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Stress?My 12 year old cat Meka has weed in the bedroom twice recently. I know this can be a sign of stress and am going to put a litter tray in there for her to use, but i am not sure if it is stress or not. She has recently been checked over by the vet, before she weed in the bedroom and was given a clean bill of health. A little bit of background info. I got her as a rescue in 2003, 6 months ago we got a puppy which i feel Meka has adapted too resonably well, even if I could not say that she likes the puppy or is the same as before we got the puppy. But she has rubbed up against her a couple of times and will stand still for the pup to sniff her tail sometimes. We live in a one bedroomed ground floor flat but have made sure that there are areas that Meka can go, which the puppy can't get to e.g. a baby gate by the front door so Meka can come in and out, and get to the aring cupboard, where her food and water are. She also has the bedroom as her space, and the door is kept on a latch which means it will open wide enough to let her in and out but not the puppy. I have to pressume it is stress, but Meka also purrs as regularly as she used to, will chose to come into the rooms where the puppy is and chooses to sit on the floor, sofa with the puppy in the room. She will also come into the kitchen when the puppy is there. I am trying to make sure that she has times when it is just me and her, and she comes to bed with me every night and has a least a half hour cuddle before she goes for an explore outside. I am aware that she doesn't get to play as much as she used to before the puppy but she does have a cat flap and access to a safe garden. What do other people think? Is the weeing stress? What else could I do to make life happier for her? Should i move her food into the bedroom too so she can have more privacy?
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Hi, I think you need to try various solutions to see which, if any will work. It does sound like Meka might be stressed in which case starting with a litter tray in the bedroom might be a good idea, as might additional stimulation by was of toys and things to climb on in and around 'her' areas. Be careful to changing too much in one go - moving her food might be to dramatic. Maybe put an additional bowl of food down rather than removing the original one? I have a stressy cat who has occasional bouts of pooing and peeing where he shouldn't. The 3rd tray in the bedroom - where he spends most of his time - did the trick with us, as did feliway diffusers elsewhere. |
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That's a good idea having an additional bowl in the bedroom. Hopefully she won't consider it too close to the litter tray. I could put the litter tray in one corner and the food and water in the other. The bedroom is big enough for a king size bed and room to walk around it so hopefully she won't think it is too close. She's never been much of a climber but does like cotton buds and balls of paper so could give her those in the bedroom. I think i should also make the effort to put pup in the kitchen and play with Meka in the bedroom ..... she was never a great player, so five minutes would suit her. She has a huge cat scratching post in the lounge (which leads into the bedroom) and comes out regularly throughout the day to use it whether the pup is there or not! Seems odd saying pup, Tonks is 8 months and three stone! not much of a pup any more! |
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The above all sound like good ideas to lower her stress level; and have you considered a Feliway plug-in ? |
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Souns stress related. Next time at vet if still doing it I'd ask to get her bloods checked - just in case there is anything else. I think the solutions offered above sound just right. Have to ask - what kind of dog is it? Quite heavy for it's age so I assume a big one. CM |
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Hello! Well i put a litter tray in the bedroom today and Meka was so pleased she did a celebratory poo as soon as i had put it down! I also put some food and water up on a table we have in there. She loved that too. Technically i don't want her on tables but if she is happier with that then i will go with it......until we have a house and then she can have the whole of the upstairs free from Tonks! Thank you all for you help! I will consider a plug in thing as well. Tonks is a staffordshire bull terrierish.....mummy had a little bit of labrador in her so she is a little bit taller than a full stafford. She is very interested in what is going on in the bedroom but hasn't been let in to have a look. But Meka has been coming out of the bedroom and even sat on the sofa next to Tonks so seems to be happier already. I suppose now she know she has more options when it comes to toileting and eating. |
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That IS good news  Possibly she just needs space to call her own that she can retreat to. Hopefully it'll also make her more sociable and tollerant of Tonks overall.Please let us know if you have continued success . . . |
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She had used the litter tray agian today. Unfortunately Tonks ram raided the bedroom door and ate the contents of the litter tray as soon as we got home. Meka just sat on the bed watching Tonks with an expression that said " you are the most disgusting thing i have ever seen!" |
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Eeeek! I quite agree with her! |
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Oh dear......things not as good as i had thought. She is definately seeming perkier and is loving having food and water in two places. She has continued to poo in the litter trays, but i have seen no wee in them. Last night i was reading my book in bed, and Meka was snuggled up next to me, she got down, had a nibble of food and some water, then i heard her weeing, but hadn't heard her moving litter. She was weeing in the corner on the carpet less that a foot from her litter tray!!!! She was perfectly happy, Tonks was in the kitchen asleep, adn had been in there all evening, the door was shut so she couldn't come out and annoy Meka. Meka has been out the garden and had also been playing with cotton buds with me early, rolling roudn on the lounge floor. So now i am not sure if it is stress. She looked like she just chose to wee there. Before i had washed the area with non bio washing liquid, but now i have read that it should be biological to get the smell out. I have bought some oxywash stuff that is supposed to get rid of the smell completely. I have washed the whole of the carpet on that side of the room, but i think it still smells. I have put two litter trays in there now, and even put one right on the spot that i saw her wee on. Any ideas of what i can do to stop her doing this ? Help!!!! |
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