Help! What can I do to stopping DCat from peeing on my curtains?

[sunshinesupermum]

She has litter trays in two different rooms and her food and water are nowhere near one of her litter trays in the sitting room but she has taken to peeing on the bottom of my long curtains in there! We've moved the litter tray away from near the curtains and put her food bowl there instead.

Is there anything dear cat lovers that you can recommend to stop her from peeing outside of her box? TIA

Once a cat has peed somewhere it can be incredibly difficult to stop them because of the smell.
I get "wee away" from pets at home which smells nice and is meant to discourage them from going in specific places.

Long term, could you afford to replace your long curtains with shorter ones or a blind then place a litter tray where the bottom of the curtains used to be?
That would probably sort it.

You need a specialist spray to really get rid of the scent. You can buy enzymatic cat or dog urine neutraliser form most pet stores.

Use the spray and put her litter tray away from the curtains.

Thanks - I have moved the litter tray away and replaced it with her food bowl. I'll get some wee away from Pets at Home as we have one locally.

Curtains usually cover windows. Cats are territorial. I am going to guess that she is seeing another cat outside and is marking her territory. Make sure she can't see out of the window (s) or chase away other cats. Get a feliway plugin. Make her feel secure in her own home and it should stop.

Saying that, I am also assuming she can still go in a litter tray? If she struggles to get in then it can be a sign of ill health and a vet visit. Good luck!

Keep her out of that room in the short term to break the association.

I think you need to identify what is causing the problem, it is usually territory marking but I wouldn't also check that she's happy with the litter. I had a similar problem with a cat and changing to a different type of litter made all the difference. She would use the other stuff but not reliably.
Check out Jackson Galaxy on Youtube. He goes through all the litter box problems so you can work out what is unsettling her.

Pixiedust1234

We have french windows leading onto the terrace of our flat so no other cats at all! A few birds ... she has no problem going into her litter tray at all. I'll definitely try the fellaway plug in, thanks!

Thanks VoiceofReason

They can have cystitis with no other signs of infection like loss of appetite or lethargy.

If you have an oral or medicine syringe you can collect a sample of wee for the vets to check for infection.

In the meantime Cystease in their food helps.

Once they have weed somewhere unless every last drop is cleaned away they will smell it and see there again. I would take curtain down and have it dry cleaned. Long term short curtains.