What can be done about it, she’s a sweetheart but this is honestly fucked. Pepetuay clean and maintained litter box, I am exasperated as I just caught her leaving some moistness where I sit

She is spayed

  • nocturne
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    293 days ago

    Cats get the majority of their moisture via food. Most dry food has about 10% moisture. A strictly dry food diet (regardless of how often you see your cat drinking) can lead to using crystals, which make urinating painful. This can cause them to associate the litter box with pain. They can seek out a soft comfortable place to pee.

    We had two cats that peed on anything soft. Within a week of switching to a moisture rich diet one had completely gone back to the litter box, while the other still has some issues from time to time.

      • nocturne
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        82 days ago

        Cats get very little moisture through drinking. An average house cat gets something like 1/12th of a teaspoon of liquid per “lap” of their tongue. You would be better off adding some water to its dry food, if dry food is all it is fed.

  • Shadow
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    183 days ago

    Have you talked to your vet? Could be a uti.

    You need to replace that couch though. Now it’s been marked, it’ll never stop.

      • Shadow
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        93 days ago

        No, the smell perists.

        You can try a neutralizing agent like “nature’s miracle”, but if it’s happened multiple times you’re probably too late.

  • @AnonymousFish@lemmy.world
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    53 days ago

    I had this problem with my cat! She had an ear infection that I didn’t know about, and stopped peeing on my bed and couches once it was healed up

  • Depends on a lot of things. I’m no expert but here is what I can throw in.

    Is this a new cat? Maybe it needs training.

    Is this new behavior? If it’s something new then maybe the cat has a medical problem. Our cat was clogged and the vet needed to do surgery.