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Not using litter tray

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oOiluvfriendsOo · 16/12/2025 16:04

Our 7 month old kitten is peeing on our beds. It's a daily occurrence and driving me insane.
She was using the litter box perfectly fine for a few month then this started and built up to a daily thing.
She's been checked by the vet and a urine sample tested and all is fine.
Her litter box is clean and she'll still go on one of our beds.
I'm shutting her out of the bedrooms now as washing duvets is a daily chore.
She's also done it on a bundle of clean clothes on the kitchen table that were folded ready to be taken upstairs.
Anyone had similar and how did you deal with it.

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TiredLimeUnicorn · 16/12/2025 16:09

How many litter boxes do you have and where are they placed? Are they in a quiet area? When I had kittens, I always put a litter box upstairs and one downstairs and they eventually only used one.

oOiluvfriendsOo · 16/12/2025 16:16

We have a litter box in the upstairs bathroom. We changed it to a lidded one then removed the lid to see if this was the cause of her going elsewhere.
We have one in the downstairs toilet too.

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TiredLimeUnicorn · 16/12/2025 17:20

Possibly try leaving it in an open area for a few days? I had a kitten once that would pee on clothes but only clothes that had been worn! To be honest, I was never sure if it was getting them dressed or leaving the litter tray out in the open that worked. Or if they just stopped of their own accord. I have one cat now who will only go in an enclosed litter tray and one who would never venture into an enclosed one. I hope it gets better for you as it’s so much hard work.

vanillalattes · 17/12/2025 07:40

Is she spayed?

oOiluvfriendsOo · 18/12/2025 01:17

TiredLimeUnicorn · 16/12/2025 17:20

Possibly try leaving it in an open area for a few days? I had a kitten once that would pee on clothes but only clothes that had been worn! To be honest, I was never sure if it was getting them dressed or leaving the litter tray out in the open that worked. Or if they just stopped of their own accord. I have one cat now who will only go in an enclosed litter tray and one who would never venture into an enclosed one. I hope it gets better for you as it’s so much hard work.

It really is hard work. Just don't know what to try next. Feel awful for not letting her in the bedrooms but needs must at the minute.

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oOiluvfriendsOo · 18/12/2025 01:18

vanillalattes · 17/12/2025 07:40

Is she spayed?

Not yet but she will be getting done soon.

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EviePig · 18/12/2025 01:38

I’d be blocking access to the room

JMSA · 18/12/2025 05:29

Hi. Feel your pain. But spaying should hopefully sort it. It did in our case.
I also read that peeing on something that smells of you means that she’s stressed and in need of some extra reassurance. Our cat was a hormonal mess during heat!

vanillalattes · 18/12/2025 11:17

oOiluvfriendsOo · 18/12/2025 01:18

Not yet but she will be getting done soon.

That will be why. You won’t even stand a chance at fixing this until her hormones are under control and she no longer needs to mark everything.

JMSA · 18/12/2025 15:24

It’s as @vanillalattessays.
Oh, and check out my ‘was anyone else daft enough’ thread, for the same issue!

oOiluvfriendsOo · 18/12/2025 20:36

Thanks everyone for your replies. We are going to get her booked in for spaying after the festive period. Hopefully that'll be the end of that .

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