I got my sweet kitty when he was 9 weeks old. He has used the litter box since the day I got him. Now, at 9 months, he all of a sudden has decided to use my oversized recliner as his litter box. He pooped on it last week, out of the blue, and now he is peeing on it, right in front of me. He cries terribly to go to outside, so when he peed on it first time, I put him out.
By Lynn M
This sounds like a bladder infection. It is very painful, which is why he will urinate in front of you and cry. Get him to a Vet asap. If he stops urinating (his urethra is blocked) he will need to get to the Vet within 48 hours to survive.
And... if he has not been neutered, be sure and have that done. If this is a behavioral issue, neutering will take care of a lot of that.
A lot of times this is caused by anxiety when kitty feels threatened by another cat.
Try putting his food on the recliner before you let him in. Keep it there as long as he is in the house. Do this for 2 weeks. Cats will not pee where they eat. I tried this with my indoor cat about 10 years ago and it worked. He has not done it since.
We have an 8 week old kitten who we have had since she was 4 weeks old. She is very good with using the litter box, but she urinates on the beds and couches as well. Why would she be doing this? There are about 5 litter boxes in the house. We have a male cat as well, he is 10 months old and neutered. They get along very well and we don't have issues between them. I really don't know what to do anymore.
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I have had my 2 cats since they were about 9 weeks old and I've never had a problem with them untill now. One of them has started peeing on the sofa and chairs in the living room. I have tried multiple things such as cleaning the litter boxes more often, getting more litter boxes, and cleaning the spot multiple times and they only work for a week or two before he starts again.
They are brothers and the other cat is perfectly fine and has no problems. I don't know what to do and my mother is threatening to give him away if he will not stop soon. Any advice would be very helpful.If you keep cleaning its marked territory, it may be some sort of infection. I had a litter of cats and they were all healthy but one had a kidney infection and did the same.
My 20 year old cat is peeing on the furniture lately and I can't figure out why.
Some people that have successfully used mouthwash as a deterrent to prevent cats from peeing on furniture. This is a page about using mouthwash to keep cats from peeing on furniture.
I have had my cat for years and now he is peeing on my couch. I don't know what to do to make him stop. Help me please.
Start from the usual beginning steps and work your way to the more serious. Clean the litter box extra well, clean the couch so there is no traces of urine so he doesn't think that's his marked territory, then take him to the vet in case he has a kidney issue.
You may also want to have him checked for a uti. Is there a new cat in the neighborhood he can be seeing thru the window? He may be marking his area.
If your cat is peeing on your couch, it is important to get the cat to stop doing so as soon as possible. This is a page about keeping cat from peeing on new couch.
We've had this cat for a while and no problem. Recently though she started to come downstairs and I noticed pee smell on my sofa. She has stayed upstairs since we've had her.
I did put a litter box on both floors, but obviously she didn't use it. What do I do from here?Use Nok-Out on the sofa, making sure you saturate the fabric and the stuffing in the cushions. She has marked her territory.
I have an older cat who never did anything wrong until we moved to the house that we live in now. For some reason every now and then she will pee on the new furniture. I have read the suggestions of cleaning the box more and removing the top. It seemed better at first, but then out of the blue she did it again. I am at the point that I am going to have her put down. I need help. I have had her to the vet and checked out and she is fine.
I think the move had something to do with it. She seems to be marking her territory. I would put more litter boxes around the house.
If there are random cats or other animals surrounding the property, that would make her territorial. Make sure there is no stray cat problem in your neighborhood and if there is, find a way to keep them off your area.
I have a 6 year old cat that I've had since she was a little kitten. We live on a farm and brought in 2 kittens to tame and socialize and eventually give away to families. But now while this is going on, the mature cat is peeing on my chair or any other piece of furniture while we are at work or even right in front of my wife.
We think she is mad because of the little ones; is she? How can we get her to stop?She isn't specifically mad. She's just doing what cats do, which is marking her territory. She is the older, dominant female and now two new ones are in her territory acting like they own the place. And you act like that's normal but she knows it's not.
You could try keeping the kittens in a separate room that your older cat has no access to. It would be better, though, to take them back outside and socialize them with multiple trips out to where they live. Find a safe place in a shed or barn to make them cosy and feed and play with them a few times a day.
