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Hi everyone,
I have been lurking for a while and found lots of helpful advice here. I'm hoping someone can give me another perspective, some advice or support. Sorry for the length but i'm trying to be thorough.
My indoor cat (5 years old, spayed) has stopped weeing in any of her (3) litter boxes. I move them to where she wees and she'll pick a different spot, or she'll wee right in front or next to them, sometimes so close it goes under the box. She does not adopt the spraying position, it is a squat down wee but it is by the front and back doors downstairs so does look like territorial marking. This started intermittently in the height of summer. I took her and a urine sample to the vets and they didn't find anything apart from that she was a little dehydrated, i've put more water bowls out and she drinks a lot more now. They just did the cheap test, not the culturing - do you think I need to get that done?
About once a month or two I might hear cats fighting outside - this is the only evidence of other cats that I have noticed. I put deterrents outside anyway, just in case they were bothering her. I also put out a third litter box with a different type of litter but she didn't touch it and I don't think she has a problem with the type of litter. Her 2 boxes are in a good location (private, quiet etc) and I spot clean them often - the third box is not in a great spot but it is where she was weeing so she chose it although she doesn't use it. I clean using the Pets at home Simple Solution.
I've been using Feliway plug ins for months, bought some rescue remedy which she dislikes and have now resorted to ordering a packet of Zylkene. I'd prefer not to medicate her to be honest. She has a cat tree and lots of scratching posts and beds all of which she uses.
Thank you for reading this far.
Do you think letting her go out would help her? Do you have any other ideas? I don't know how long this can go on.
Doodle
I have been lurking for a while and found lots of helpful advice here. I'm hoping someone can give me another perspective, some advice or support. Sorry for the length but i'm trying to be thorough.
My indoor cat (5 years old, spayed) has stopped weeing in any of her (3) litter boxes. I move them to where she wees and she'll pick a different spot, or she'll wee right in front or next to them, sometimes so close it goes under the box. She does not adopt the spraying position, it is a squat down wee but it is by the front and back doors downstairs so does look like territorial marking. This started intermittently in the height of summer. I took her and a urine sample to the vets and they didn't find anything apart from that she was a little dehydrated, i've put more water bowls out and she drinks a lot more now. They just did the cheap test, not the culturing - do you think I need to get that done?
About once a month or two I might hear cats fighting outside - this is the only evidence of other cats that I have noticed. I put deterrents outside anyway, just in case they were bothering her. I also put out a third litter box with a different type of litter but she didn't touch it and I don't think she has a problem with the type of litter. Her 2 boxes are in a good location (private, quiet etc) and I spot clean them often - the third box is not in a great spot but it is where she was weeing so she chose it although she doesn't use it. I clean using the Pets at home Simple Solution.
I've been using Feliway plug ins for months, bought some rescue remedy which she dislikes and have now resorted to ordering a packet of Zylkene. I'd prefer not to medicate her to be honest. She has a cat tree and lots of scratching posts and beds all of which she uses.
Thank you for reading this far.
Do you think letting her go out would help her? Do you have any other ideas? I don't know how long this can go on.
Doodle