Cat pooing everywhere

[stressedoutstudent]

And i mean. Every where. Floors, carpeted and tiled, sofa, beds, widowsills, bath, sink, kitchen worktop (!!!), tv cabinet, kids toy box. Everywhere. She has 4 littertrays around the house. Seconds after they have been cleaned out, she will look you dead in the eye and do it in the middle of the floor. Now new litter or anything, no changes, shes just decided she will go where ever she choses. That included the tray if she decides thats where shes going.

Shes ruining my house. Im at a complete loss. I cant cope with it much longer. Shes 14, very much loved, but i cant keep having her poo all over my house. Esp when its not always glaring obvious and we can smell it, but cant find it

Please help me!

Have you taken her to a vet to rule out anything physical?

Take her to the vet.

Shes telling you clearly that something is wrong.

I assume she's seen a vet? What have they said?

Take her to the vet to check for issues.
Also, when our DPuss started house soiling (had no health issues and the vet was useless, just gave us an online link which we could have found for free) we rung the Blue Cross who put us in touch with one of their animal behaviourists (as we had adopted her from there). Had two calls with them and it was sorted - they just ask for a donation in exchange.
Really feel for you - it is grim. I pride myself on a lovely home and I was just so fed up and frustrated.

If she's 14 and has just randomly started doing this out of the blue, she probably has some underlying illness. Take her to the vet first. Has she been wormed recently?

She needs to see a vet first of all.

Sometimes they start soiling because they associate the litter tray with pain.

Following as I too have this issue, for a while now. My cat is also 14-15. Sometimes it will seem she’s tried (the poo is just outside the litter tray), other times it’s under the bed, on the bed, on the door mat, under the kitchen table... The vet thinks more behavioural or age related than anything else, which isn’t really helpful. It’s very frustrating!

Have you taken her to the vets?

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If this is something that's started happening recently then she may have some sort of stomach or bowel issues. You must take her to the vet.
Cats by nature will toilet in a designated area (of their choosing sometimes) so may start pooing in a specific corner for example? This is usually simply as they can't gain access to outside or their usual litter tray, or are anxious.

If they are going seemingly at random then I would say it's medical.

Does the cat have their own personal tray?
Sometimes it's better not to clean out the tray fully each day. Just scoop the poop out. You can change it every few days, but sometimes they need a bit of a toilet smell to make them use it.

Or does she have any mobility issues, with physically getting to the tray in time? Is she able to groom, has clean fur?

I'd say it could well be a health issue though. At 14 she's quite an elderly girl. Hope you get to the bottom of it (lol sorry, silly pun not intended!) x

Could have written that post...
Tests were all good, so vet also suggested dementia/behaviour and no solution other than care.
@tortiecat could you point to those behaviourists?

My cat had a gut disease and did the same from 15 to 21. We tried steroids, all kind of drugs to no avail. I loved her so I just put up with it and got a top notch spot cleaner.
They don't do this on purpose.
It's I.portant to try a few things medication wise. If your cat is not vaccinated she can pick up a virus that causes this.

As OP hasn't been back, I think we can assume the poor cat hasn't seen a vet for her issues.

Pooping everywhere is not normal, obviously. How long has she been doing this? Presumably this started at some point, she hasn't been in this state for 14 years...

She definitely needs to see a vet. Is she having trouble getting into the tray? I struggled to find a suitable tray for our OAP when he started having toilet issues, and the only one I could find was really expensive and in the US! Ended up getting it sent via DH's US office. I did notice seed trays afterwards in Dobbies that would have done the job.

Tesco and Sainsburys have a brilliant stain remover, it's by Benkieser. and it's a bottle with a brush attached.

@Londonbabyland I just rung the Blue Cross (+443007909903) and asked for help, and one of their behaviourists called me back. As I said we did get DCat from them, so I am not sure if they only offer this to cat owners who have adopted from them, but worth a call.

I was on a night shift and too busy to post, so keep your assumptions to yourself.

Yes, she has been to the vets, they said its behavioural hence my asking here for solutions.

She can manage trays fine so its not them. She jumps on to work tops window sills and into the sinks physically shes very able and in good health.

At that age, I would definitely be considering dementia