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Cat Urinating on the Bed Find out Why and Solve the Problem

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Cat hair on the bed is bad enough, but there's nothing quite like pulling back the covers and finding a nasty, smelly spot soaked with cat urine. You can ban kitty from the bedroom, but if you forget to shut the door just once, you'll probably be washing all your bedding that night. Even that might not be so bad if that seemingly indestructible odor didn't seep into the mattress and linger on the sheets. Yuck! If you're tired of kitty piddling on your pillows, learn why cats choose the bed as an alternative litter box and how you can break their habit. Urinary Tract Problems A urinary tract infection is one of the most common reasons cats wet on the bed. Other urinary tract conditions, like feline lower urinary tract disorder (FLUTD), cystitis and kidney conditions may also be to blame. These conditions cause painful urination, which the cat associates with the litter box. The cat then looks for a softer place to urinate in hopes of avoiding the pain she thinks the litter box is causing. If your cat's starting peeing on your bed, take her to the vet for a check up. Missing You Cats may seem aloof, but they do become attached to their pet humans and can suffer from separation anxiety. This anxiety is one reason cats take to urinating on the bed. Because you spend all night in your bed, your bed picks up your natural body odor, which your cat can smell even if you can't. Because the bed smells like you, it reminds your cat of you. So when kitty misses you or becomes afraid you might leave, she may try to mix her smell, via her urine, with your smell because she find the combination soothing. Have you been spending a lot of time away or recently changed schedules so that you're not home when your cat expects you to be? If you haven't, has your partner or anyone else using the bed? No More Kitties Wetting on the Bed Naturally, your approach to stopping your cat from urinating on your bed depends on why she's doing it. Health problems that cause painful urination require prompt veterinary medical treatment. If you suspect your cat's stressed because of your or someone else's absence, try giving the cat an article of clothing or other material that carries the scent of the person the cat misses. Just be aware your cat may pee on (and ruin) the item. Another thing to consider is that some cats learned in kittenhood that bedding is an acceptable alternative to the litter box. This is usually the mother cat's fault, not the owner's. In this case, you may need to 'retrain' your now-adult cat to use only the litter box through positive reinforcement. In the meantime, if you need to keep kitty off the bed or out of the bedroom, try a citrus-scented spray or a cat repellent like Boundary. Remember, too, that health problems, separation anxiety and poor litter box training aren't the only reasons cats urinate on the bed. The cause may be any of the many reasons cats avoid the litter box. For instance, if you have a covered litter box, but your cat hates to go inside, she may be using the bed as the next best thing. In that case, the solution is to switch to an uncovered box.You can solve your cat's inappropriate urination problems and get your home completely free of cat urine odors, but the solutions may not always be obvious. Learn more about how to stop a cat from urinating in the house from the author of CatUrineProblemsEliminated.com