Ive had my cat for about 7 years now, hes about 9 or 10 years old. Hes had a couple of UTIs in the last couple of years, but thats all. Pretty good health. He's neutered by the way, and has a good temperament.
BUT - he's peeing everywhere He started doing it when i met my current partner who ive been with for 5 years. We've moved a few times since then, and hes fine when we first move in, doesnt pee anywhere except his tray. BUt then he starts again.
Its usually in one spot, by a door, and usually in the kitchen or bathroom (if the bathroom is downstairs) or the utility room if we have one.
It STINKS!!! Its vile. It makes the whole house stink.
I dont want him to ruin this house too, but to be honest i dont know what to do! Ive tried various cleaning methods.

He's just started to only use the litter tray for poos and not wees too. So that means its gonna get worse.....

Im at my wits end, and just cant see the problem resolving itself unless the partner disappears

Im at the point now where I want to rehome him

Any ideas

I would suggest using 2 litter trays. Keep the one he poos in and buy a completely different litter tray. Place it where he pees. If he does pee in it gradually move it to a better location. I have a girl who only poos in a hooded tray but pees in an open tray..... Very contrary.

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This is a habit that has been going on a long time. Get him vet checked in case UTI anyway.

I have a multicat household (3) and my neutered male was also weeing inappropriately by the front door. I too tried cleaning, multi litter trays, covered, uncovered etc.

In the end what i found worked was:

1. Getting a Feliway difuser which I plugged in the hall - location of frontdoor and main thoroughfare for rooms in house.

2. Got Cat Attract litter. This I used at first exclusively but I gradually mixed in OKO best litter (wood, clumping). So now it is a mix, probably about half in half.

3. I was lucky as he goes in 2 places only - near the front door in the mat well or near it or in the en suite bath - so both areas easy to wash down. But I removed front door mat, and covered with plastic bin liners at night topped with 2 old towels. This was so most of the wee would be absorbed by towels and prevented soaking in by bin liners.

Litter trays placed in mat well and in area just beyond.

If this happened and it did, chucked the bin liner and washed the towels with bio detergent.

It took about 8 weeks for him to stop weeing outside the litter trays and occasionally we still have an accident, but on the whole it has worked.

I still have the difuser and buy the Cat Attract litter.

ive tried the feliway diffuser but he seemed to like it
i havent tried the cat attract though - its the first time ive heard of it actually. but will give it a go. will do the bin liner & towels thing too. thanks

omg - how expensive is cat attract

I had a problem with my PB weeing - by the front door on the coir mat, behind the tv and behind the sofa. I was using Oko plus litter which I really liked. Eventually, I bought a couple more trays (one of them hooded) and 3 different types of litter. I lined them all up around the tv so that I could see at all times who was choosing what type of litter. Without exception, they ALL preferred to use the Pura Moonlight (which is a very fine sandy texture). Since changing to this litter we have had no further problems except when we moved to our new house just before Christmas and he wee'd on the coir mat by the front door. we have taken up the mat and it's just bare concrete for now.

We were at the end of our tether at the time and he was almost returned to the breeder!

Good Luck!

~x~

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thanks for that. unfortunately thats very expensive litter too.

arent there any cheaper alternatives? i just cannot afford that!

I had problems with one of my foster cats peeing and pooping all over the carpet. Are there particular places where he is doing it?

I've got the "Wash and get off!" spray from pets at home. I've also got cat repellents to keep him from peeing in the same places. I had 2 foster cats before him who were ill & so pooped wherever they felt like it. I've placed 3 litter trays around the house & found he would pee in one and poop in the others. You should definitely place more litter trays to see if he'll use them for different movements.

Different litter is another option. Some cats are very fussy, or can become very fussy. Or no litter at all? Or puppy pads. They're 4 for £1 from poundland and I've found problem cats will be drawn to them if I put them in their litter tray. I had 2 kittens last year who were peeing EVERYWHERE. I put down puppy pads & managed to contain it. Gradually moving the pad into a tray. Then pad with litter and eventually no pad !!

You should really take him to the vet to see if he has any health problems. One of my foster cats in the past was peeing and pooping all over the house & took her to the vets and it turned out she had kidney disease. It's not going to be cheap but then pet ownership generally isn't !! If he's had UTI's in the past then it's possible as his body is getting older he's going to be more prone to them. He's associating his litter tray with pain and so he's not using it. You need to find out what is causing his pain.

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Thanks for the advice. Ive bought some Oko Plus litter, and have changed him onto James Wellbeloved food, nice n natural.
Also bought another litter tray to put in the main spot he likes to pee in.
See how it goes

Cost of Cat Attract is about £27.00 ( http://www.rlpetproducts.co.uk/store/cats/litter/ ). Mixing it with another litter means it lasts me about 8 weeks for 2 litter trays. It clumps so you can just remove the clump (as does OKO). I remove clumps as soon as they appear.

I don't throw old litter when I wash out the trays (once a week). I sieve it and remove obvious small lumps.

When I was cleaning up wee it was costing me far more for specialist cleaning products to remove wee smells.

I would rather pay for the litter that works (along with diffuser) than have evil smelling carpet or wack out for specialist odour removing cleaners.