Need advice, desperately.

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I've posted about this issue before but things have gotten worse.
We adopted two young cats (mum and older kitten) back in January. All wonderful, they settled in within hours. Very happy little cats and very friendly. All good.
But once the kitten got to about 1, she has started to wee outside the litter box. First it was in the bath. But now it's on the beds. Every bloody day.

I've followed advice on here and read up, but nothing is making a difference. She had a cat tree she loves, she is on medication-cystease, but she is still doing it. I've got waterproof covers on the mattresses and duvets but this morning, she weed so much it has soaked through and quite frankly I've had a-fucking-nough. Also vet says after an expensive run of tests, that there is nothing medically wrong with her. She also wees on any washing my preteen leaves on her bedroom floor.

I'm guessing it's a marking thing?

Any ideas? I've sprayed stuff over beds, made no difference. They have 3 litter trays. Mum is no problem at all. I have feliway plugged in...I should say they've ended up being house cats.

Help!
I'm off to work now, so I probably won't be able to check back until this evening. But I am hoping someone will have a magic solution

That's a good tip. I did do that this morning worried it was to blame. It's been used during the day and potentially her as it's all dug up and mum doesn't tend to dig and cover.

I will keep you posted over the next week. She was very playful this evening (currently spark out on top of her tree) while not that unusual, it was definitely more than normal.

I will try the catsan as I have some and put it in one of the other trays. I'll order some ultra clumping on the next Tesco shop and I've got a harness and new stainless steel tray coming next week.

Will also try a few more treats

I hope things are improving & I can understand why it is getting you down.

Your cat sounds stressed out to be marking so much. How does the cat get on with mum? Kittens usually leave their mums, and make a new territory, in my experience often keeping a kitten with its mum doesn’t always work sadly.

When one of my cats suddenly started weeing in the corner of the room on the carpet. I cleaned the area with surgical spirit to remove the scent. Cats hate the smell and that deterred the behaviour. Also they hate tin foil, could you put some down where the cat goes? My cats would always refuse to use a litter tray unless it was clean. My two preferred the wooden pellets type of litter.

I hope you get the behaviour under control OP

I'd start by immediately restricting her access to rooms. You really can't have her using your home as a giant Litter tray as it's really disgusting and the more she does it, the more the smell of it will attract her, despite very thorough cleansing. It must be awful for you living in a house that smells of cat wee

So I'd keep her confined in one or two rooms. Allowed out under your direct supervision as and when that is. Alternatively, locks on your bedroom doors so they can't be pushed open because you need to break the cycle of her pissing on your bedding and restricting her access is the only way to do this.

I'd then move on to litter/ food/ etc. I suspect allowing her access outside would help so this may be something you have to consider at some point

Wanted to update you.
She hadn't peed anywhere since last Thursday. I changed the litter! I had a small bag of catsan. I've since added a fourth litter tray and more catsan.

I've noticed the mother cat is also happy to use the catsan too. I'm just hoping that doesn't put her kitten off!

Thank you for all your help. Listening to you all, I've also separated them at feeding time. Even the mother cat seems happier. I didn't think they were stressed beforehand, but the mum has been happier to get closer the the kids in the last week which is a big improvement

Lovely update. Thank you!! (Anymore pictures!!!)?

Glad things have got better for you all

What about taking them outside on a leash. There are loads of youtube videos about it. It might de stress the cat without stressing your daughter.

I haven't forgotten about the leash. It's been a particularly stressful week (not cat related!) and I need to measure her up. Dd1 was very keen to try it and u think it would be really good for her too as well as the cat. My only reservation is that the older cat will no way let us put a lead on her and she may get stressed if the younger one is allowed out.

The little one has stopped waking us up (as often) very very early too. She has a habit of waking my dd2 (7) up around 5am!

Really-thanks again. I feel really bad about using the non eco friendly cat litter though. Is it once a week complete change?

Just do a complete change of the litter when you think it’s right. I have two litter trays - one I use with just newspaper sheets and so it gets completely cleaned after every use. The other has sanicat litter and roughly goes about two weeks between complete and total cleans. Otherwise I scoop out the clumped and solids and just top up with some fresh litter. If it smells, or gets very dirty or just low on litter - I give it a complete clean - roughly once a fortnight. Might be more often if I’ve fished out a lot of litter!
(I have 5 indoor cats)

Probably no use but a foster cat we had hated the expensive wood pellet litter and was super happy with Sainsbury's value/basics litter.

The Feliway plug-in also affected her horribly which I wasn't expecting - she became really anxious and aggressive
Without the plug-in she was really affectionate!

I hope you manage to resolve it, it sounds very difficult.

Is there any chance of building a catio on the back of the house or cat-proofing the fence?

My cat loves any and all treats (except those cheap Good Girl ones you find in some pet stockings!)

The Webbox sticks and Webbox (?) Lick-e-lix are well received here. The latter are a paste you squeeze out of foil tubes
Both available in the supermarket.

Re. catios I've seen quite small footprint ones that fit around a kitchen window.

The height is almost more important than the footprint. Cats love to climb and you can have multiple platforms for the cat to explore!

And cat mesh tunnels that go all around the garden perimeter - they look amazing. I'm too scared to look up the price

Well done! That's real progress.

On my dd's bed earlier in the week. The bed she normally wees on! But a happy ending here.

My darling dog is due to be put down tomorrow (lives with me exh for past 4 years) and it's been an emotional evening considering he wouldn't let me see her. These lovely animals make such a home in our life and heart. My poor dds have been in tears all evening plus I worry the hamster turns two this month too! I don't know why we do it to ourselves

It's great to hear things have improved and so nice your DD can have them both cuddling up on her bed without fear of accidents. I'd do a complete once a week change of the Catsan initially, just because you've had so many issues and don't want to slip back. With four trays altogether, though, hopefully you'll be able to go a bit longer between changes once you get a feel for much they need it.

I’m sorry about the dog. I don’t know why we do it to ourselves either, no other species puts itself through this do they?.

My condolences on your Ddog, too. So tough you weren't able to say goodbye. I've found even losing a guinea pig can be surprisingly emotional, they all have their own little characters.

It’s so sad, they are family. Leave big paw prints in our hearts. 💐