Please Help

I caught my new baby Rogue trying to pee on my bed! it's her and i have no idea how to make her stop. it's almost as if she waits all day for a chance to pee on my bed. she was just peeing on my husbands side but now she's moving. WHAT CAN I DO??? I have three litter boxes one on the top floor for her and two in the basement. I have that feliaway plug in and i use the spray. she got the good health report from the vet and she uses the litter box to poo.I'm at my wits end. Any advice???

How old is she? Is she spayed? Has she used the litter box before? Has something stressful occured? If the anwers to all but the 1st are yes, yes, and no then she may have a uti and needs to see a vet asap! Usually kitties try to tell us soemthing through inappropriate urination.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by CyberKitten

How old is she? Is she spayed? Has she used the litter box before? Has something stressful occured? If the anwers to all but the 1st are yes, yes, and no then she may have a uti and needs to see a vet asap! Usually kitties try to tell us soemthing through inappropriate urination.

Good luck!

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She's 8 weeks old, not big enough to get spayed yet, and has used the litter box before. she uses it to #2. She got a clean bill of health from the vet, no uti. I just changed her cat litter. I'm hoping that'll work, but what if it doesn't??

Oh she is just a little tyke and many people believe 8 weeks is two young for a kitten that little to be away from her mother. The optimum time (depending on breed sometimes) is 12 weeks - that extra time lets mom show them how to do things like eating, purring, hunting, hiding, going to the litter box.

I once had to hand rear four orphans and teaching to use the litter box was not as easy as getting them to eat. Why did the breeder adopt her so young or the rescue center give her to you at such a young age - or are you fostering her? If the latter, maybe someone can assist you there.

Usually, you should be able to show her the litter box and scratch her little paws in it and she will know that is her place to go. She may also have been scared. Also make sure she knows where the box is and since she is so very little, make sure she can get in and out and knows where it is. If it is too big find something smaller - like a cake pan even.

I should add that when you are washing your sheets, do not anything like bleach since it has amonia and she will think that may be urine again and she will go there again. You may have to keep her out of your bed for awhile. As soon as you see her sniffing around, get her to her box!!

The not in your bed part may be hard - I sleep with my kitties and cannot imagine not having them there - tho my Siamese did pee the bed once, lol (But it was my ffault - she did meow and tell me what she needed, I just did not realize it, sighhh!)

Good luck!!

Sara did the same thing at 8wks... she just wasnt familiar with the house and would go act like she is gunna go in her bed or on ours... you just have to keep leading her to and from the catbox until she gets a feel for where it is located... it took sara about a week or so before she completley stopped

Thanks! I think the cake pan is a good idea. She was a rescue. I got her at a pet store that specailzes in rescues. I have two other cats that are one year old and I thought they would show her how it's done. I've shown her dozens of times where her box is but she still only poops there. It's just when she pees that she pees on my bed. Any other ideas???

O do agree with mferr. If you continually show her where the box is, she will get used to it after awhile and there shoudl be no more problems. Get to know her signs of needing to go. She will start to sniff for the place whe went previously and if she is doing it on your bed grab her and bring her to her box. Kittens are smart and learn very quickly - sher will catch on the more you do that.

Again, good lucck with your little one.

You might also instruct that pet store to make sure they do not adopt kittens at such a young age. If they are a rescue, you would think they'd know that. Most pet stores are just places for puppy and kitten mills and usually are not the best place to find pets (unless it is the afoption events held by recongnized groups. I am assuming this is the case here?). Some people do place kittens at ten weeks but many breeds will wait until 12. I think the more time with mom, the better.

She may also be one of those cats that prefers to pee and poop in two different boxes.