Ohh Nooooooo!

[tucan]

i have recently instored a cat door for my cats, ( with not much sucess - they will use it only if i take out the door panel, so there is only a hole on the door for them to get in and out of). two nights ago around 3am i heard something was banging the door and got out of bed to investigate. i think it was another cat trying to get in the house. i normally locked the door before i go to bed, but i think i forgot on this night. the next moring, i found a puddle of pee just outside the cat litter box - thinking one of the cats had miss fired during the night, so i cleaned it up. all day yesterday i had the cats indoor as it was halloween and there was some fireworks going. last night the same thing happened again. another cat tried to get in to the house, except this time, the door was locked. it was either a big cat or a very strong one, coz this moring i found the outside tunnel was broken with the flap taken out of its hinge and when i was cleaning the house earlier, i found a big puddle of pee on my feather duvet! i think it was a combination of fireworks and another cat present that made them abit un-nerved. i hope they won't do it again and i think frosty had a very very quity look on him. i have now cleaned all the sheets and practically emptied a bottle of pet odour remover on the bed, duvet. but how do i really clean the duvet?

 

[flash22]

clean it the best you can and get it dry cleaned. otherwise bin it a by a new one whats probally going to be cheaper anyway

 

[morgan]

I had a duvet dry cleaned for a similar reason. I was looking after someone's dog. She looked so cosy and happy on the downstairs spare bed that I let her stay there. Then I found a big puddle! It cost £10 to clean but it was not feather, it was polyester filled I think. HTH.

 

[tucan]

clean it the best you can and get it dry cleaned. otherwise bin it a by a new one whats probally going to be cheaper anyway

it was quite an expensive one and unfortunally there is no guarantee that they won't do it again. i could close the door but then again, who can resist them when all the want to do is to cuddle you . ( i hope. lol)

I had a duvet dry cleaned for a similar reason. I was looking after someone's dog. She looked so cosy and happy on the downstairs spare bed that I let her stay there. Then I found a big puddle! It cost £10 to clean but it was not feather, it was polyester filled I think. HTH.

lol why do animals do that? they give you this - look at me, i'm cute and sweet - look . when all the time i think they are planning some misdeeds under their heads.

 

[Bloo]

Dry clean works very well. I have a super expensive down duvet. Cost me about £9 I think and totally worth it. If you have them option, let them do it for you because they dry it very well.
My kitten did it - I think it was stress related. I banned her from the bedroom for a few weeks and (touch wood) haven't had the problem since.

 

[tucan]

Dry clean works very well. I have a super expensive down duvet. Cost me about £9 I think and totally worth it. If you have them option, let them do it for you because they dry it very well.
My kitten did it - I think it was stress related. I banned her from the bedroom for a few weeks and (touch wood) haven't had the problem since.

they are now banned from the bed room, but they keep wanting to go in and give me those soppy eyes wondering why they can't go in. lol and i'm the one feeling bad about it.

 

[fourthtimelucky]

I've had a similar problem with a cat, previously perfectly housetrained, who all of a sudden decided that the best place to pee was my bookshelf! She then started spraying pee all over the flat, ignored her litter tray, and started being sick a lot. She didn't have a catflap at the time (we'd only been in the flat a month or so) and I was leaving windows open for her instead. Here is what I learnt from reading several books, asking around etc:

Your cat is peeing in your bed because it feels safe there (it smells of you, is comfy and soft).

This is because another cat has invaded its space. Even though you have locked the catflap the cat still thinks that the outsider might get in. It holds its pee for as long as possible (too scared to go outside / use its normal toilet spot) and then finally lets go in the one place it still feels secure.
To solve the problem you need to board up the catflap on both sides and keep your cat indoors for a couple of days.

As you have more than one cat it is also possible that the invader has unbalanced their relationship slightly. One cat may be 'guarding' the litter tray so the other one can't use it, hence the puddle. Introduce more litter trays to your house. Choose places which are sheltered (ie in corners, behind furniture etc) but not too restricted (so the cats can still move around freely). Dry-clean the duvet, clean the mattress thoroughly etc as the scent of urine must be eradicated. It would probably be best to keep your cats out of your bedroom for the time being.

Keep the litter trays very clean and consider restricting your cats to those rooms which have trays in them only.

Once the cats are happily using their new trays, you can start letting them in and out again, but open the door yourself. Start off with a regular time so the cats incorporate this into their routine. Do this for at least a month. Hopefully by this time the invading cat will have stopped trying to break in. You can then re-introduce the catflap, but keep it locked & covered at night for the first few weeks.

You might want to try one of the magnetic / infrared catflaps to ensure only your cats can come in. You should also take the time to train your cats to use the flap properly as other cats will be much more likely to investigate an open gap than one with a physical barrier. Do this by taping the door open, then not-so-open, then almost-closed etc until your cats have got used to the idea of pushing against it rather than just stepping through. Be warned - if the cat thinks it can get you to open the door for it, it WILL! Sometimes the only answer is to put the cat outside and the food inside, then WALK AWAY!

Once your cats realise they have free access to the outdoors during the day they will gradually stop using all of the litter trays, probably settling on a favourite one each . You can remove some of them (but only when they have been out of use for a couple of weeks!)

Depending on the invading cat, you might want to keep the catflap locked at night indefinitely and keep a litter tray indoors permanently.

Good luck!

 

[LIL860]

My step dad was playing with my dog on their bed she got a bit excited and tiddled on the duvet. He didnt notice untill he snuugled down and his feet felt wet. Mum just washed the duvet and added some bleach she was furious but Buffy my dog is still allowed on the bed she loves to cuddle up to them

 

[dthoffsett]

You also might get a wellness check for them at your vet. Several years ago, one of my cats (sadly no longer with me) started suddenly urinating in inappropriate areas. My mom finally decided to take him to the vet and it turned out he had diabetes. Ill cats will often urinate outside of the litter box.

 

[tucan]

thanks for the advices. i didn't want to get a magnetic one, because i don't really like them wearing a collar all the time. and i don't think they have ever used a cat door before. one has now worked out how to get out but refuse it to come back in the same way and the other one of is still refuse to use it ( i've tried every methods going - they will stay outside all day dispite rain and hunger until i relent and open the door for them) . i ve now found out the intruder is another cat who is so huge he actually can't get further and his head in. i think i've scared it away by spraying some water at him. at least is not a fox as i originally thought it was.
they are now allow back into the bedroom as long as i'm in there!lol

 

[JerseyEMT]

You think that's bad... We woke up at 3am yesterday morning because my stupid cat (Trouble) decided to piss on our bed...while we were in it...I'm not sure if he did it because he was pissed off at us or what....He doesn't seem to be sick... I've never been so pissed at an animal in my life...He' is now banned from the bedrooms

last year he had some health issues and associated the litter box with pain... I found the best way to stop him from peeing on furniture was to spray the piece of furniture down with a citrus scented air freshener(cats hate citrus scents) I also did it with my new futon in our rec room...better safe than sorry!

 

[Cutlass]

Ah; one of my cats had some peeing issues. She always peed on my sister's expensive scrapbooking stuff and her luggage and computer case...we never found out which cat it was but she seems to have stopped.

But; a cat door? Doesn't that make your house really cold?(and let in all sorts of bugs?)

 

[tucan]

But; a cat door? Doesn't that make your house really cold?(and let in all sorts of bugs?)

the door has a flap where the cats can push through to get in and out. luckily where i live in the uk, we don't really have too much bugs round - however there are some foxes round the area where they scavenge for food. can you imagine if a fox has got into your house?