new rescue cat did a wee in our bedroom

fran1234

Hi all.
Brought our lovely rescue cat home yesterday. She is settling in exploring the house and purring away. Last night she slept on our bedroom floor. At 7 i was woken up by the sound of her scratching the carpet. I looked and saw she had weed in the corner of the room. Im guessing she just was confused and forgot to use the littertray.
Any recommendations of how we can prevent this happening again.

Tiglath

I usually sit for 5 minutes and dabble my fingers in a clean tray through the litter making encouraging noises, and then making a big pleased fuss when they've used it. The only new cats we had which took some days to get used to it were semi-ferals, who'd never lived indoors but they learned quite quickly; DH did eventually forgive the girl for waking him up by widdling on his chest Mostly the new ones have held it for 24 hours, then used the tray.

balletshoes

as well as thoroughly cleaning the area with recommended products so your cat doesn't think its a normal place to continue weeing, put a litter tray upstairs as well as downstairs for her, if only until she gets totally used to where everything is.

paulineb_2

fran1234 wrote: »

Hi all.
Brought our lovely rescue cat home yesterday. She is settling in exploring the house and purring away. Last night she slept on our bedroom floor. At 7 i was woken up by the sound of her scratching the carpet. I looked and saw she had weed in the corner of the room. Im guessing she just was confused and forgot to use the littertray.
Any recommendations of how we can prevent this happening again.

It might take a while for the cat to settle. I have cats and they dont wee anywhere apart from the litter tray but sometimes cats can and do wee outside their trays for any number of reasons. Also if the tray needs changed, they might not do it in the tray.

Grimbal

where was the litter tray in relation to your bedroom ? She may not have worked out how to get back there yet, or was too nervous to go and find it again. I'd put a litter tray on each floor at least, and perhaps put one in the room where she seems to feel safest for now.

make sure that you clean any accidents up using either a biological detergent or a specially designed formulation that you can get from pet shops (we use the one from pets at home & it works wonderfully). If the residue is not broken down, she may think that that is still the toileting area

Oh, and congratulations on your new kitty (& double thanks for rehoming a rescue)


ETA: pictures ?!

fran1234

Thanks all.

She is 2 years old and as far as ive been told doesnt have a problem using the litter tray although i know we are using different litter.

The litter tray is in our spare bedroom which is next to our bedroom.

I cleaned it up using a dettol spray as i dont have bio powder or special cleaning spray yet. I doesnt seem like she has weed again in the same spot as its dry.

The tray did have a poo in it but i have cleared it out now. Also she has been pooing in it fine but doesnt wee there which i dont really understand.

This afternoon after i got home today she started doing a wee in the corner of the dining room. I picked her up and carried her to the litter tray. She jumped straight out of it and didnt use it.

She seems quiet content, purring away and has explored most of the rooms. She seems quiet confident to go where she wants, so dont think she was nervous to go to it.

Dont think i can post pictures unfortunately but she is gorgeous!.

fran1234

Just tried rustling the litter with my fingers when she was in the room and she came and did a tiny wee in the tray. I gave her lots of fuss. but then she went downstairs and did a wee by the front door. I interupted her and she ran off.
It looks in the tray like she has done a few wees in there but little ones. Im wondering if she has a bladder problem?

Lilyjade

One of our cats liked to pee in the hallway, we fixed it by shutting him out of the hallway for a few weeks. When we let him back in the hall he was fine.

A few years later he got bladder problems and would poop in the tray but not pee in it, would take him a while after he was better to use a tray again.

Also are you using the same litter as the cat is use to? They can be funny about using the tray if it's not a litter they like, or if they feel it's not clean enough, or if it is deeper filled, or if it is less full than they are use to!

My current boy only likes trays with edges, that way he only has to have 1 paw in the tray, the other three he puts on the edge. When we had a hooded tray he would happily balance all 4 paws on the edge and just stick his bottom in the tray.

fran1234

I also noticed a coulple of red spots in the places she peed in the litter. I think its blood but did wonder if thats what the cat litter does as ive read online somehere about it turning orange with wee. Does this sound like it might be an infection or something as she is only doing little wees and there might be blood in it?

Im going to see if we can take her to the vet tomorrow just in case.

Lilyjade

Trip to the vets definitely needed. Some cats get cystitis when stressed and moving to a new home can be stressful for some.

roxy13

Just to let you know that Dettol is potentially toxic to cats so really shouldn't be used if you have cats in the house.