15 year old cat just took a shit on our bed....

[BigBoysDontCry]

DCat is 15. Perfectly active, still likes to play and is healthy (we think).

She has always toileted in the corner of our garden so we got rid of the litter box years ago as was unused. She has a microchip cat flap into the rear garden - she can't get out as she can't climb the fence.

Last year we got new neighbours who have a young male cat which is pretty aggressive. Dcat has been more reluctant to go out and has had a few encounters with this cat and we've scared it off.

She'll come out when we are out and spent a while out the front with me yesterday when I was washing and cleaning my car.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago she pee'd on our rug and followed it up with a shit in my son's room (he's away at Uni). Reinstated cat flap and all good. she's used it for pees and poos. Been keeping upstairs doors shut just in case.

Tonight DH was up in the en-suite shaving and hadn't shut the bedroom door and when he came out there was a shit in the middle of the bed!

She isn't incontinent, just chose to have it there. Litterbox is clean - well 1 pee in it. She pooed in it yesterday and it was cleaned after.

The only other change in behaviour is that she is not keep on eating dry food anymore, will eat the odd bit but is now insisting on wet only but has always been a fussy begger.

Is it nerves? a vet job? any suggestions?

I would say its nerves, toileting outside puts them in a vunerable position and an aggressive neighbour is enough to put them off. I'm surprised you haven't reinstated an indoor litter tray - if they haven't got this of course they are going to chose themselves where to go.

We have reinstated the litter tray - i said so in the OP and she has been using it. She was still happy to go out up until the last couple of weeks, so not sure if something has happened or what.

Ah sorry, just seen I said reinstated cat flap! meant litter tray! Maybe it's me going senile and not the cat!

maybe she want her smell to be included in what she sees as important rooms?

I would suggest another litter tray, so she has a choice,

I would suggest laying a big sheet of foil over your bed when you make it in the morning, this can prevent pooing on beds

I would also suggest a trip to the vet.

Maybe she feels neglected today.
Aren't you on top dcat slave form op ?

Thanks.

Okay maybe put another litter option upstairs and continue to keep the doors closed.

She's had plenty of snuggies and knee sitting and DH cuddled with her on the rug where she enjoyed a good 10 minutes of tummy rubs. Plus she's had extra treats today since it was grocery day and she always gets treats.

It was a "normal" poo.

I'd get him checked at the vet, our Dcat started peeing in random places ... turns out he was gravely ill with kidney failure, we had no idea.

She probably feels particularly 'safe' on your bed - smells of you, you sleep there so it must be safe, high up so she can see anything coming.

It's probably nerves, maybe something has happened. I had the horrendous experience of seeing a young male cat try to mate with my very very unwilling older female cat. I chased him away but she was clearly traumatised and very upset. So it might not have been a 'fight' in the usual sense of the word.

When our old cat started doing this it turned out to be due to serious illness. Have yours checked out.

I've always heard cats will poo on your bed if they don't like you.

Not saying she doesn't fyi 😂

Thanks, sounds like a vet visit might be appropriate. It's odd as she seems otherwise perfectly fine. She didn't pee on the bed, just did a poo and she wasn't in there long as she'd been in, pooed and left while DH was shaving - it was a wet shave right enough but still only about 15 minutes.

The other cat is an aggressive little shit. He's broken into peoples cat flaps and eaten their cat's food. I caught him breaking into a neighbour's shed and the other day there was a pile of cat fur from a fight at our front door (not my cat's).

We wondered if it was a dirty protest at being denied a 5th pouch until she's finished off the 4th one.

It was smack bang in the middle of the bed so not directed at either DH or I in particular.

Fancied an early night but now waiting on the washing machine to finish it's hot wash of the bedding with added laundry sanitiser!!

I remember when my childhood car was elderly he had a poo on a pile of my clean school uniform that my mum had left on my bed. Was so out of character for him, he hadn’t been accidentally shut in the room or anything. Vet reckoned he had been feeling poorly or anxious and went to something that smelled of me to mark his scent. If he is otherwise ok I wouldn’t worry - cats do very strange things.

You need to get her checked at the vet.

My cat was around 15/16 (she was a rescue cat so not sure how old she was) when she suddenly started peeing/pooing on the carpet and the bathroom floor.

It turned out to be the beginning of a fast decline. She starting eating and drinking less as well. I took her to the vet and her body was just starting to fail , kidney, heart and cognitive functions were all affected. We managed to keep her alive for a bit but in the end she had to be put to sleep.

This might be a completely different situation but my point is don't ignore these changes in behaviour and see the vet. Cats are very good at hiding illness until they are really in a bad way.

Sorry to hear about your DCat it's so sad when they go. When my previous cat died it was about 10 years before I could face getting another.

I think i'll give the vet a call to be on the safe side.

Thanks all for your input- much appreciated.