What the heck's wrong with him???

Who is sleeping on the couch? The cat I hope...

I had a male cat, always used the bathroom outside. It was never an issue. Until I had a boyfriend move in, yep my cat peed on his side of the bed every chance it got. lol funny, but not--you know.

I think it's jealousy, maybe territorial, or some of both.

How old is your cat? Just curious. When ours got older she started having issues with accidents sometimes. Or sometimes they just find a spot they like better then the litter box to pee in.

Maybe get a vet check if it continues?

Cats will sometimes pee outside of the litterbox when they have a kidney infection (or other kidney issue). Sometimes cats will just be cats.

If it continues, have him checked out by a vet. If all is well but he continues to pee outside the box, teach him to fly (he'll land on his feet).

This is why dogs are better. On a serious note, I had a cat once (college) and she used to wee all over the bed. Not my bed but an empty bed. And she had a perfectly good/clean litterbox and no medical issues.

Weird...

regdog said:

If it isn't an infection, he might be upset by the work being done or the noise from it. Cats love the familiar and can be easily distressed by anything different.

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That's an interesting point. Dogs will mark much like humans "decorate" (to make a space theirs). My dogs were a bit unsettled when I moved recently, but they're easier to manage when it comes to this issue (just my experience). They quickly settled in and of course, 'go' outside.

Is the litterbox near the "noise"? Maybe if you moved it to the quietest/most private part of the house?

Maybe cats use marking in a similar fashion--and your cat is taking out his issues on your BF.

Take your cat to the vet. About a year ago, one of ours started acting very strangely with his tray. He'd go to it, have a good scratch for several minutes, then sit as if having a pee. When he got off the tray, there'd be literally a few drops, not a proper amount. He'd go back to the tray two minutes later and try again before running from it.

We took him to the vet and found out he had a blockage downstairs. If we hadn't taken him, the chances were he would have died within 48 hours.

It could be nothing. It could be your cat just being a cat, but I still say get him looked at.

Yeah your cat doesn't like your boyfriend.....maybe, lock the door? When I first got my cat he marked his territory all over, even after he was fixed. Now he has to live in the basement, and that works pretty well. He doesn't feel the need to mark his territory down there but it still makes me feel bad sometimes. But we have dogs now too, so I'm pretty sure he prefers it.

Another way to tell whether your cat has a UTI is that he'll be .. um ... cleaning his 'bits' excessively. One of our cats has UT issues and has been on Senior food since he was a year old. When things flare up, he whines a lot (he's part Siamese), pees on piles of clothes, anywhere and, like Seun's cat, spends a lot of time scraping about in the litter tray for only a few drops of pee.

it could be all the stuff that's going on in your house or it could be his kidneys. It's best to get him checked out just to be on the safe side. The vet will take a urine sample and stick it under the microscope while you wait. If there's a problem, a lot of crystals will show up in the sample.

Take him to the vet to make sure he's ok: but it's almost certainly a stress issue. Try a Feliway diffuser, make sure you fully remove the scent from the bed clothes (washing alone won't do this--you need a specialised cleaner designed to remove the smell of cat pee so your cat can't smell it any more), give your cat plenty of opportunity to relax and don't make him feel hounded or trapped. There's lots of behavioural advice on the internet: if you google "Wizz Cat Rescue" I think you'll find helpful advice. But act quickly as it will soon change from a stress reaction to a habit.

Get to the vet.

... if it is from a change in environment maybe comforting the cat with extra reassuring pats and games of catch the string will help. Maybe a new toy, too, and milk bowl as well.

Get him to the vet.

Tell the boy friend he is lucky the vat pees on him. One of my cats took a dislike to a boy friend and got under the duvet .. erm ... well, played football* with him. Claws out.

*should that be pawball?

Jessianodel said:

Yeah your cat doesn't like your boyfriend.....maybe, lock the door? When I first got my cat he marked his territory all over, even after he was fixed. Now he has to live in the basement, and that works pretty well. He doesn't feel the need to mark his territory down there but it still makes me feel bad sometimes. But we have dogs now too, so I'm pretty sure he prefers it.

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Or... Your boyfriend is the cat's best friend.

We had two cats and a couple of months after one of them died (17 years old) Buddy started to become a real lap cat. Before that he was quite aloof. Now his favourite thing was to sprawl on my wife's lap when she was sitting in front of the TV. She would walk into the room and he'd appear from wherever and climb aboard. The Mrs loved it. But after a while, he started acting strange. When the wife walked in and sat down, Buddy would run over and instead of climbing up to relax and purr, he would turn around and spray the poor woman.

After a few times this got very annoying to say the least. We took him to the vet but there was nothing physically wrong with him. In fact the vet commented that he would have thought Buddy was a ten year old cat. He was eighteen. So I built him an insulated and heated (It gets very cold up here in the winter) "Cat House" where he spent a year away from the house. We would go out and sit with him frequently. It was a big cat house. Enough room for a table and chair and lots of plants. He had a cat door to a fenced-in exercise area under the deck.

We decided to bring him back in last year and he's been very well behaved ever since. And still very much a lap cat.

We really don't know what it was but we're very glad to see this behaviour gone.


Good luck with your kitty.

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