Hello all,
One of my cats periodically pees outside of litter box and I am hoping to get some help from here. I will try my best to keep it short but this has been the issue since she came to me (which is about 2 years ago) and I still couldn't resolve it, so hopefully someone can help or advice me.
My cat was fine in the beginning, then she started to pee outside of litter box. It was probably once a month at that time that I thought it was an accident. Then it became more frequent and she started to pee outside once a day. I ended up bringing her to the vet and the doctor prescribed medicine for UTI for a week after the test. During that week, she did not pee outside of the litter box and it worked! But after a week, she started again, as if medication worked for that time. The vet gave me additional week for it and her pee behavior went away for few days, then she did it again but less frequently. I was also at the position that she was bit overweight and had to loose weight, so I worked on making her loose weight (about 4 lbs) and hoping the issue goes away.
Unfortunately, while she lost weight, the issue still existed and we did additional test, like blood work and x-ray and so on, but the vet couldn't find the issue as everything looked great and at this point, she said it look like a behavior and gave me a medication for the behavior. That was about a year ago. My cat unfortunately still peed frequently (I cannot recall how often because at this point, I lost track of it as she peed everywhere in my apartment before). Few month later, we did another UTI test and the doctor said some rate is bit higher but not too much leaning toward UTI.
That was my cat's previous history. I recently moved to the bigger new place, and at the beginning, she was ok with all. I introduced place slowly and everything is new, so no cat urinated spots. Unfortunately, she started to pee outside of litter box again after some weeks of adjustment. It was multi-room & multi-floor and she used to pee only one specific room, which has carpet. Every time she does, I spot it and tried to clean as much as I can. Now she started to expand and pee on hardwood stair, hardwood floor (in front of entrance) and even carpet stair. It can be every other day, every week, or something like that. One thing I noticed was that she always pees at the corner and/or edge. I couldn't figure the way she pee (whether spraying or urinating) but I assume urinating because pee is usually on the floor. She also knows she did something bad because when she did and saw me, she ran away. BTW, I clean the litter box daily as same schedule and we have 1 litter box per cat.
Is this still considered to be behavior? Perhaps her anxiety? Then why UTI med worked only that time? I am so frustrated because I visited vet multiple times and even with it, the issue still exists. I have to say that I did not give her the medication frequently because I am still unsure if this is anxiety and/or behavior and if so, what is causing it? My daily routine is very regular and in fact, I stay in home a lot too, so I am not sure what could trigger her anxiety? Also before she came to me, she used to live w/ multiple cats about 4 years until the owner passed away and not sure if that caused the issue.
TL;DR: One of my cats pees outside of the litter box since she came to me (2 years ago). I visited vet multiple times and even with UTI medication and clean health result, she still pees outside, some abnormal pattern (can be once a week to once every other day). I was leaning toward anxiety and/or behavior but I don't know what is causing it and not sure how to resolve it. I am usually keeping regular schedule and in fact, stay in home a lot. She previously lived with multiple cats until the owner passed away and I have multiple cats (2 others) and we have 1 litter box per cat.
Thank you so much!
One of my cats periodically pees outside of litter box and I am hoping to get some help from here. I will try my best to keep it short but this has been the issue since she came to me (which is about 2 years ago) and I still couldn't resolve it, so hopefully someone can help or advice me.
My cat was fine in the beginning, then she started to pee outside of litter box. It was probably once a month at that time that I thought it was an accident. Then it became more frequent and she started to pee outside once a day. I ended up bringing her to the vet and the doctor prescribed medicine for UTI for a week after the test. During that week, she did not pee outside of the litter box and it worked! But after a week, she started again, as if medication worked for that time. The vet gave me additional week for it and her pee behavior went away for few days, then she did it again but less frequently. I was also at the position that she was bit overweight and had to loose weight, so I worked on making her loose weight (about 4 lbs) and hoping the issue goes away.
Unfortunately, while she lost weight, the issue still existed and we did additional test, like blood work and x-ray and so on, but the vet couldn't find the issue as everything looked great and at this point, she said it look like a behavior and gave me a medication for the behavior. That was about a year ago. My cat unfortunately still peed frequently (I cannot recall how often because at this point, I lost track of it as she peed everywhere in my apartment before). Few month later, we did another UTI test and the doctor said some rate is bit higher but not too much leaning toward UTI.
That was my cat's previous history. I recently moved to the bigger new place, and at the beginning, she was ok with all. I introduced place slowly and everything is new, so no cat urinated spots. Unfortunately, she started to pee outside of litter box again after some weeks of adjustment. It was multi-room & multi-floor and she used to pee only one specific room, which has carpet. Every time she does, I spot it and tried to clean as much as I can. Now she started to expand and pee on hardwood stair, hardwood floor (in front of entrance) and even carpet stair. It can be every other day, every week, or something like that. One thing I noticed was that she always pees at the corner and/or edge. I couldn't figure the way she pee (whether spraying or urinating) but I assume urinating because pee is usually on the floor. She also knows she did something bad because when she did and saw me, she ran away. BTW, I clean the litter box daily as same schedule and we have 1 litter box per cat.
Is this still considered to be behavior? Perhaps her anxiety? Then why UTI med worked only that time? I am so frustrated because I visited vet multiple times and even with it, the issue still exists. I have to say that I did not give her the medication frequently because I am still unsure if this is anxiety and/or behavior and if so, what is causing it? My daily routine is very regular and in fact, I stay in home a lot too, so I am not sure what could trigger her anxiety? Also before she came to me, she used to live w/ multiple cats about 4 years until the owner passed away and not sure if that caused the issue.
TL;DR: One of my cats pees outside of the litter box since she came to me (2 years ago). I visited vet multiple times and even with UTI medication and clean health result, she still pees outside, some abnormal pattern (can be once a week to once every other day). I was leaning toward anxiety and/or behavior but I don't know what is causing it and not sure how to resolve it. I am usually keeping regular schedule and in fact, stay in home a lot. She previously lived with multiple cats until the owner passed away and I have multiple cats (2 others) and we have 1 litter box per cat.
Thank you so much!
