Cat weeing in house! UPDATE on my mog

loopyloulou_3

I have a 10 year old cat who has developed (in the past 2 weeks) a bad habit of weeing in one place (my landing carpet) in my house. It is frustrating me beyond all belief (and costing me a fortune in febreeze and vanish). Any tips on how to discourage this behaviour... I havent actually caught him in the act although I know it is him, and any tips on what to use to clear up the mess when he does have these "accidents".

he is a bit lazy and will only use his cat flap if he has to, although he seems ok enough to use it to come in at feeding time!! and i do wonder if it is because it has got much colder and wetter that he doesnt fancy going outside, although he has been fine for years and has never done in once in the house.

Please tell me a way to get him back to weeing outside and stop me from have a new black and white fluffy pair of slippers.....


thanks a million

Loopy and Jack the mog

moggins

Cats tend to go back and wee in the same spot so try rubbing a cut lemon over the spot where he has gone.

dannahaz

If this is new behaviour it would be worthwile taking your cat to the vet to have him checked out. It's possible he has a health problem.

Our female cat did the same thing. The second time it happened I took her to the vet and it turned out the poor cat had cystitis. Obvously it won't be cystitis for your boy, but it might be something.

lofty_cherrytree

yes take him to the vet. We had this problem too, with the cat soiling, she turned out to have a problem which was terminal, but the vet told us a change of behaviour usually indicates a health problem which could probably be treated.

sambo31

I would have to agree with the last 2 posters it could well be a health problem that has decided to rear its ugly head another thing i would advise is to spray the area with surgical spirit cant quite remember why this works but its something to do with the fact that the cat cant stand the smell and wont go back there this has alwasy worked for me especially with my new kitten but if it is a health problem he will simply find somewhere else to go maybe invest in a litter tray as he is now getting older and perhaps doesnt want to go out as the weather is getting cold.

janeym8

my first cat had her bladder and her womb joined-sorry for the squeamish amongst you all-apart from mats down all over the place we used to initially leave orange peel down which did help.this is also helpful to stop cats coming into your garden if you leave the peel in strategically placed areas around the garden


janey xx

piglet6

I would echo the comments above. My cat had a tendency to scratch the carpet and "make puddings" near the doorways on the landing of our house (I hope you know what I mean by that - clawing the carpet, like kneading dough...). I bought some citrus Shake'n'Vac - it may not be money saving to buy that stuff but it certainly works out cheaper than buying a new carpet, and my cat hates the citrus smell...!

Piglet

TheFlyingGerbil

Our boy cat did this and he had kidney stones - definitely go to the vet but in the mean time could you put a carrier bag over the area and some newspaper over the top - the paper will absorb the liquid and the bag stop it getting through to the carpet. I wouldnt recommend stopping him going there - he may go somewhere else which you may not notice until it is too late.

Joe

squeaky

Whichever cleaning agent you use to clear up after accidents remember to check the contents label. It should be one that does not contain ammonia because, apparently, cats love it and so will return to the same spot.

On the subject of orange peel... it makes me smile

My cat Sally will lick my fingers clean after I've peeled an orange. When she was younger she'd actually stand on my lap and wait for me to finish!

Mad or what?


There are some older threads that might help you out too and they are listed here:-

PETS

Fleas and smelly litter trays etc head the list.

HopeElizzy

I second squeaky - don't use commercial cleaning products because they invariably contain amonia - even trace amounts make a difference. Cats smell the amonia and think another cat has been there so go again in the same place. I use non-bio washing powder or liquid (whatever you have) as it's one of the only things without amonia. HTH

phizzimum

we had the same problem with one of our cats, I thought he was just marking his territory but it turned out he had a urine infection and crystals forming in urine causing him pain... I felt terrible! If someone hadn't suggested taking him to the vet I would have kept on shouting at him and chucking him out!

a tip our vet gave for cleaning up after him was to use a solution of biological washing powder as this will neutralise the smell completely, otherwise the cat can still smell it even if you can't.

let us know how it turns out.