Dio & Napoleon (one is an american shorthair the other one is a Hemingway both rescue) have some sort of problem: They get on the litter box, but they pee standing up so the pee ends up outside of the litterbox. At first it was only Dio but now it seems that Napoleon for some reason is copying him.
I tried switching them to a climb in litter box (whole on the top) but they hate it. Napoleon is fine with it but dio gets on top of the box and still pees outside (doesn't like to get in).
a little background on Dio: He has been having what it seemed to lots of UTI's problems... even after surgery (they removed his penis and opened up his urethra) they still couldn't find what was wrong with him. I think his problem is stress related and not so much an infection problem. I live in a 1,000 sq ft apartment and they never go out except to the balcony. I recently (less than a month ago) tried switching them to wet food and loaded my house with those stress pheromone plugs so I hope that helps with his stress.
Any ideas of what I could do regarding his peeing outside the box? It is a pain to have to be cleaning the floor absolutely every time they go hah. and to make things worse, I recently discover I am anosmic (inability to perceive odor) so I am a bit scared of having people over because I don't know how good or bad my apt smells.
Thanks!
I tried switching them to a climb in litter box (whole on the top) but they hate it. Napoleon is fine with it but dio gets on top of the box and still pees outside (doesn't like to get in).
a little background on Dio: He has been having what it seemed to lots of UTI's problems... even after surgery (they removed his penis and opened up his urethra) they still couldn't find what was wrong with him. I think his problem is stress related and not so much an infection problem. I live in a 1,000 sq ft apartment and they never go out except to the balcony. I recently (less than a month ago) tried switching them to wet food and loaded my house with those stress pheromone plugs so I hope that helps with his stress.
Any ideas of what I could do regarding his peeing outside the box? It is a pain to have to be cleaning the floor absolutely every time they go hah. and to make things worse, I recently discover I am anosmic (inability to perceive odor) so I am a bit scared of having people over because I don't know how good or bad my apt smells.
Thanks!