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  • I don't know, but you might as well throw away your mattress! It is ruined and also not sanitary now.
  • You have to get the cat ASAP and rub their faces in the pee, then put them in the litter box to let them know where to go. I did it & that cat knew better because there was no next time.
  • Stop her from entering the bed room, a safety gate might be useful. Does your cat need to jump upon a higher surfaceto then jump down the other side or can the cat go straight over all in one? You could add something to the top of the gate to make it harder to go over. You might need to minimise the width of the gaps on the gate by chicken wire or something.
  • Don't allow your cat in your bedroom. Put her in a pen at night,can be in your room if you wish but not out of the pen
  • Is her litterbox clean? Some cats will not use a litterbox that is even remotely dirty, so they use something else that reminds them of a sandbox. And once they pee on something like a mattress you can never get rid of the smell, so she will keep on peeing on it.
  • You probably will need to replace this mattress. You can TRY cleaning it with Nature's Miracle...but aside from the outer fabric and about an inch down...I don't believe you will fully get the scent out of it. You can also try covering it with a rubber or plastic "sheet" to block the smell from both you and the cat. In addition to the litter box being really clean...this cat may be just that picky about it...check into the type of litter you have in the box...especially if your cat was declawed...some types of litter cause discomfort to the declawed cat's feet.. If you recently changed litter...go back to what the cat accepted...if you recently took in another cat...get another box...that can help too. We have 4 cats and 3 litter boxes...our one queen HATES for anyone to use HER box...so of course they do...and my oldest like to "pin" Sadie in the box when she goes to use it...(enclosed box) he sits outside of it and won't let her out...they have a little "thing" going between them...we like to call it..."screwing with Sadie's head" a saga of general harassment by Shasta... Good Luck...you can also just shut the door and try to keep her out of there...I do not suggest rubbing her face in her urine, or feces...that's not very acceptable on the training lists of ways to influence your companion animal to do what you want....
  • LOL I love the person that tells you NOT to use the "put their face in the pee". Says they learned a better way but does not say anything LMAO. If want to rub there face in it do it. If you dont .. then dont. Please get off your high horse.. some of you smoke, cheat on your spouse, lie on your taxes lie to your kids LOL the list goes on and on but OMG dont put the poor cats face in its pee.. that is just awful.
  • I have been having the same problem with my male cat (he is fixed- so not marking territory). I have noticed that he does this sometimes when he is mad at me for some perceived wrong, like not letting him do something that he wants to (but is not allowed to) do. I have learned to keep my bedroom door shut until time for bed (he won't pee on the bed if I am in it). In the morning I close the door again. This arrangement is working pretty well.
  • Most cats do unusual behavior such as this to get your attention to say "mom or dad, somethings wrong and i dont feel good"- alot of the time if a cat pees in front of you, or on your stuff, especially your sleeping quarters which is sacred and they know this because so is theirs, they "may" have an awful UTI- Urinary Tract Infection. This is extremely common in cats of all ages and is cured with antibiotics from the vet. They can tell if you bring something with the urine on it already, by the crystals in their urine, but if you cant do this they run a blood test. UTI's are very painful for cats because these crystals pass thru the uretha, and in cat anatomy it is just as painful as it is for us humans! My advice is save the punishments for last and see if this is its way of crying for help the only way it knows how to the only person it understands can take care of him/her. Then after everything else is ruled out and its just a cat with severe issues, then there are many ways to deal with that as well, but lets rule out the medical reason first is my opinion. Good Luck and i hope this has helped some. P.S. also, if the urine penatrated the comforter, sheets and mattress cover and has in fact stained the mattress, there are many new "enzymes" on the market that actually guarantee to rid the smell by consuming the odor molecules themselves. I would look into these before discarding it all together. If you cannot find any, let me know and i can direct you to the right website.
  • I came to this site looking for the answer to this question, but the answers were mostly opinions from people who aren't experts. Visit this article: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/Housesoiling.html if you want the expert answer. It helped me understand why my cat might be doing this.
  • I just took my cat to the vet for this problem. Cat is fine, physically, and the problem is behaviorial without a clear-cut trigger. The vet's recommendations: -switch to scoopable litter -if the cat is big, get a large box (she recommended clear sterilite containers that are 1 foot high) -if the box has a hood, remove it -put boxes on different ends of the house -make sure to clean the boxes at least once daily -use a cleaner like Nature's Miracle on the soiled areas If the problem persists, she recommended: -limit the cat's access to the bedroom (keep the door closed) -confine the cat to a room with a box, food, and water when no one is home to supervise -if there is more than one pet, consider giving each their own space (one stays upstairs, one stays downstairs) and don't force them to be together

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