Cat peeing in random places.

McCloskey_A

Hi all, looking for some quick advice- have a 2.5 year old female neutered cat, up until about 3 months ago - no problem with using the litter tray never dirties in the house,
She is 90% inside and will actually come back in to use her tray, we have one of those covered ones with a flappy door.

Recently she has been peeing in random places, I have for example caught her peeing in the rumble dryer( now much more careful about closing the door!!), tonight she peed on a tea towel left on the floor in front of the washing machine,

I did change her litter at one stage and changed it back within the week as she was not liking and thought it might be this,

No change in routine, eating normally, in good form and no obvious health problems!

Any ideas would be helpful??

boatbuilder

Maybe other stray cats around causing her grief? Strange people in the house that she doesn't know?

anniehoo

McCloskey_A wrote: »

in good form and no obvious health problems!

Unfortunately if she has an underlying UTI (urinary tract infection) this will not be obvious to you unless a full urinalysis is carried out by your vet. One of the most obvious symptoms is what you are describing-peeing in random places. If it is painful for a cat to urinate they can often associate their litter tray with this pain and try and urinate elsewhere. If they're in pain and slightly stressed cats do act out by displaying unusual behaviour.

If there are no stray cats hanging around,nothing major has changed in the home...then the vet should be your next port of call. A urinalysis isn't expensive and will involve taking a fresh urine sample and they will perform a "dipstick" which will measure parameters like pH, presence of red and white cells, ketone levels etc A microscope analysis will then be done to look for bacteria, crystals and to verify the presence of red/white cells from the dipstick.

McCloskey_A

She has been prone to crystals in her urine and over the years has been on antibiotics Etc, we thought we had this solved as have her on food for it and bottled water, as we have a high lime scale content, I keep a good eye on her habits,
There is a neighbours cat who has always been around but has now adopted our direct neighbour but beyond seeing her at the window they do not interact much,

Also no blood or mucus in the urine

boomerang

Might be helpful, if it's not medical or behavioural: