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Cat peeing outside litter tray

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ScottishInSwitzerland · 15/10/2022 15:45

We live in the Middle East where there are a lot of stray cats and have gathered two despite not being particularly catty people. The first lives mainly in the garden and is older. More recent addition is now a little over one year old but was a teeny baby when she came to us.

The two cats hate each other and honestly I probably didn’t do the best job of introducing them in the early days. More recently the older cat has taken to yelling at windows and the two sort of fight together through the windows. In a similar timescale, little one has started weeing in ‘her room’ (where she has food, prefers to sleep etc) not in the litter tray.

Vet says there’s nothing physically wrong with her. I’ve been cleaning the wee with vinegar and water mix but now planning to buy a stronger cleaner because she definitely returns to the same spots (though finds new ones too). Is it worth getting some sort of feliway plug in? Would catnip calm her? I also wondered about making her food more interactive to take her mind off things… but that might be a bit out there?

Really grateful for any tips. It’s so hard to find homes for cats here so rehoming isn’t an option for either.

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miceonabranch · 15/10/2022 23:14

Mine did this when she didn't like the wood litter I was using because it hurt her paws.

You could try some Zylkene capsules. Open and mix into biscuits. Use the lowest dose. It helps to calm and relax them. You could dose both cats. Feliway plug ins can work, but not everyone finds them useful.

thelobsterquadrille · 17/10/2022 06:24

I suspect she's peeing as she's incredibly stressed due to all the fighting.

You need to split these two cats up completely so the can't see each other.

Isaidnoalready · 17/10/2022 06:26

Film the windows so she can't see the other cat

ScottishInSwitzerland · 17/10/2022 08:37

Thanks for the suggestions. The house is open plan with enormous banks of floor to ceiling windows so I’m not sure I can block vision on all of them. Do you think blocking the bottom part of the window (also floor to ceiling) in baby’s room would be helpful? That’s the room she wees in.

I was trying to do a good thing for both of them and now I feel particularly shitty that little one is clearly unhappy.

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