We have two Siamese cats, a 17 year old male and a 16 year old female.
The female has been diabetic for some time and she gets 2x daily insulin shots. Both cats eat a high protein, diabetic formula cat food. We take them for regular check up and the female has her sugar levels checked regularly. (There is no expense spared for their health care.)
Over the past year or so, we started to notice urine accidents outside the box. We attributed it to their age and odd habit of perching on top of the box edges and peeing while on tippy toe instead of actually climbing into the box and standing and urinating on the litter. We took to putting down puddle pads under the boxes and that took care of the stray pee problem.
Recently, we are having an absolute piss-fest. I know for sure that the female is peeing on the floor beside the boxes as I have seen her do it but the volume can’t just be from one cat, even a diabetic one, so I am thinking the male is also going outside the box.
Nothing has changed with their litter area, same location (large, quiet, private, isolated) same style of box, same litter. We clean the three boxes twice a day. I doubt mobility is a problem as they have no problem racing around the house, up and down the stairs and jumping up on the beds.
They both go to the vet tomorrow morning. In the meantime, I am posting to ask for advice/guidance:
We are at a loss as we never had a problem with their potty habits, aside from the over-shooting-the-box thing and that was minor.
The female has been diabetic for some time and she gets 2x daily insulin shots. Both cats eat a high protein, diabetic formula cat food. We take them for regular check up and the female has her sugar levels checked regularly. (There is no expense spared for their health care.)
Over the past year or so, we started to notice urine accidents outside the box. We attributed it to their age and odd habit of perching on top of the box edges and peeing while on tippy toe instead of actually climbing into the box and standing and urinating on the litter. We took to putting down puddle pads under the boxes and that took care of the stray pee problem.
Recently, we are having an absolute piss-fest. I know for sure that the female is peeing on the floor beside the boxes as I have seen her do it but the volume can’t just be from one cat, even a diabetic one, so I am thinking the male is also going outside the box.
Nothing has changed with their litter area, same location (large, quiet, private, isolated) same style of box, same litter. We clean the three boxes twice a day. I doubt mobility is a problem as they have no problem racing around the house, up and down the stairs and jumping up on the beds.
They both go to the vet tomorrow morning. In the meantime, I am posting to ask for advice/guidance:
- Any suggestions on how best to control the pee smell? There litter area is on a large piece of linoleum, which is on top of carpet. Their favorite elimination spot seems to be close to the edge and then the pee rolls on to the carpet. The house smells horrible.
- Assuming any medical issues are addressed and corrected, any suggestions for getting them back to the boxes?
We are at a loss as we never had a problem with their potty habits, aside from the over-shooting-the-box thing and that was minor.
