Hi folks - first time caller, long time listener, great topic, love the show. That said, on with my problem...
I've read through the Inappropriate Peeing Problems Answered thread, so I at least I'm not a total newbie. I have 3 cats -- a 13 year old female, and a brother and sister that are around 4 years old. All are spayed/neutered. We have 3 litterboxes -- two on the ground floor, one in the basement and we clean them all twice a day.
A couple of months ago, we began finding pee on our bed on the wife's side, down by here feet. It took us a while to find out who it was, but eventually, we caught the young female (Arwin) in the act. She was actually attempting to "cover" it with her paws when we caught her and she took off running. So it would seem to not be a spraying problem, but rather a urination problem.
We took Arwin to the vet, but the vet was unable to get any urine -- even after keeping her all day. She suggested that Arwin's problem was probably behavioral (though she doesn't have conclusive evidence). We thought that the problem was that Arwin didn't like it when the bed was unmade, as she always seemed to do it in the morning before we got around to making the bed. So we began immediately making the bed as soon as we got up.
Around 2 weeks ago, Arwin actually peed down by my ankles in the middle of the night (that's not the way you want to be woken up). She also peed on our couch and on the carpet at the bottom of our stairs to the basement. In each instance, we have thoroughly soaked the affected area with "Nature's Miracle". We have also taken to locking up Arwin at night in the basement bathroom (with a new, clean litterbox). This afternoon, she peed at the bottom of the stairs again.
I have ordered a Feliway diffuser and the spray off of Amazon, and I'm kind of wondering what to do next. Is there any other indicator that this might be behavioral versus a UTI besides boarding her at the vet until she urinates? Any other trouble shooting you can recommend? This is really causing me a lot of anxiety.
Thanks in advance...
I've read through the Inappropriate Peeing Problems Answered thread, so I at least I'm not a total newbie. I have 3 cats -- a 13 year old female, and a brother and sister that are around 4 years old. All are spayed/neutered. We have 3 litterboxes -- two on the ground floor, one in the basement and we clean them all twice a day.
A couple of months ago, we began finding pee on our bed on the wife's side, down by here feet. It took us a while to find out who it was, but eventually, we caught the young female (Arwin) in the act. She was actually attempting to "cover" it with her paws when we caught her and she took off running. So it would seem to not be a spraying problem, but rather a urination problem.
We took Arwin to the vet, but the vet was unable to get any urine -- even after keeping her all day. She suggested that Arwin's problem was probably behavioral (though she doesn't have conclusive evidence). We thought that the problem was that Arwin didn't like it when the bed was unmade, as she always seemed to do it in the morning before we got around to making the bed. So we began immediately making the bed as soon as we got up.
Around 2 weeks ago, Arwin actually peed down by my ankles in the middle of the night (that's not the way you want to be woken up). She also peed on our couch and on the carpet at the bottom of our stairs to the basement. In each instance, we have thoroughly soaked the affected area with "Nature's Miracle". We have also taken to locking up Arwin at night in the basement bathroom (with a new, clean litterbox). This afternoon, she peed at the bottom of the stairs again.
I have ordered a Feliway diffuser and the spray off of Amazon, and I'm kind of wondering what to do next. Is there any other indicator that this might be behavioral versus a UTI besides boarding her at the vet until she urinates? Any other trouble shooting you can recommend? This is really causing me a lot of anxiety.
Thanks in advance...