Hi, I was looking for some help or suggestions.

My partner and I recently moved in together ( into my house ). I already had 2 female cats. My partner has an older ( 12 years ) male cat who is blind and not particulary sociable.

To help get him used to the new environment I setup a litter tray for him in a spare bedroom the two girls share another tray elsewhere in the house. All was fine until about a month ago.

He then started peeing in the hall - managed to get a degree of control over this through scrubbing, keeping an eye on him and puppy pads. But he still ocassionally goes there - puppy pads are catching it now though.

He's now started peeting beside his litter tray - not in it ( he does cr@p in his tray though ). So once again puppy pads and scrubbing to keep on top of it - but it's pretty much twice a day that he does this so it's a fairly constant exercise. I change his litter every two days and try and keep it as clean as I can. I've tried different litter types, trays etc....but he just seems to persist.

Kinda reaching a dead end with options or ideas now though.

I have a feeling the girls may nip in and use his tray every now and then - so I'm not sure if that's throwing him? It's difficult to isolate them from his tray though.

My partner is due our first child in March so I would really like to have this under some sort of control by then.

Some I'm desperately looking for some ideas....

Much Thanks....

Hi and welcome.
Prior to your partner moving in with you did her cat have problems peeing before?

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Hi Etienne.....no he didn't have these sorts of problems before. He'd occassionally miss the tray but that was accidental - what I've seen him do lately looks very much intentional.

It may be behavioural or it could be a UTI possibly brought on by stress.I would advise you to get him checked out at the vets for a urine infection and take it from there.What do you use to clean the area where he has pee'd.You have to remove all trace of the scent by using something like this Simple Solution Stain and Odour Remover by Pets at Home | Pets at Home Cats are attracted back by the smell of urine just because you cant smell it doesnt mean he cant.A feliway diffuser may also help with any stress he may feel from the move.It is quite stressful for cats when they have to move home,and the added problem of being blind must make it worse.Good luck and please keep us updated.
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Hi,
He could be marking his territory from the threat of the two other cats.
My two females kept peeing by the front door and we put puppy pads and a litter tray there but unfortunately they were very persistent.
We went to the vet and tried the diffuser and the spray but still didn't work and they even tried metacam incase they had sistitis (excuse the spelling) eventually we put Poppy our mother cat in her own bedroom, which worked but unfortunately Snoopy has never gotten over peeing around the house.
We tried all cleaning products but our vet advised non biological washing powder or liquid or vodka.
Go to the vet just keep persisting like we have. We have been through everything and have been advised to get a cat behaviourist.

Poor old kitty. hope you can sort this wee (pardon the pun) problem out.
It must be a bit stressful for him, with the new place and kittys etc.

hope it can work out for All.

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