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My in-laws have a 2-3 year old, spayed female, DSH who has been peeing on the carpet since April. She reliably urinates on the carpet once a day, either at night when everyone is asleep or in the middle of the day when no one is home. So far she only does it once a day, but does it every day. She has a favorite spot 3 feet in front of the primary litter box (used to be the only litter box), but if this is covered she will pee almost anywhere in the house that is not currently occupied by a human. There is one other neutered male cat in the household; they are both around the same age. So far they have tried:
1. Getting more litter boxes. They are up to three litter boxes, two covered and one uncovered. All three are relatively large. They use a fine clumping clay litter, which she seems to have no objections to using.
2. Covering the favorite spot with a plastic sheet. She will not pee on the plastic but gladly goes elsewhere in the house.
3. Cleaning all the litter boxes at least once daily, sometimes twice, and wiping down the inside of the box with a 10% bleach solution (I hear cats really like the smell/taste of bleach).
4. Cleaning all urine spots in the carpet by soaking with nature's miracle, letting it sit for the directed amount of time and then going over the spot with a hand held steam cleaner. My father-in-law even cut an edge into the carpet and lifted it up to make sure the cleaning solution was getting all the way down to the wooden base under her favorite spot.
5. Using feliway spray on around the litterboxes, although they have not tried a feliway plug in defuser.
6. Taking the cat to the vet. She's come up clean for urinary tract infection, crystals, stones, and bloodwork is wnl.
Sorry for the long post, but they are considering taking her back to the shelter and our area is already so jammed that the no-kill shelter has a 1 year waiting list and the normal shelter says to keep your animals or rehome them yourself if you can. 🙁 I've wracked my brains and all the vets I work for and can't think of anything else to try.
1. Getting more litter boxes. They are up to three litter boxes, two covered and one uncovered. All three are relatively large. They use a fine clumping clay litter, which she seems to have no objections to using.
2. Covering the favorite spot with a plastic sheet. She will not pee on the plastic but gladly goes elsewhere in the house.
3. Cleaning all the litter boxes at least once daily, sometimes twice, and wiping down the inside of the box with a 10% bleach solution (I hear cats really like the smell/taste of bleach).
4. Cleaning all urine spots in the carpet by soaking with nature's miracle, letting it sit for the directed amount of time and then going over the spot with a hand held steam cleaner. My father-in-law even cut an edge into the carpet and lifted it up to make sure the cleaning solution was getting all the way down to the wooden base under her favorite spot.
5. Using feliway spray on around the litterboxes, although they have not tried a feliway plug in defuser.
6. Taking the cat to the vet. She's come up clean for urinary tract infection, crystals, stones, and bloodwork is wnl.
Sorry for the long post, but they are considering taking her back to the shelter and our area is already so jammed that the no-kill shelter has a 1 year waiting list and the normal shelter says to keep your animals or rehome them yourself if you can. 🙁 I've wracked my brains and all the vets I work for and can't think of anything else to try.
*nyanko is my SDN hero* 
