Please any ideas why my cat is persistantly urninating in my bed?

Question

I have had my cat for almost 6 years now and he is an indoor outdoor cat. Meaning he spends 80% of his time in the house sleeping and the rest out and night prowling. He refuses to use a litter box and will just stand by the door to be let out when he needs to go to the restroom. But for some reason over the last couple of months he continues to pee in my bed. He doesn't even look like he needs to go he just gets up and it always seems to be when I have my back turned for a second and pees right ontop of my bed. I have bought sprays to make him stop and have tried spraying him with water as he does it to get him to stop and for a week or two he will but then out of no where there he is peeing in my bed. Needless to say this is a huge problem and I don't know what to do to make him stop! He doesn't appear to have a bladder infection because my bed is the only place he pees so he the only the thing I can figure is he is purposly doing so? I just have no idea why!?! Any ideas. Please don't say because he wants attention either because trust me this cat gets lots and lots of attention!!!

Answer 1

Your cat is probably marking his territory over your scent, or marking that the bed (with your scent on it) and you are his territory.

Try getting your cat checked or contact a local cat breeder/trainer and see if they have any ideas.

Wish you Luck!

Answer 2

Here are some other things that may help:

I'm not sure how many boxes you have.  Ideally, you should have one box per cat, plus one.  Four would be best for your household. This cuts down on some of the reasons cats fail to use the litter box consistently – they don't like to share, they prefer to have a "pee box" and a "p**p box" (very common); the box is too dirty for their taste. Some cats will not even use a box if there is one bowel movement in there!  I suggest placing them in different rooms so that the cats are close to a box whenever the urge arises.  It may also be that the older cat is suffering a bit of incontinence, and having a box close by may help.

You also may want to try a new litter called Cat Attract. It is designed to draw back cats who don't use the box consistently, using herbs. Their site is www.preciouscat.com.

You do need to remove all stains before you can hope to see improvement.  For cleaning up accidents, you'll need to use an enzymatic cleaner (a cleaner that uses natural enzymes and bacteria to decompose the stain). Cat urine is full of fat, which is very sticky. This is why cat urine stains are so hard to remove. Enzymes break down fat molecules to allow for complete removal of the stain. The two enzymatic cleaners I recommend are Nature's Miracle, available at pet stores, and Greased Lightning Orange Blast, available at grocery stores. Unless you remove the stains completely, the cat will still be able to smell them, even if you can't. You may also want to use a florescent black light to detect unseen urine stains. Any urine stains will glow yellow-green.

Because mattresses are so absorbent, it may not be possible to remove stains completely, and if accidents keep happening, you may need to replace the mattress.

Answer 3

Is your cat Nuetered?  Male cats will spray urine to mark their territory, and since your bed most likely smells like you, he is just trying to tell you who is boss.  Get him nuetered, and then talk to your vet about various ways to train him to get him out of the habit of spraying.

Good Luck!  --Mannus

Answer 4

Is he fixed?  If not, go get him neutered.  It will really help.  Other than that the only thing I can think of is to not let him on the bed.  Close your door if need be.  I know he'll cry to be let in, but if he refuses to stop peeing then that's a consequence of his actions.  If he goes up on the bed, just pick him up and put him on the floor and say no.  I know a lot of people think cats can't be trained, but my cats know very well that they aren't allowed on the counter, so when I see them going that way all I do is turn around and firmly say NO.  And they turn around.

Answer 5

In my experience, are you single when you have him. If there's a male present in your house that's what happen.  Cats are Territorial

Answer 6

I agree with the person who said he is trying to tell you something and doesn't know how.  Please bring your cat to the vet and get him more thoroughly checked out.  Keep looking into the matter until the vet finds something definite.  I had my cat checked for bladder infections, blocked anal glands... that didn't help.  I spent tons on pheromones and enzyme cleaners... that didn't help.  We were going to put him on a tranquilizer, thinking that he was just anxious, except he really didn't seem anxious.  Well, this vet is usually very good, but he failed to pick up a heart condition that might have been treatable had it been caught earlier.  My little guy was an extremely muscular cat who just suddenly went downhill.  Unfortunately that muscularity included his heart, which the vet discovered, post mortem, had grown so thick that he couldn't pump sufficient blood through.

I'm not saying this is what is wrong with your cat, but want to encourage you to take this very seriously and don't slack off on looking for a reason the way I did, because there IS a reason he is doing it, and the sooner you find out, the better chance you will have of helping your cat.

cheesh, sorry about lack of avatar

Answer 7

Take to a vet- put on Valium to encourage him to mellow out over whatever made him upset. Close up your room to him. He may be upset over anything- hopefully just another cat outside. This is why many become outdoor pets. Good Luck.

Answer 8

'Cause it needed to pee?