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Our tortie is a little over 1 years old and she has urinating out of the litter box issues. At first she peed on the bed or soft things at seemingly random times. After she peed directly outside the box while we watched, we changed the type of litter, got a second box, and we thought we'd solved the problem. She didn't pee again on anything for a month.
Now the problem is that she pees in just one particular scenario. It's around 6am, she has tried to wake us up with gentle mewing and walking over our legs and feet. If we don't respond and get up quickly, she will start pouncing on our feet and scratching the covers like it's litter. Then she'll urinate and it's as if she's held her bladder all night. This is my best guess as to what is going on: she doesn't like to pee when we are asleep and she just can't hold it anymore.
I don't know why this is happening. For a month now we've moved a litter box into the bedroom. There are just two adults, no other pets in the house, and both boxes have never been covered. She is generally a confident and friendly cat. There are animals outside that I think have spooked her, but her peeing doesn't seem exactly like perimeter marking behavior. We've had her for about 5 months and adopted her from a rescue, so she had lived outside for the beginning of her life but we don't know much about it. We took her to the vet and confirmed she was healthy.
I think that the problem is she doesn't feel safe or confident using the litter box without our protection. Any suggestions on how to encourage her? Or does anyone have an idea about what else might be the problem that I'm not seeing. Thanks!
Now the problem is that she pees in just one particular scenario. It's around 6am, she has tried to wake us up with gentle mewing and walking over our legs and feet. If we don't respond and get up quickly, she will start pouncing on our feet and scratching the covers like it's litter. Then she'll urinate and it's as if she's held her bladder all night. This is my best guess as to what is going on: she doesn't like to pee when we are asleep and she just can't hold it anymore.
I don't know why this is happening. For a month now we've moved a litter box into the bedroom. There are just two adults, no other pets in the house, and both boxes have never been covered. She is generally a confident and friendly cat. There are animals outside that I think have spooked her, but her peeing doesn't seem exactly like perimeter marking behavior. We've had her for about 5 months and adopted her from a rescue, so she had lived outside for the beginning of her life but we don't know much about it. We took her to the vet and confirmed she was healthy.
I think that the problem is she doesn't feel safe or confident using the litter box without our protection. Any suggestions on how to encourage her? Or does anyone have an idea about what else might be the problem that I'm not seeing. Thanks!