I have a cat that I am fostering and he is not using the litterbox instead he is peeing all over our furniture and carpet.. How can I make him use the litterbox or is it not controlable? Help please! My mom is having a fit!
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Not using the litterbox
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Can you place him in a bathroom/ laundry room with a litter box and see if that get him to start using the litter box?
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I mean he'll use it to go number 2, but he will not use it to go pee.
From a few posts I have read where others have had this problem...
1. It turned out to be a UTI (urinary tract infection) after a vet visit. Has a vet said he is ok?
2. The kitten/cat preferred to have two litterboxes, one for each duty.
3. If the area wasn't cleaned with an enzyme based cleaner, it may still contain a scent so kitty thinks it can go.
Sorry I am not more help, still pretty new to all of this.
1. It turned out to be a UTI (urinary tract infection) after a vet visit. Has a vet said he is ok?
2. The kitten/cat preferred to have two litterboxes, one for each duty.
3. If the area wasn't cleaned with an enzyme based cleaner, it may still contain a scent so kitty thinks it can go.
Sorry I am not more help, still pretty new to all of this.
This sounds really mean, but when my mom's cat peed all over the floor I put his nose in it then put him in the bathroom with the litter box and left him there. I know he peed in it bc I scooped it, and so I praised him and let him out. No problems since.
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Well i did take him to the vet and the vet said it was not UTI, he said give him a few days. so i am but its not working
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Please try the ideas in these links:
Inappropriate Peeing Problems Answered (click here)
THE LITTER BOX FROM YOUR CATâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]S POINT OF VIEW (click here)
Did the vet take a urine sample and check it? If not, I'd take him back and ask for him/her to check the urine sample, to rule out crystals or infection. Unless urinary problems are completely ruled out, it won't help to try behavioral measures- if crystals or infection are present, it makes urination painful and causes aversion to the litterbox.
Please don't stick a cat's nose in its urine if it goes out of the box. When a cat goes outside the box, it's trying to tell you something is wrong - either the cat is ill, or stressed, or there's a problem with the litterbox. Punishment won't solve the problem, and will only cause your cat to fear you - and possibly just start going where you're less likely to find it, in a hidden corner or closet instead.
Inappropriate Peeing Problems Answered (click here)
THE LITTER BOX FROM YOUR CATâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]S POINT OF VIEW (click here)
Did the vet take a urine sample and check it? If not, I'd take him back and ask for him/her to check the urine sample, to rule out crystals or infection. Unless urinary problems are completely ruled out, it won't help to try behavioral measures- if crystals or infection are present, it makes urination painful and causes aversion to the litterbox.
Please don't stick a cat's nose in its urine if it goes out of the box. When a cat goes outside the box, it's trying to tell you something is wrong - either the cat is ill, or stressed, or there's a problem with the litterbox. Punishment won't solve the problem, and will only cause your cat to fear you - and possibly just start going where you're less likely to find it, in a hidden corner or closet instead.
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We figured out he was stressed
The vet didn't find anything in the test.
Please don't do that again. It doesn't work and its cruel. It may seem like it worked, but more than likely it was an accident. The only thing you will accomplish by rubbing their nose in it is resentment from your cat.
