Kitten peeing on my bed - HELP!!

I bought Betty Boo home 2 weeks ago - she is about 10 weeks old and is a chocolate Persian X.

On the very first day she peed on my bed, I thought that this had happened because I had not yet put the litter in her box. So, I put litter in her box and she proceeded to use the kitty litter, no problem.

Over the course of the last 3 weeks she has peed on my bed every couple of days or so. Boo sleeps on my bed at night on a sheep skin blanket and hops off early in morning to visit her kitty litter to poop and pee. Only every now and then she pees on my bed. I seem to think that it is a lazy thing - like this morning she got off the bed, pooped in her box, hopped back up to my bed and peed on it (or, it could have been the other way around - I don't know as I was asleep).

While I am at work she has free range of the house (except my room) and does not pee on anything but her in her kitty litter box (she has a tray in the laundry as well where I keep her food during the day). We also have a dog and another cat who are 1 and 2 years old but stay outside all day.

Do you think she is still settling in to a new environment and that and the dog and cat have upset her? Her kitty litter in my room is kept relatively close (about a metre away) to her water and wet and dry food bowls - would this upset her :?:

Please, I need some advice as I am at my wit's end! I can't keep dry cleaning my duvet (it is a duck down duvet - maybe that attracts her) and washing my cover - getting v. expensive. I have never used any product to mop up her messes as I read that anything that has ammonia in it seems like their own urine to cats so have just used water. Might try the water, vinegar and baking powder remedy to mask the smell.

Also, when she does go in the kitty litter I praise her. I have also dipped her paws inot her pee and then placed her into her kitty litter. Oh, and she never pees in the same place - just all over my bed - big patches so it is not spraying or marking.

Please help!!

 

I had the same problem! So here's what I did.

Its good you're praising her when she hits the spot. Praise the living bejesus out of her when she does! Pets, cuddles, treats, whatever. Show her it's a good experience and thats a good thing.

How often are you cleaning out her litter? I clean mine out everyday before I go to bed and do a full cleaning(throw out old litter, clean the box) about every week because cats HATE a dirty litter box.

When you do happen to catch her doing her business on the bed, don't scold her because its not totally her fault. She's still "learning" her body system. My kitten Sierra once jumped up on my bed, while I was in it and awake, and peed. I I gave her a good tap on the nose to tell her that was bad, and then sent her to her litter box and when she did go in her box, I praised her. Sometimes I even had to wake up with them every couple of hours and take them to the litter box.

It may be stress because of the travel, other animals, and the fact that she's in a new place. It took about two weeks for my kittens to stop peeing in the bed.

Also, it may be a medical problem such as an infection of some sort. If it keeps happening, I would take a trip to the vet. Also, clean your bed where ever the cat peed with an enzyme remover like Nature's Miracle so she can't smell the urine on the bed. If something smells like urine, they're going to pee there.

Oh, move it away from her water and food. You wouldn't like to eat in the bathroom would you? Neither do cats.
It could be location. If it's in a bad location, she's going to try and avoid it. It has to be somewhere where there is minimal traffic, no other animals bothering her, and some privacy. Think about it like someone walking in on you while you're going. Not exactly wonderful, eh?

Best of luck, and I'm sure it's all going to pass just like mine did. Now they both use the litter box without my help!

 

You mentioned that the cat pooped in the litter and then went to the bed to pee...

That makes me wonder - your cat may have an urinary infection. I say that because my cat had an infection. Should we pee beind our entertainment center but still do her other business in the litter.

Urinary infections are painful to cats and my cat was trying to get my attention.

Either way, I'm sure a vet check is in order. If it is an infection, they are simple to diagnose and simple to cure.

If it's not an infection, I agree with some of the above advice -
keeping the litter clean, keeping the food away from the litter... etc.

Good luck

 

Does she pee on the same spot on the bed? After you have ruled out an UTI and treated the bed with nature's miracle, perhaps you can place some treats on the bed as cats don't like to go to the bathroom where they eat.

 

i read this in a website..it might help..

Urine spraying is not confined strictly to intact tomcats. Cats, whether male or female, neutered or unneutered, may spray urine to mark their territory when they feel stressed. Spraying urine is one of many methods that cats use to mark their territory. Other methods include visual marking (e.g. scratching objects) and leaving their scent (e.g. rubbing objects with the side if their face). Cats use territorial marking to delineate or outline their property, thereby reassuring themselves that this property will not be violated. The territory may be wide-ranging, as is the case with most tomcats, or it may be confined to a relatively small area, as is the case with indoor cats. If they are not threatened, most cats do not feel the need to mark their territory at all and are quite content to leave the worrying to us.

Numerous factors can cause a cat to suddenly begin to spray urine. Most commonly, some form of emotional upset is involved. For example, competition may exist with another cat in the neighbourhood over who owns what. A cat may be afraid of another cat or be in competition with it over who owns the territory. Often, when the threat (i.e. competing cat) is removed, the urine spraying stops.

Cats may also spray urine if there is some type of stressful change in the household. For example, moving to a new house or the arrival of a new baby or pet in the household can lead to urine spraying. In other words, cats may spray as a way of dealing with stress and anxiety.

In a few cases, urine spraying (and defecation) may actually be a form of vindictiveness on the cat's part, particularly with indoor cats. Some cats may defecate or urinate out of spite after being punished or scolded. While many cat owners know this to be the case with their cats, proving spitefulness is usually difficult.

Cats that spray urine outdoors are not a problem. On the other hand, indoor cats that spray pose a serious health and hygiene problem. If it occurs in a single-cat household, the cat should be examined by a veterinarian and its urine tested to make sure that there is no concurrent urinary tract problem that may be causing the problem. If there is no underlying medical problem, the owner should try to determine the initiating stress that is precipitating the spraying and try to remove it.

In multiple cat households, urine spraying becomes extremely difficult to resolve because of the natural competitiveness between the various cats.If the cause for urine spraying cannot be determined or removed, a deconditioning program or treatment with drugs, or both, may be necessary.

 

when I had a rescue + my cat and I went out of town for the weekend and if I left my bedroom door open, one of them would poop on my bed. I could never figure out if it was the rescue or my cat, but it only happened while I had both of them

 

thanks for the info guys

Well the weekend has passed here in Australia and Boo Boo has not peed on my bed all weekend! (yay!)

She is due for her next set of shots on Wednesday so I will get her checked out for a UTI.

Thank you so much for all your replies guys.

Kara