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KeepingKeepingOn · 12/05/2023 15:50

We’ve had many cats over the years, with loads of problems, but I don’t quite know what to do with this one.

Cat is about 4.5, adopted as a youngster from a rescue, used to use litter tray but tended to prefer going outside. Our old cat passed away and we got a new one about a year ago - he’s harmless but can be a bit of a dick with her, chasing her when she doesn’t want to play type thing. But they eat nicely next to each other and generally tolerate each other pretty well.

However, she won’t use a litter tray that he uses! And he pees in all of them 🤯 in the summer, I think she goes outside but over the winter, she’s taken to peeing on our unsealed Victorian tile floor… I’ve cleaned the sites multiple times, with special urine odour remover stuff. I’ve put a litter tray there, but it goes untouched. She’s been to the vet - no obvious problem, v healthy. She doesn’t poo in the house, so must be going somewhere outside, but why the pee inside?! And how do I stop it?

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coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 13/05/2023 13:34

Can you put a tray somewhere behind a micro-chip flap so that the other cat has no way of accessing it?

Northernlurker · 13/05/2023 13:45

She's stressed. If you rehome one of them it may stop but otherwise not much to suggest except a tray only she can get to it which is hard to do. We hard a recent very upsetting experience introducing a kitten and it's made me realise how few cats actually like to scare their home. Some will tolerate it. Lots won't.

marmaladegranny · 13/05/2023 15:10

Cats do not like to share letter trays! They need one each…..

marmaladegranny · 13/05/2023 15:11

Litter trays - not letter trays……

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 13/05/2023 17:00

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 13/05/2023 13:34

Can you put a tray somewhere behind a micro-chip flap so that the other cat has no way of accessing it?

This is the best idea, she feels intimidated by him and wants her own tray.

KeepingKeepingOn · 13/05/2023 19:07

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 13/05/2023 13:34

Can you put a tray somewhere behind a micro-chip flap so that the other cat has no way of accessing it?

Maybe, actually, they have a cat flap into the house which works to their microchips - we could look at putting one on the shed that only she could access. Thanks, that’s a really good idea.

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KeepingKeepingOn · 13/05/2023 19:08

marmaladegranny · 13/05/2023 15:10

Cats do not like to share letter trays! They need one each…..

I agree - but we’ve had 4 and he’s used all of them 🤷‍♀️

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TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 13/05/2023 19:34

One of mine won't pee in litter trays, she will poo in them, so it's not a litter tray issue.
You hopefully will have a solvable problem.

FurAndFeathers · 13/05/2023 19:46

She doesn’t want to share a tray with him.

you need more trays and to offer a variety.
cats prefer large trays (most standard one are too small) and preferably covered/hooded trays

you should also ensure they have separate eating and sleeping spaces to reduce the stress of her needing to share resources with him.

thus us a useful guide to optimising the environment to reduce stress https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098612X13477537

clean any spiked areas with biological washing powder/liquid (the enzymes break down the urine scent) and when dry spray with feliwzy spray

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