Thread: Help my maine coon has started urinating on the bed!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

My daughter had same problem with her girl at about eight months of age & after trying everything she was lucky to find a very simple solution ,the trays had lids
on & she wanted to change the filters in the lids,took them down to the garage to do it started doing something else,like you do,forgot about the lids & thought she would sort them the next day noticed that night there had been no problem so left it for the week & then tried them again & cat went back to urinating where she shouldn't,sometimes even on the lid so for last six years lids off & no problem..

Ah, I didn't think to ask about lids/covers on the litter boxes! Like I said in another thread on litter boxes, we had no luck with these, and they are all in the garage. We tried introducing the lidded boxes at one point (but still had one without), and the cats completely refused to use them. Definitely try having a box without a lid for her. Cats may like going into little dark/tight spaces for play/sleep, but I have never seen the slightest bit of evidence that they like such places for doing their business.

My breeder had three hooded litter trays all in a line (she had a lot of cats). All her cats use them without a problem and the kittens had already started using them when we visited three weeks ago. Our little kitten was in one of them once when an adult came in and peed on him apparently! So he had to have a bath! She recommended I get the same as her as this is what he was used to which I have done. It does have a deep bottom though so if it is a problem I could leave the top off and the swing door can be hitched up too so they don't have to cope with that straight away.

Originally Posted by Karena

My breeder had three hooded litter trays all in a line (she had a lot of cats). All her cats use them without a problem and the kittens had already started using them when we visited three weeks ago.

Obviously some cats will use them without any problems. My mother-in-law's will. On the other hand, I have never seen any evidence from our cats that they *desire* a covered/closed-in litter area. For example, our cat that was outside never ever went under our porch or similar secluded places to go, and when we tried adding covered boxes along with uncovered the cats actively avoided the covered. What I do see is that cats do not like feeling trapped when they are going. For instance, if our other cats show up and block all the escape routes I have seen a cat give up and go to another box. A covered box would seem to make that even worse, though, since it has just one exit. I understand why *owners* want covered boxes--we hoped to use them. I am just saying that I believe people have to be prepared for some cats to simply refuse to use covered boxes. All it would take is one unusual box incident that scared the cat and it might completely avoid the box for a while. I would always have at least one uncovered box someplace in the house.

Hi, I bought some spray to deter my cat from pooing on the floor./ I know it isn't ideal for a bed but it is called Wash and Get Off by VAPET. I bought it from Pets at Home.