We got a cat not long after we go married. We in 4 years, we have lived in four locations. All locations we lived in where brand new, with the exception of our current location, 103 years old. This one, we own.
Our cat has been a wonderful cat and never pee'd or did anything the carpet at any of the rental locations we lived in (which were all brand new when we moved in).. the only time she would do something if my wife forgot to clean swap out the kitty litter after about 2 weeks. #2 and stuff would be removed and that sort of thing on a regular basis... but if the box just got to smelly... she would go somewhere else.
This would prompt my wife to clean the litter box, and the cat would immeidately, once it was clean, go in and go the bathroom, marketing it as hers, I imagine.
Well... we bought a house, it has all new carpet and much of the house has been redone, but it is an old house. About 4-6 months after we moved in the cat started peeing in about a 12 foot area of the hallway, all along the edge of the wall. Sometimes we knew about it and cleaned it up, other times, we had no idea. Once we realized this was becoming a problem and not just more than a "my litter box needs changing"... we took some various actions.
1) We took her to the Vet to get examined, no problems.
2) We bought a carpet cleaner steam-vac and cleaned the hallway really well. Bought some enzym stuff and tried that as well.
3) We bought a new type of litter.
We also went away on a 4 day vacation and left the cat at the vet. It seemed that for about month or two after that event, the cat was fine and didn't pee. Then she started up again over the last month.
My wife cleaned the carpet with the steam-vac and said that it seemed like all along the hallway on both sides of the hallway, she had pee'd the whole distance.
About a week ago, we decided to take some advice we had read once and after catching the cat pee'ing on the carpet, we'd pick her up, put her in the bathroom where her food/litter box is and leave her their for 12-24 hours. Well, the first time we let her out after 12 hours, less than 3 hours later, she pee'd on the carpet and then went back in for about 24 hours. What was interesting is after she pee'd after being locked in their for 12 hours, she was running and hiding, like she knew what as coming.
After the 24 hours, all seemed fine for about 5 days. It did seem like I could smell more a urine smell in that area the hallway, so I dont' know if she continued to pee or not. But just tonight, I caught her again and put her in the bathroom.
I don't know what to do. When I come home from work after being away from the house, i walk in and I smell the urine. It makes me sick. I don't know what to do. Obivously, she isn't stopping so Im not buying new carpet or replacing it (we haven't even been here 8 months). Nor can we really afford it.
I have threatened to just let the cat live outside (she never has). I don't really know what to do. I like cats, but not this much. My wife is holding all out for this cat cause well, she really likes dogs and I hate dogs and if this cat goes... no animal will replace her.
The cat is only 4 years old.
Any MORE ideas?!
Our cat has been a wonderful cat and never pee'd or did anything the carpet at any of the rental locations we lived in (which were all brand new when we moved in).. the only time she would do something if my wife forgot to clean swap out the kitty litter after about 2 weeks. #2 and stuff would be removed and that sort of thing on a regular basis... but if the box just got to smelly... she would go somewhere else.
This would prompt my wife to clean the litter box, and the cat would immeidately, once it was clean, go in and go the bathroom, marketing it as hers, I imagine.
Well... we bought a house, it has all new carpet and much of the house has been redone, but it is an old house. About 4-6 months after we moved in the cat started peeing in about a 12 foot area of the hallway, all along the edge of the wall. Sometimes we knew about it and cleaned it up, other times, we had no idea. Once we realized this was becoming a problem and not just more than a "my litter box needs changing"... we took some various actions.
1) We took her to the Vet to get examined, no problems.
2) We bought a carpet cleaner steam-vac and cleaned the hallway really well. Bought some enzym stuff and tried that as well.
3) We bought a new type of litter.
We also went away on a 4 day vacation and left the cat at the vet. It seemed that for about month or two after that event, the cat was fine and didn't pee. Then she started up again over the last month.
My wife cleaned the carpet with the steam-vac and said that it seemed like all along the hallway on both sides of the hallway, she had pee'd the whole distance.
About a week ago, we decided to take some advice we had read once and after catching the cat pee'ing on the carpet, we'd pick her up, put her in the bathroom where her food/litter box is and leave her their for 12-24 hours. Well, the first time we let her out after 12 hours, less than 3 hours later, she pee'd on the carpet and then went back in for about 24 hours. What was interesting is after she pee'd after being locked in their for 12 hours, she was running and hiding, like she knew what as coming.
After the 24 hours, all seemed fine for about 5 days. It did seem like I could smell more a urine smell in that area the hallway, so I dont' know if she continued to pee or not. But just tonight, I caught her again and put her in the bathroom.
I don't know what to do. When I come home from work after being away from the house, i walk in and I smell the urine. It makes me sick. I don't know what to do. Obivously, she isn't stopping so Im not buying new carpet or replacing it (we haven't even been here 8 months). Nor can we really afford it.
I have threatened to just let the cat live outside (she never has). I don't really know what to do. I like cats, but not this much. My wife is holding all out for this cat cause well, she really likes dogs and I hate dogs and if this cat goes... no animal will replace her.
The cat is only 4 years old.
Any MORE ideas?!