-clawed. He may be having an issue with his foot (feet).

I am not sure about what type of litter (others should be able to help as well as your vet).

It could be territorial. How old is the other male? Do they interact normally?

Are there any ferals or other animals in the yard? Is his cat bed near a window?

Personally I would let the vet know about his being de-clawed and follow his or her advice and if it doesn't help let him know and then investigate the issues I mention above.

He gets along with the other male cat very well.  They play, share a bed on the cat tree, and groom each other.  However, there are free roaming cats that sometimes come in my yard.  There is literally nothing I can do about this, as my neighbor owns a nursery (that had be grandfathered in to be allowed to be in a residential area).  The free roaming cats (there are two), eat and catch the mice that are in the nursery green house.  The nursery cats seem sweet and I have actually been in the house when one of the cats came up to our  window and my cats seemed fine with them...there was no hissing or howling.

It could be a territorial thing then given he does see other cats outside. There may not be any hissing if he sees them but he could fear an encroachment into his territory.

Was the cat bed and comforter close to the window you saw the feral in?

He could be marking "his" territory saying this is mine, stay away.

If you put an additional litter box beside your bed, I think this will remedy your problem. I've seen it work.

Thank you.  But I do have a litter box in the bedroom already--only a few feet from my bed.

The more I think about it the more I think it is territorial.

He needs to feel secure in his surroundings. 

Can you play with him by your bed and then give him treats? Pet him so he feels secure there. Actually anywhere that he is going try to play with him there, getting him really into it, then give treats to him. So he knows he owns that territory.

Is there a cat tree where is his going? Is there a place he can go high around where he is going?

Now maybe it is medical with being de-clawed so please ask your vet and rule that out or change the litter per your vets instructions.

But I think if he can be more confident and know he owns that territory it can't hurt. Does he walk around that room where the comforter is and the room where the cat bed was with his tail straight up? Confident?

How have things been going lately?

Just wanted to give an update on my former feral.  It turns out the pee-peeing on the bed was a substrate issue.  My vet suggested I get a few more litter boxes, each filled with a different substrate.  I now have litter boxes filled with corn litter, clay litter, paper litter, and crystal litter.  He prefers the crystal litter...for now, lol.

nsav8,

That should make solving it a lot easier. Great that your vet got to the cause.

Let us know how things go. Hopefully that will solve the issue.  Good luck and thanks for the update.