Cat peeing in inappropriate places

Being “that person”, haven’t read the responses. But re: moving…

Our 3 are all neutered/spayed adults, indoor/outdoor, house trained. Never had a problem with them going in the house. When we moved recently, all three of our cats started peeing AND pooping in a specific corner of the living room. Carpet, no less. Carpet was BRAND NEW, so no previous animal odor. They just decided that was their spot.

They ALSO used the litter boxes, so it’s not like they didn’t know where to find them. :mad:

It took booting them out of the house for a few days and slowly, under supervision, letting them back inside.

Just trying to give you a heads up that if your boy is already having these problems, you may want to be proactive when you move because dollars to donuts he’ll do it in the new house, too. Good luck!

I’m a big believer in feeding wet food. I did find that the Pro Plan “Urinary Health” food was lower in fat than some other wet foods, and my kidney kitty lost weight on it. This might not be a problem for yours, depending in their current weight. My vet suggested Nutro Max Cat Chicken Supreme as an alternative, even though it is not marketed for kidney cats. It is higher in fat. Its phosphorus content is not as low as the Pro Plan, but if your guy isn’t a kidney cat, that might not be an issue.

Personally, I think the higher fat content helps things “slide through” more easily (softens stools). That could help if your boy has had, um, negative pooping experiences.

I called Mully’s veterinarian yesterday to discuss what’s been going on and his only suggestion was putting him on a different type of medication - he said a culture and blood work were not necessary since his urinalysis was clear. So, I ditched that vet.

Called another office and made an appointment for today. I showed the new vet the urinalysis results from last time and he decided to forego doing that again and skipped straight to the culture. We should have results in 5-7 days. As he was palpating his abdomen, Mully peed on the table so the vet also did an ultrasound (free of charge!) to check for stones and all was clear.

Although we’ll see what the culture says, new vet is thinking it’s FIC. He suggested larger litter boxes, all uncovered, wet food diet, trying different litters - all things I have already implemented or am planning to (new, larger litter boxes when we move this weekend!). Said to keep him on the Amytriptiline for 2-3 more weeks, if behavior continues to split the dosage to half a pill am & half pm (instead of whole pill pm). If that still doesn’t work, we’ll put him on either fluoxetine or buspirone.

AND, (what I think is the best thing he did!) he gave Mull some pain med. He gave us a week’s worth of buprenorphine to hopefully break the cycle of UTI symptoms and take some stress out of Mull’s life.

I’m looking forward to the culture results (although the vet thinks they’ll be normal - but at least sickness would be ruled out) and am SO happy to have found a vet that really investigated rather than throwing more anxiety meds at Mulligan. It’s a shame we won’t be able to stay with him after moving :frowning: Mully is not a happy camper tonight after being poked and prodded, but hopefully we can start getting him back on track! He said the key is to be proactive in managing him and that as cats age they tend to have less FIC episodes (hope he’s right about that one!).

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The boxes are all probably about 5-6" tall… they’re all very standard. What is the condition that can affect them?

He does not have any problems jumping, he eats on top of a counter-height cabinet and jumps up there with ease.

They eat Purina One Indoor Formula, which is turkey based. I don’t free feed them because Chase has a tendency to get a little chunky, but they get multiple small meals throughout the day.[/QUOTE]

The condition that can affect younger usually male cats who tend to be overweight is capital physis fracture of the femur. I don’t think thats his case since he jumps just fine.