[RockinRight]

Cats do that.

I like cats but hate the fact that many of them pee all over the house no matter what you do.

Sorry I can't offer help! I hope someone has successfully stopped it and can tell you how.

[Xenalyte]

Kitty ping!

I wish I could figure out what the answer is - our old alpha cat Sabrina won't cut it out. Something about the living room carpet makes her want to pee on it.

She's been checked, and as mean 12-year-old cats go, is fine healthwise - the vet has finally just declared her contumacious.

[Marylander]

I hate to say it, but I think your choices are to have a miserable 20 years or find Izzy a nice home in the country where he can live outside for the most part.

[dorathexplorer]

My cat started peeing everywhere and now she is an outdoor cat. The only reason I felt comfortable putting her outdoors is because she is too old and can't jump over the walls, so she stays in our back yard.

Other than that until the UTI heals up, I don't know how to stop the peeing. Maybe get a de-pee sanitizer?

[Cagey]

[oh8eleven]

[going hot]

Have your veterinarian refer your cat (and you) to a board certified behaviorologist. They will take the history, and after consultation, will design a program specifically designed for your cat, which will include behavior modifying strategy and may also include medications to enhance and help you in achieving your goals. Most can be helped dramatically, some cured. Very few are incorrigible.

Good luck.

[Truth29]

As a life long cat lover, let me offer a different answer than the live with it or get rid of the cat approach. Most of the time, elimination outside of the box is a symptom of a physical problem. You should have you cat undergo a full physical. The UTI may be cured, but also check for FUS, urinary track crystals, other internal problems such as tumors, etc. Sometimes, the problem behavior is learned from an earlier problem and the very difficult to remove odor serves as a continued trigger for the behavior. Get a specialized enzymatic urine remover cleaner and a black lite to detect the urine residue. Hope this helps.

[Cagey]

You could always post a sign on your Waterbed.

"We don't sleep in your litterbox, so please don't pee in our bed."

[Bubba]

I run a home for felines who pee where they are not supposed to. Just send the lovely little darling and problem will be cured.

By the way... if you care for the succulent gator meat... we have available some quite tasty cuts at 10.68 U$D per lb.

[mdittmar]

Is he fixed?

If he is I have no answer.

Have owned 3 cats,2 male,1 female,no peeing problems.

[js1138]

I have a young cat which though neutered, insisted on spraying on the corner of the bed. This went on for a while.

I got some Zero Odor -- the expensive stuff advertized on cable tv -- and went along behind him for a couple of weeks.

I have no idea if my activity had any real effect, but he stopped.

[MotleyGirl70]

Sometimes cats pee outside the box just for spite if you don't pay them enough attention.

Be sure the litter box is clean.

[ChefKeith]

[LongElegantLegs]

"The way I see it, you get the smartest cat in the world, and he still poops in your house."

[PzLdr]

Pit Bull

[Twinkie]

Heh. The words "CAT" and "BEHAVIOR" are oxymorons. In your cats eyes, if it wishes to pee-pee all over the house, it considers you all weird in that you do not pee-pee all over the house.

We have fixed our cat a "cathouse" on the back porch, built out of wood with a little door where four light bulbs are inserted in the "basement", with little holes drilled in the first floor so the bulbs can heat the house from the basement. Then it has a flat roof where its food and water are kept, with another hole in that roof so the cat can climb out from the first floor and eat and drink. Also, there's a sort of second roof where she can climb up and lie up there for fun, but it really wouldn't be necessary. This way she can go out the bottom room door and use the bathroom or go on nocturnal hunting trips. We let her in the house about an hour most nights, but then out she goes to her little warm house. I stuck her little bed inside on the first floor. In warmer weather we unplug the bulbs, in hot weather she sleeps where she wants to.

[NEWwoman]

Is your cat fixed? If not, neutering can reduce the problem.

Also, try putting some of his food (on paper plates) in spots where he pees. Cats don't tend to go where they eat.

Good luck for you and your kitty.

[Maximus of Texas]

[Viking2002]

I have two Dachshunds that'll keep ol' Simba from doing random anything around the house. You'll have to keep a litter box and food bowl under the bed for the next several years, though.