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Posted by caliblonde2005 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 31, 08 at 6:43
| My cat is peeing on bed EVERY night. She only does it when i am asleep in the bed and overnight. I have two cats, they are sisters and love eachother. I live by myself and both of them love me. They have two litter boxes in two seperate places that get cleaned out daily, 2 cat trees in seperate locations, and there food and water bowl are full all day and night. I have never caught her in the act but wake up to it on the side of the bed that i don't sleep on. Vet says nothing is wrong and they are 3 months old kittens. Havnt changed cat food or litter box since i've had them. One litter box has a hood and the other box does not. please help. |
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| When did this behavior begin? Had there been any changes she might be reacting to? Did you have any guests or visitors? (My sister's cat does something similar any time they have overnight guests or a party.) |
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| 3 months is still a fairly young kitten. It's possible that she's waking up in the middle of the night, confused, and doesn't know how to get to the litter box. Instead of allowing her to sleep with you, I would confine her to a room with a kitty box every night for at least a few weeks; as she starts getting older, start giving her access to one more room, every few weeks (if your house has a floor plan that easily allows that). I would imagine that once she's a few months older, she'll have been broken of this habit, but you need to take steps now to stop it. |
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| Inappropriate peeing is the first symptom of a urinary tract infection. It is important to rule out health problems before you assume it is behavioral. So it's time for a vet visit. |
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| i live in a studio apartment so locking her away is out of the question. My boyfriend spend the night but she loves him. |
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| Urinary tract infections can be very painful and if there are crystals in the urethra, sometimes fatal. In case that helps you with your decision to have her checked by a vet. |
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| Guys... Vet says nothing is wrong I know we're all always ready to tell a person right away to tell a person to take the cat to the vet, but she's obviously already done that. Time to come up with some other ideas. |
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Is she de-clawed? De clawing 'CAN' led to litter box trouble,biting and lameness for life if done incorrectly, most people do not realize its like chopping off your fingers at the first digit. Claws can even regrow in deformed if done wrong and have to be removed again. Bet your landlord didn't tell you THAT.
The saddest thing is it isn't necessary there's a product called soft paws you can buy, to stop clawing,ect. If it is De-clawing related there's not really much you can do, the cat has been mutilated and will always be insecure, tender pawed,and prone to bite or have potty issues. De clawed cats are often relinquished to shelters and PTS for these stated above reasons and are not recommended to homes with children. |
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| runsnwalken - the issue is the cat wetting on the bed. Where does it say anything in the post about declawing? You bring up declawing in every post, regardless if the original post has anything to do with it. I found the perfect forum for you. It's a forum where you can debate the pros & cons of declawing with people who share your obsession with it - |
Here is a link that might be useful: A forum just for Runsnwalken
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| I'm just trying to find out, why the cat is behaving so unnaturally, having the tips of its front toes cut off is pretty unnatural so naturally its my first guess, and because most people do not know why it has anything to do with the behavior. Maybe Cali has another animal recently added,such as another cat or dog which could also explain the peeing, on the bed, I know with dogs peeing can be a sigh of insacurity, for cats its even more odd because cats unlike dogs evolved in an era where to show your urine or poop openly to others was fatal. Also I do not bring up de-clawing in every topic unless it has to do with behavior/a new kitten ect. |
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| runswalken - The original poster says NOTHING about the cat being declawed. Nothing. Notta. No word about declawing. Again, you've jumped to the conclusion that the cat is behaving in a certain way because of declawing. You're hung up on declawing - not every behavioral issue is due to declawing. |
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| True, but I make guesses about it, peeing on a bed certainly isn't normal for a cat/kitten to do. Maybe its a rental problem, however given the age, 3 months I highly doubt that. If they were older 14 years or so, it would be a different story. Sense most kittens that do get de clawed are de clawed because of kittenish things they outgrow, THAT seems to me the best explanation for why they pee on the bed. Maybe the mother never taught them proper manners,( which COULD happen but again i doubt it) or maybe they lost their mother or were taken too early, Caliblonde- Where did you get these kittens, What's their story? I haven't heard from you. |
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| neither of these kittens are declawed. one kitten was taken from her mom at 1 month of age and the other at 2 1/2 months of age. i got these kittens from my boyfriends grandmother. the mother and father are great nice cats. and they both are unaltered. nor do i have a dog or any other cat around. |
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| A one month old kitten is only about half the way to 8 weeks which is the bare minimum they should leave mom. That explains some, You should get the kittens fixed soon before they start spraying, howling in heat, and cause fire hazards, tom cat urine not only smells dreadful it can cause fires to happen if sprayed on electrical wiring. Contrary to poplar belief it is possible to fix kittens early before 6 months. Its good the parents are nice though as that will make for calmer more well behaved cats . Are they purebred or mutts/moggies? If the boyfriends grandmother isn't a breeder of purebreds and isn't looking to better the breed of choice she is known by society as a (BYB) backyard breeder and should be visiting the local shelters kitten cages and the back room to see their freezer, and what happens to many litters that cannot find homes instead of cranking out more kittens in an already overflowing world of over population. kittens are so plentiful in this day and age that they have become trash animals to biological supply companies / and other unsavory types ect, the lab cost is $5 a head. Furthermore any sane breeder will NOT give away a kitten thats less then 8 weeks old, my breeder had me wait until 11 weeks for Leopalorn. |
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"and they both are unaltered." are you saying the kittens are unaltered? If so that might be the answer to your dilemma.Unaltered cats will mark territory by spraying or peeing.Female cats mark (and yes,they spray) just as males do and a 3 month old cat is old enough to start.I suggest you have them both fixed ASAP and see if that solves the problem.Maybe she doesn't like the kind of litter you are using or sharing a litter box,etc? My cat peed on my bed last night for the first time in months and I know it was my fault because her litter needed to be changed.I had forgotten to pick up an new box and it was time to dump and replace.
I hope you find the answer to your problem.I know how frustrating it is to have a cat that pees on the bed and not know why.
Sephia-runswalken didn't "jump to the conclusion" that the cats had been de clawed.He was just asking if they were and suggesting that de clawing could cause problems and explaining the possible problems.You should go back and read before being so rude. |
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| I didn't know 3 months was old enough, I though it had to be like 5 months at least or something! i guess we learn something new everyday. IMO the reasons why cats breed like this,ect/ have these issues if not fixed, is because they are not a very/really domesticated animal in the first place, a lot of mans animals are just a turn from the wild, pigs and cats are good examples, wildcats often must compete in a dangerous world full of predators and high injuries. While pigs can go feral quite easily and actually morth back into something like the wild boar in only a few generations. Therefore many kittens/piglets are needed to keep the species in existence. |
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Um..ok.
I adopted 2, 4mth old egyptian mau boys from the same litter 3wks ago. Did everything I was suppose to do, kept them in the guest bedroom for 1 wk introducing them to their new surroundings slowly. Not one accident. Three nights ago,we decided they could sleep in one of my daughters rooms, because they are still to young to roam free at night. Well, one of the kittens likes to wet the bed.One time at night(thats all ya need), and the litter box is 1foot away! Guess you can say 3x's a charm, because he is now banned from sleeping on beds. I have been keeping them out all day without any accidents. Last night I even slept in my familyroom with them, not one accident. They are not declawed, So that is a non issue. So, I will not allow him to sleep on a bed at night, and hopefully it will not happen again. |
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| My cat is doing the same thing. I never had a cat befor but I do have two dogs. I took this cat in June. It was dump on my 85 year old Mother in Law by my SIL. It came from a litter born on a boat in the spring and discovered when they took the cover off for pre-summer readying of the boat. I'm not positive of her DOB. I'd think in March or early April is what the Vet estimated. She is very playful and gets along well with my wife and 3 daughters. She's peed on all our beds now. This forum has given me some useful ideas to try. Thankyou. |
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