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Help! Cat is peeing on my daughter's bed...vet says behavioural.

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user1471530109 · 10/08/2020 11:58

I'm really after some advice. We've had our cats (mother and daughter-both now age 1) as rescues since end of January. They are very much loved and part of the family and have kept us all entertained over lockdown.

The past 6 weeks or so, the younger cat has been peeing out of the litter tray. First it was in the bath. Then randomly around the house. We took her to the vets as she went through a period of vomitting too.

The vet checked her over and took a sample of urine etc. She put her on a couple of different drugs (which she is still having) and said she believed it to be behavioural. We have added more litter boxes and things seemed to improve.

Last week she started peeing on my daughter's bed. Sometimes overnight whilst my daughter is alseep. Sometimes in the day.
The bed is stripped and duvet washed etc so should be no smell. Litter box in that room.
I even out a silver shiny cover over the mattress (bedding in wash) this morning and she's only bloody pee'd on that in the last hour!

Any ideas? We have a feliway plugged in, but she seems far from stressed. She purrs as she walks past us and has and wants loads of fuss. I can't wash the bloody duvet every day! Sad

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rosiethehen · 10/08/2020 12:11

Have you tried Cystease? You can buy it online and open the capsule to sprinkle on food. This relieves stress and stress related cystitis.

Zylkene 75mg - also buy online (Ebay has best prices) - open capsule and sprinkle over the food. This is for stress and is made from milk protein, which has a relaxing effect.

Set up another cat litter tray.

Get a cat tower, the type that they can sleep on top of and set it up somewhere quiet with the litter tray nearby. Stressed cats need somewhere quiet and private to retreat to.

Purring is a form of self soothing behaviour and can occur when the cat is injured, in pain or feeling stressed.

user1471530109 · 10/08/2020 12:20

Thank you Flowers

I think we have the first drug you mention from the vets. That's what she has been having for now three weeks. Like I said, things improved for the first week or so.

I think her mum is boss. And I had wondered if she didn't want to use 'mums' litter tray. But we now have three litter trays. Only one seems to be being used.

Although I say mum is the boss. Mum is the skittish one. When the kids are here, you rarely see her. The kitten is always around and loves the kids playing with her and follows me around etc. I could understand if it was the older cat peeing on the bed, but not the one that is!

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user1471530109 · 10/08/2020 12:20

The cat tree suggestion is interesting. The bed she is peeing on is a mid-sleeper ...

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rosiethehen · 10/08/2020 12:27

Yes, being higher up makes them feel more secure.

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