My family has 2 indoor/outdoor cats who are trained to use a litter box and are several years old. The younger of the two is a 6 year old cat that we found as a kitten and was mostly feral. She has been litter trained and used to go outside more often than she does now, however she has started to pee on towels that are specifically on the bathroom floor in one specific bathroom (we have 2 bathrooms in our house). Even though she knows where the litter box is, in the other bathroom.
She refuses to push the door to the master bedroom to get to the master bathroom (where the litterbox is) no matter how wide the crack in the door is. She also doesn't pee on anything in the master bathroom, just towels on the floor of the other bathroom.
Today there was an incident where she meowed only a few times, not asking for the outside door or help with the other door, just going straight for the towel in the one bathroom.
I'm sure this forum is dead, but I'm hoping for a little insight, because it's hard with animals, I'm already taking care of twin toddlers, and if this cat really is sick we can't do much about it. Our money is so far stretched out it's hard when one of the humans is sick, let alone our poor animals.
This cat in specifics; Momo, has become very used to the inside of the house, despite wanting to go outside from time to time. Now she over eats (a problem we have because we try to let them graze/come eat and go as they please) and hardly goes outside. It seems like a fight to get her to leave sometimes. She ends up magically back in the house after a few minutes (doublewide mobile, probably comes in from under the house). She's gained weight just by laying around and eating more than her share of food. Could this be warning signs to something bigger that's causing her to pee on the specific towel in specific place?
I feel like this is so unheard of, especially since cats tend to just go wherever when they decide they're gonna start peeing on things.
Thanks for any help I receive in the future.
Thanks again!
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Make sure you clean those towels with and enzyme based cleaner to remove the scent. Clean the floor too. Then try a new kind of litter, as they might not like the one you are using.
Pick up dirty towels!!!
I dont know what it is about laundry left on the floor. Cats just seem so drawn to it. It's their favorite target. Pick up the towels (and all other laundry on the floor) and your problem may be solved. It doesnt sound to me like your cat has any problems other than she is getting older.
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