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I have three cats. My eldest two (three years old) have never had a problem with litter training. However, my youngest (one year old) pees on any clothes, towels, plastic bags and sometimes even shoes that have fallen on to the floor. She still uses the litter boxes throughout the house but she can't seem to resist peeing elsewhere.
The problems started soon after I adopted her from the shelter. She was ten weeks old and had been rescued from a house where sixty-nine cats had been neglected. She was one of the unlucky kitties who was left alone in a room without human contact. Until I adopted her, she hadn't had any prolonged contact with humans, she hadn't been stroked, played with, or picked up unless she was wrapped in a towel, so when she started urinating on the floor on her second day home, myself and the vet put it down to anxiety. During the few months of having her, she peed on my bed (four times), on my boyfriend, on my sister and on any towels, clothing or cardboard she could find*. My vet couldn't give me any help and just said that some cats act out if they've had a rough start in life.
Her behaviour has improved somewhat over the last six months or so and sometimes she can go for weeks at a time without urinating outside of the litterboxes. However, over the last few days she has urinated in four different places. She even pulled clothes out of the washing basket to pee on.
I would never get rid of her. This is the only home she has ever know and she has completely transformed from the shy, slightly aggressive little kitten I brought home. She's part of the family, but I'd really like to not have to spend my life smelling like/stepping in cat pee.
A few other notes about my cat:
- she is an indoor cat
- she gets along well with my other two cats
- she is neutered
- I use either catsan or wood pellet litter (she doesn't seem to like other types I have tried)
- there are three litter boxes in the house, there was a fourth but they didn't like using it
- litter boxes are scooped at least once each day and cleaned out once a week
- she eats and drinks well
- she prefers dry food but will accept wet food if it is offered to her
Help?
The problems started soon after I adopted her from the shelter. She was ten weeks old and had been rescued from a house where sixty-nine cats had been neglected. She was one of the unlucky kitties who was left alone in a room without human contact. Until I adopted her, she hadn't had any prolonged contact with humans, she hadn't been stroked, played with, or picked up unless she was wrapped in a towel, so when she started urinating on the floor on her second day home, myself and the vet put it down to anxiety. During the few months of having her, she peed on my bed (four times), on my boyfriend, on my sister and on any towels, clothing or cardboard she could find*. My vet couldn't give me any help and just said that some cats act out if they've had a rough start in life.
Her behaviour has improved somewhat over the last six months or so and sometimes she can go for weeks at a time without urinating outside of the litterboxes. However, over the last few days she has urinated in four different places. She even pulled clothes out of the washing basket to pee on.
I would never get rid of her. This is the only home she has ever know and she has completely transformed from the shy, slightly aggressive little kitten I brought home. She's part of the family, but I'd really like to not have to spend my life smelling like/stepping in cat pee.
A few other notes about my cat:
- she is an indoor cat
- she gets along well with my other two cats
- she is neutered
- I use either catsan or wood pellet litter (she doesn't seem to like other types I have tried)
- there are three litter boxes in the house, there was a fourth but they didn't like using it
- litter boxes are scooped at least once each day and cleaned out once a week
- she eats and drinks well
- she prefers dry food but will accept wet food if it is offered to her
Help?