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    My Asshole Cat

    Yet another cat behavioral problem thread...

    About a week ago, I let the litterbox get too dirty - ONE TIME - and the cat peed on the bath mat instead. I figured it was my fault for not cleaning the litterbox in time, washed the bath mat, and went on about my business. But unfortunately the cat decided he liked the bath mat better.

    He still does #2 in the litterbox, and he pees in the litterbox if I'm home. But if I'm not at home, he pees on the bath mat. Yesterday I was gone all day and I came home to my entire apartment reeking of cat pee. I left all the windows open all night even though it was cold, to air out the smell, and I'm washing the bath mat again... but I finally had to close the windows and heat the place and it still smells like cat pee.

    I keep washing the bath mat, he keeps peeing on it. This is unacceptable. He only does it when I'm not home. I can't just go without a bath mat or I'll wind up slipping on puddles of water all over the floor every time I shower. His litterbox is less than three feet from the bath mat, so I can't just move the litterbox. I am keeping the litterbox clean but it doesn't work. He pees on the bath mat, I wash it, he pees again, I wash it, and meanwhile my apartment stinks like cat urine.

    He's elderly so it's not like he needs training. What do I do?

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    My dog uses puppy pads and sometimes mistakes the bathmat for his puppy pad. I just pick it up and put it on the counter after I shower. I throw it back on the floor when I need it again.

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    We don't have a bathroom counter or any cabinets. It's kind of an old-fashioned apartment, just a big tub, toilet, and free-standing sink. We keep our stuff on little shelves, nothing the bath mat would fit on.

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    I close my bathroom door so there are no kitty surprises when I get home.

    Its hard to train and old cat set in his ways. Your loaf owns you. When my cat is really bad I grab his face and put his face near his 'accident' and say NO really loud a few times. If it happens a few more times after that I do the same thing and he eventually gets it. Now he only pisses on the bath mat if I forget to clean his box and don't let him outside....like when Im asleep or something.
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    Well, he knows he's not allowed to pee on the bath mat. I yell at him and hiss at him whenever I find it, and he runs and hides. That's why he only does it when I'm not home. I guess he thinks I won't smell it or notice that he's pulled over one corner to cover his mess. I still yell and hiss anyway, but all I've done is trained him not to do it when I'm here.

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    Put the bathmat where he can't get to it while you're gone, like up on a closet shelf, and only put it down when you take a shower.

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    Our old cat will piss on the bathmat sometimes too. We just bought a new one, and it gets thrown over the towel rack or the edge of the shower when not in use.
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    My first though was try to catch him in the act, and then yell at him, and physicially put him in his litter box to show him where he should be going.
    But - He KNOWS where he should go potty. This is him acting out for some reason. I would either remove the bathmat, or put his litter box right on top of the bathmat.
    My cats have an enclosed litter box, and a little mat in front if it to catch the litter when they step out. If I let my litter box get to dirty, my one cat will poop on that mat outside her box. Its nice, cause it isnt on the carpet and easy to clean up, but it tells me loud and clear that she refuses to go in the dirty box. I started scooping every day after she did that.

    On the other hand...I had a kitten once who was very, very ill. Her litter box was in the bathroom, and she started pooping on the bathmat. It was because she was to ill to get into the box. She just couldnt make it that far.

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    Maybe he doesn't like the litter. (Although, you'd think he'd stop using the box all together.)

    Moving the bath mat or litter box would probably be your best option. (You could also try spraying the mat with bleach provided it won't ruin it.)

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    I would try buy a new Bath mat. I had almost the same thing happen, and the problem was that even though I would wash the mat, the cat could still smell his mark. I scrubbed the entire room with a good no Amonia based cleaner, and replaced the mat. It solved the problem for now.

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    Vinegar neutralizes the stench of cat pee, in case he starts peeing on other things.

    I suggest buying a a new 100% rubber mat...IMO he's doing this because of separation anxiety/resentment...the cats that have graciously allowed me to live in their house piss in the stairwell & foyer when upset about ANYTHING.

    (I've seen pics of this cat. "Where does this huge cat piss? Wherever he wants!")

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    Thanks, guys... for now I've got the bath mat hanging over the edge of the tub, and I'll probably buy a new one. He can probably still smell his own pee on it and that probably encourages him to keep going there. I haven't changed to a different litter or anything and he's not normally a fussy guy. I think he just likes that bath mat to pee on.

    I think I'll get a new one and keep it hanging over the edge of the tub rather than on the floor, and I bet that stops him. Great ideas, and thank y'all... and yeah, Max, he's almost that big!

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    He is returning to the bath mat because it still contains his "mark". No matter how many time it is washed, his scent will still be there and that's why he returns to it. Get a new mat, and try getting some of this stuff, works like a charm
    http://www.biconet.com/pets/urineErase.html

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    Get a new mat. All animals wil return to a spot they have marked if they can still smell themselves. My hedgehog even does this--when I let him run loose on the hardwood floors downstairs, he always runs behind the red chair to take a pee if he didn't get to do his business in his cage.

    On the other hand, did you do something to wound the sensitive ego of your furbaby? I went upstairs a few days ago after returning from an afternoon doing errands to find that one of my cats had peed all over a sweatshirt of mine I had laying on my bed. I knew which cat it was, so I spent some time "making it up" to her, whatever "it" was that I had done, and she has been fine ever since.

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    Nah, I don't think I offended him in any way... it's probably just that the box was dirty that one time so he went on the mat, and now that he can still smell himself on the mat he likes to keep returning to it. It's laundered and hanging up where he can't pee on it right now, and next time I'm out running errands I'll get a new one.

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    My cat did the same damn thing, and he's an old kitty too! I went and bought a new mat, but this new mat didn't have the rubber bottom to it. Something about the smell of the mats with rubber bottoms drove my cat nuts and he would pee on it no matter what! And he's a kitty who can go outside to pee!

    So...new mat, no rubber bottom and we now hang it up whenever we're not using it...which in reality keeps it cleaner longer too.




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    He could just being being a little jackass cause you let the box get dirty then keeps going back because it smells like him, BUT he could also have a urinary tract infection and be trying to tell you he doesn't feel good... and it happens a lot in older male cats so it might be worth a look by your vet. I doubt that tho because he'd prolly be going all over the house. Otherwise, just keep putting the bathmat on the side of the tub when it's not being used, and go buy a new one. Good luck!

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    I would think however if it was a UTI, then he wouldn't wait to do it while she was gone.

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    Yeah, it's not a UTI. He's been using the litterbox when I'm home, and just peeing on the bath mat when I've been gone. Now that I've hung up the bath mat, he's back to the litterbox.

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    Make sure you're praising him extra for the next couple days when you witness him using the litterbox so he will re-recognize the positive feedback.

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    Nah, he hates being bothered in the litterbox. Once K went into the bathroom while Buddy was in the litterbox nearby, and Buddy immediately went into the bedroom and shit on the bed. He wants to be completely left alone to his litterbox activities, which makes sense; I do too.

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    i think you have the naughtiest cat on SW. does the tub have an edge? even hanging it over the edge would help... unless... he pulls it down in a fit of desperation to piss on it again...

    hmm...

    bathroom door closed when you're not home? or is the tray in there too?
    i think the only remedy is to hide the mat... hang it off the taps even. it ain't 'house n garden' but it will stop him wrecking it.

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    Well I meant AFTER he uses it and leaves the bathroom. I should have been more clear. Praising anmals gets it into their heads even if they forgot that what they're doing is good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nautilus
    i think you have the naughtiest cat on SW.
    I think so too. He's lucky he's such a cuddly, lovable little prick the rest of the time, or I'd have thrown his fat tabby ass out the door a long time ago.

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    heh. fat tabby ass. *snicker*

    i threaten to send mine to the tip to be eaten by the tip rats....

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