Hi

One of mine if not both did this in our washing bin!

It did stop when they were neutered for a while and only happened on a couple of other occasions but can't say if it would have stopped as we have since lost them. It is strange how cats tend to do it on dirty washing or on something that has your smell but I never knew why.

I am hoping I don't have this problem again with our new kittens when we get them.

Sharon
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Suggest you take him to the vet and ensure that he hasn't got a UTI of some sort. I would definitely change the litter and add a further tray as has been suggested.

I know you got your boy done but did you get the girl spayed at the same time? If not, I would definitely not leave her unattended in the garden as she could well end up pregnant!!

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I have been trying this product out for the past few weeks as one of my neuter boys sprays. Urine-Hater. Eliminates Urine & Pet Odours - £9.99 : Pinky Pawz - Simply ... the cats whiskers!, Pinky Pawz - Simply ... the cats whiskers! I am quite impressed (I have used Ickypoo and UrineOff before). It does immediately eradicate the smell of cat pee. I have to say my cat still goes back to the same place and it hasn't actually stopped him from spraying but at least when I clean it up now there is no lingering odour of cat wee.

It may be worth you giving it a go. Apparently other people have said it has stopped their cats from spraying in inappropriate places but as I have said my boy has been spraying for 11 years so I can't see him breaking the habit completely. It really does what it says on the label.

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There is this stuff that works wonders called Sour apple. Check it out at the pet store. It makes everything the cat licks taste bad and they are put off by the smell and won't pee in that area either. Good luck!

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My situation was a little different I think in that my Thomas is an indoor cat. He would wee right outside his litter tray but still occasionally use his tray for wees and always use it for poos. I changed the location of the tray to our kitchen as it is tiled and easier to clean! He then changed the location in which he wanted to wee and started going near our front door... sigh.

Eventually I decided to confine him to the kitchen to re-enforce his litter training - I did this for 4 weeks. I also changed his brand of litter and took the hood off his tray. So far so good as he's been 'free' for a couple of weeks now and we haven't had an accident yet. I'm still cautious though and don't fully trust him when I hear him sculking around near the front door!

I'm getting to my wits end now, I spoke with the vet who said it's most probably not a UTI otherwise he'd be weeing everywhere not just a 'chosen' place. I've cleaned the bedroom thoroughly with special Pet Cleaner and steam cleaned the floor just to make sure and kill any germs that might be lurking.

However, he’s banned from the bedroom completely now, as everytime I let him in, he wanders around and then I notice him sniffing around and I get to nervous and kick him out. It was going well, but last week he did a poo in the bath and also in the sloped corner underneath the stairs in our living room, but I thought he might have had an upset stomach so let him off….

This morning, he did a poo right next to the toilet in the bathroom… and while I was cleaning this up…. He did a wee on the little cloth I keep next to the bath for cleaning…

I don’t know why he’s doing this, or what to do to break the habit, except ban him from all upstairs… but then I’m worried he’ll just start doing it downstairs…..

He goes in and out all day so he can go outside when he likes, his litter tray was cleaned out completely and fresh litter put in last night, so it can’t be that.

Is he just being naughty? Will he grow out of it, I can’t have a house that smells of cat poo and wee for the rest of his life… getting sick of running around cleaning up after them, the OH is enough, I feel like a mother of three!

I know exactly how you feel as I was in the same place a month or so ago! I think it sounds like he's in the habit of going outside his box now - albeit a very bad habit. If possible I would try to re-train him again and confine him to one room - put plenty of plastic sheets down on the floor though. This way you can begin to break the habit and hopefully when he's done he wont feel the need to go outside his box anymore.

If this isn't a possibility I can also recommend the Feliway defuser and changing the litter you use (regardless of whether or not it's been fine in the past).

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I really think a change of cat litter may help and perhaps an additional tray (do you have a covered one or open?) get the opposite of what you have now. Or, he may not be happy where the litter tray is currently positioned. Perhaps it is not private enough?

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