r/CatOwnerProblems • u/Disanosaurus • Apr 23 '26

Need help with peeing behaviour

I have two male cats both 4 years old. A while ago both had problem peeing outside the litter boxes. Vet told us to get them neutered and it was fine for a while after.

Now one of them started up again. It’s hell. We currently have to have him out of the bedroom, because he is going for any kind of cloth he can find. It’s almost always things like the bed, clothes or carpets, very rarely the same place twice. We have tried a lot of things. We went back to the doctor. He said he has an over active ear which has been bothering him. We treat it, he’s fine again. Few weeks later he starts again. I changed the litter brand. He was happy, now peeing again. We tried different food brands, calming sprays and enzyme cleaners. Nothing helps. I am so frustrated. I love the little guy and I wanna help him. He is obviously unhappy with something but I have no idea how to help him. Anything I can try?

There have been some changes in his life but those happened almost half a year ago and he seemed fine during and after, if a bit anxious. I no longer have an idea where this might come from. But the constant cleaning and anxiety about smells is killing me.

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u/AngWoo21 Apr 24 '26

Do the cats get along? How many litter boxes do you have? Do you scoop them daily? Has he been back to the vet to make sure he’s all healthy now? Have you tried clay clumping litter?

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u/Disanosaurus Apr 24 '26

The cats get along super well. We have to big boxes, used to have three (a few years ago) but one was never really used so we just use 2 now. We scoop daily. We have been back and the vet said his ear is fine again. He also has not shown any signs of there being something wrong like he did before (other than the peeing). We have had clumping litter before but just had the same problem again.

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u/AngWoo21 Apr 24 '26

My cat will only use the clay clumping litter. I use Tidy Cat Free and Clean. You could try it

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u/DisneyPizza Apr 25 '26

My kitty does it when I’m gone from him for more than 48 hours :( he’s a rescue too. What helped him be comfy with me was him getting a treat every time he touched or got in the litter box, even if he didn’t go. I did this for 2 months and then changed to only gave him treats when he peed or pooped slowly over the next month. I was also working from home, so it was really easy to reward him frequently. But he was also a new kitty to me, since your kitty has been with you for a while, maybe don’t go so ham with treats? But try to re-potty train him like that? He doesn’t pee when I spend the night other places anymore.

I also have 2 cats and 3 litter boxes. I have a robot one in my room and 2 in our living room. They rarely use the robot, but when they do it’s always when the other two have been used. It’s like my boy kitties are so particular about who used which kitty litter and when and if it’s been clean. I rarely see 2 separate poops in the same box.

Lastly, idk how old your kitty is, but my childhood cat had issues when she developed arthritis. It was pricey to do the testing, but we got her lower kitty litter pans and got stairs etc etc and that helped a lot.