A week ago my cat was diagnosed with kidneys which are starting to fail.

[IAmReallyFabNow]

In her room where she eats and sleeps at night it smells of wee. Is it connected?

[rockinhippy]

Sorry you got bad news for her, glad it wasn't the worst though

& YES, it will be, she's probably struggling to get to her tray/outside quick enough, from experience I'd recommend getting yourself a few small litter trays to dot around the house near her favourite spots, she'll be happier for it, as they don't like messing where they shouldn't

not ideal I know, but comes with the territory of having an elderly cat with health problems I'm afraid

[IAmReallyFabNow]

She has 100% access to the garden 100% of the time but I will get her a litter tray as well.
Thanks for replying.

[wufti]

One of our cats was diagnosed with early kidney failure two years, has been switched to a kidney friendly diet which he eats 90% of the time - still steals some other food - and has put weight back on after loosing over a kilo at the time (he is a big cat btw). We were told it would most likely shorten his life but he is doing very well two years later. We do now provide a litter tray and he does use it quite a lot whereas he always used to go outside - I think he has got a bit lazy and found it too cold to go outside during the snowy weather!

[rockinhippy]

I've had Kidney problems in the past myself, & it DOES make you want to run to the loo more & need to get there more quickly, & also cold weather does make that worse, so I expect thats part of your Cats problem too wufti......though they can get lazier with age too & just feeling spoilt :)

[winnybella]

I don't have that problem with my cat who has the same thing-renal insufficiency?

Did you get special food and pills? Did they put her on a drip for a bit?

[IAmReallyFabNow]

Mine goes out at 3 ish to wait for me to come back from school to feed see her .