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Our cat started peeing out of the litter box after our son was born. Our son is now 2. Our cat, Miller (male) is 14. His peeing also gets worse after my mom's visits with her dog. We lost our other cat in November but it didn't seem to affect him.
His litter box is in the basement. He started peeing on the carpet in the room where is scratch post is on our top floor. So we moved the scratch post to our bedroom and locked him out of the top floor via the baby gate.
About six months ago he started peeing in our bedroom. In the same corner over and over again... there's nothing special about this corner, my son doesn't go there or anything. We used urine-off an enzyme cleaner many times. After having to sleep downstairs because the smell was sooo bad we went through a rigorous cleaning where we used vinegar and baking soda, than the next day peroxide, than carpet cleaning. This is what we found got rid of the smell the best.
We've now put up a baby gate to block him out of our bedroom so the carpet doesn't totally get ruined and moved his scratch post temporarily in the living room.
This morning as we sat down to breakfast we noticed the dining room table was wet. He had peed on it! We weren't mad, just sad that this had now progressed to an even worse level. Incidentally, 2 nights prior my son had tried to feed him some chicken from the table and I'm wondering if there is a connection.
He's also stopped manicuring himself. His entire sides and underbelly are full of matts, which he's never had before and brushing isn't keeping it under control. My husband thinks it's age and although loves him is of the mindset to put him down in a few weeks. I want to make sure we've asked all the right questions and have tried everything for our Miller.
After eliminating a urinary infection, where does this leave us?
If it's social behaviour, should we try reintroducing him to all rooms in the house by starting off by locking him in a room with food and litter box and gradually introduce him to the rest of the house?
At what point is it simply age and he's lose control? Was it maybe social behaviour and now it's an age thing? HELP
His litter box is in the basement. He started peeing on the carpet in the room where is scratch post is on our top floor. So we moved the scratch post to our bedroom and locked him out of the top floor via the baby gate.
About six months ago he started peeing in our bedroom. In the same corner over and over again... there's nothing special about this corner, my son doesn't go there or anything. We used urine-off an enzyme cleaner many times. After having to sleep downstairs because the smell was sooo bad we went through a rigorous cleaning where we used vinegar and baking soda, than the next day peroxide, than carpet cleaning. This is what we found got rid of the smell the best.
We've now put up a baby gate to block him out of our bedroom so the carpet doesn't totally get ruined and moved his scratch post temporarily in the living room.
This morning as we sat down to breakfast we noticed the dining room table was wet. He had peed on it! We weren't mad, just sad that this had now progressed to an even worse level. Incidentally, 2 nights prior my son had tried to feed him some chicken from the table and I'm wondering if there is a connection.
He's also stopped manicuring himself. His entire sides and underbelly are full of matts, which he's never had before and brushing isn't keeping it under control. My husband thinks it's age and although loves him is of the mindset to put him down in a few weeks. I want to make sure we've asked all the right questions and have tried everything for our Miller.
After eliminating a urinary infection, where does this leave us?
If it's social behaviour, should we try reintroducing him to all rooms in the house by starting off by locking him in a room with food and litter box and gradually introduce him to the rest of the house?
At what point is it simply age and he's lose control? Was it maybe social behaviour and now it's an age thing? HELP