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cat pees on me when i sleep

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Question
we adopted a feral cat from a shelter, approx 4 yrs of age. uses litter box, but if she can get into any blankets, laundry or, her favorite, me in my bed while Im sleeping she urinates ther instead. but only on my blankets clothes and side of bed, never my husbands. took her to vet, no med problems. tried every trick in the book, even pheremones. is there any hope?

Answer
Hi Genna,

Your only hope may be to restrict her to areas where she won't urinate, a bathroom, a laundry room, etc., at night instead of letting her sleep with you.  If you've ruled out a medical condition then this has to be behavioral.  You'll have to keep her from getting into closets and not have clean laundry laying around.  Make sure everything that she has urinated on in the past is thoroughly cleaned to get any trace of the smell out.  In a week you can try letting her out at night again, but if she does it again put her back in her room for a "time out" and try again in another week.  Give her lots of praise and love while she's out and behaving and ignore her when she does urinate inappropriately, just clean it up and put her back in her room.  If she's not getting any attention for the act she may stop.