horsemum
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I have two non related cats, Big cat and Wee cat (not their actual names lol) and Wee Cat has started religiously peeing on the carpet around the litter box. I have specifically moved the litter box to this area, and although she does her number twos in the box she still pees around it.
Big Cat is 3, male and doesn't particularly like Wee Cat. He always whacks her when she is minding her own business and chases her, but as he spends most of his time outside and Wee Cat doesn't go outside, this isn't as much of a problem as it used to be when Big Cat couldn't go outside either (flat onto main road no garden).
Wee Cat is 2 and small for her age, I swear she stopped growing at 6 months old. She is very timid, won't come out of hiding if we have visitors but is 'normal' (i.e not hiding, sitting on lap and mad spates of kitten like hyper!) when it's just the immediate family in the home. Wee Cat LOVES big cat, follows him around and dotes on him, but can't understand why he doesn't like her.
We moved house in June, (after living temporarily for 6 months in the flat with no garden access), so this is Wee Cat's second house move and she has never peed anywhere except litter boxes in the three houses she has lived in. So obviously, at first I put it down to the stress of the house move - but she is clearly a lot happier here, probably because Big Cat isn't beating her up all day now.
I've gone along the lines of Wee Cat trying to mark her territory - now that Big Cat goes outside, this is her house. I've tried having multiple litter boxes, keeping them scrupulously clean, keeping some of her pee in the box to encourage her to go back there, hooded boxes, non hooded boxes... Big cat rarely does the toilet in the litter box anyway because he only really comes in to eat and sleep.
We have been to the vet, tried the feliway plug in, put newspaper and tinfoil in areas she is peeing (she does it on top of them). The carpets are now ruined, you can smell the ammonia when you walk in, no amount of cleaning will lift it, it's too deep.
She ONLY does this when we are not around, so at night and when we are out at work.
We moved in with my boyfriend to this flat, he has freaked about the carpets of course and I doubt his landlord is going to be too pleased either....
What can I do?! Have I tried everything or am I missing something?! At my wits end!!
Big Cat is 3, male and doesn't particularly like Wee Cat. He always whacks her when she is minding her own business and chases her, but as he spends most of his time outside and Wee Cat doesn't go outside, this isn't as much of a problem as it used to be when Big Cat couldn't go outside either (flat onto main road no garden).
Wee Cat is 2 and small for her age, I swear she stopped growing at 6 months old. She is very timid, won't come out of hiding if we have visitors but is 'normal' (i.e not hiding, sitting on lap and mad spates of kitten like hyper!) when it's just the immediate family in the home. Wee Cat LOVES big cat, follows him around and dotes on him, but can't understand why he doesn't like her.
We moved house in June, (after living temporarily for 6 months in the flat with no garden access), so this is Wee Cat's second house move and she has never peed anywhere except litter boxes in the three houses she has lived in. So obviously, at first I put it down to the stress of the house move - but she is clearly a lot happier here, probably because Big Cat isn't beating her up all day now.
I've gone along the lines of Wee Cat trying to mark her territory - now that Big Cat goes outside, this is her house. I've tried having multiple litter boxes, keeping them scrupulously clean, keeping some of her pee in the box to encourage her to go back there, hooded boxes, non hooded boxes... Big cat rarely does the toilet in the litter box anyway because he only really comes in to eat and sleep.
We have been to the vet, tried the feliway plug in, put newspaper and tinfoil in areas she is peeing (she does it on top of them). The carpets are now ruined, you can smell the ammonia when you walk in, no amount of cleaning will lift it, it's too deep.
She ONLY does this when we are not around, so at night and when we are out at work.
We moved in with my boyfriend to this flat, he has freaked about the carpets of course and I doubt his landlord is going to be too pleased either....
What can I do?! Have I tried everything or am I missing something?! At my wits end!!
