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I've had her for about two years, and in that time she's only had a urine accident once. This was when she traumatized from having been dumped outdoors and settling into our home again - I think the peeing was anxious territorial marking and she's never done it since.
Smo had a cystitis scare about four months ago from dehydration, and her bacterial culture came back negative. She was obviously very uncomfortable when the symptoms set in (peeing every 15 minutes), but never went outside her box. I'm baffled as to why she would suddenly do this when she stuck to her litterbox through such discomfort.
What happened tonight was that she was asleep on my bed for about a half hour. I saw her twitching her paws and whiskers like she was having a nightmare, then she bolted awake with a meow. I see her twitching like this sometimes, but she's normally very quiet and rarely wakes herself up meowing. She kept sleeping for a bit then suddenly got up and started pawing at the sheets, which I've only ever seen her do when she had her last urine accident a year ago. I was watching her the whole time and it really looks like she peed herself in her sleep - she never got up and squatted or anything like that. Just, one second she was asleep and the next she was up and trying to bury the pee on the sheet.
Smo got a pretty bad scare yesterday from something crashing down in the closet last night when she was exploring it, but seemed to recover pretty quickly and was using her litterbox normally today. I did notice though that she spent most of today hiding in a box we have out for her - she was in there for hours even though it was hot out. Her demeanor was just off somehow. I'm partly wondering if she's scared of me because I'm the one who caused the commotion in the closet.
I've seen Smo have cystitis-like symptoms twice before and this just doesn't seem UTI related, especially since she was going in her box normally when having all the symptoms of a UTI.
Can anyone help me decode what's happening here? I'm honestly terrified that she's going to do it again, and in a common space - I live with people who started allowing her into our common areas several months ago, and I'm afraid she'll be banned from accessing them if she keeps urinating inappropriately.
Is it possible that she peed herself out of fear, especially since she's seemed anxious all day? How do I prevent this from happening again? We already have a waterproof mattress cover on that I've sprayed down with enzyme cleaner, and I'm washing the sheets and mattress cover with vinegar right now. I just can't imagine why she would do this.
Smo had a cystitis scare about four months ago from dehydration, and her bacterial culture came back negative. She was obviously very uncomfortable when the symptoms set in (peeing every 15 minutes), but never went outside her box. I'm baffled as to why she would suddenly do this when she stuck to her litterbox through such discomfort.
What happened tonight was that she was asleep on my bed for about a half hour. I saw her twitching her paws and whiskers like she was having a nightmare, then she bolted awake with a meow. I see her twitching like this sometimes, but she's normally very quiet and rarely wakes herself up meowing. She kept sleeping for a bit then suddenly got up and started pawing at the sheets, which I've only ever seen her do when she had her last urine accident a year ago. I was watching her the whole time and it really looks like she peed herself in her sleep - she never got up and squatted or anything like that. Just, one second she was asleep and the next she was up and trying to bury the pee on the sheet.
Smo got a pretty bad scare yesterday from something crashing down in the closet last night when she was exploring it, but seemed to recover pretty quickly and was using her litterbox normally today. I did notice though that she spent most of today hiding in a box we have out for her - she was in there for hours even though it was hot out. Her demeanor was just off somehow. I'm partly wondering if she's scared of me because I'm the one who caused the commotion in the closet.
I've seen Smo have cystitis-like symptoms twice before and this just doesn't seem UTI related, especially since she was going in her box normally when having all the symptoms of a UTI.
Can anyone help me decode what's happening here? I'm honestly terrified that she's going to do it again, and in a common space - I live with people who started allowing her into our common areas several months ago, and I'm afraid she'll be banned from accessing them if she keeps urinating inappropriately.
Is it possible that she peed herself out of fear, especially since she's seemed anxious all day? How do I prevent this from happening again? We already have a waterproof mattress cover on that I've sprayed down with enzyme cleaner, and I'm washing the sheets and mattress cover with vinegar right now. I just can't imagine why she would do this.