my cat wont stop peeing in my childs room

Question
i have a 7 yr old male cat at keeps peeing on my  son's carpet by his closet. I have tried everything with change the litter box. I tried a swallow box but he would sit in it and pee out the side I have change the litter and tried more than one box and I clean his after he used it he still will pee in that one spot. He  not marking and he also has peed on my mother-in-law's coat infront of everyone. i also need help with getting the smell out we shampooed  the carpet andi  tried urine gone which  did not work please help

Answer
Hi Jennifer!

Here are two common possibilities for your cat's actions.


The first is stress. Has anything been different in your home, or the cat's life? New babies, new pets, new guests? Is he 'mad' at your son for something? Some cats are revengeful.

The second one is bladder crystals or stones. These are VERY painful and the cat associates that pain with the litterbox which is why they go elsewhere. If not caught in time it is a fatal condition to male cats. It is caused by too high of ash and magnesium content in the cat's diet. Feeding fish products, including tuna, is a common cause.

At 7 the cat could be starting to have kidney problems. He is 44 years old human years and needs to go to the vet for a complete checkup and some lab work.

Those are just two possibilities. There are a number of different things that could be causing him to act that way. Emotional AND/OR physical. But only a vet physically examining the cat, taking his temperature, looking at his gums, blood samples and/or urine tests etc. can give you a professional diagnosis. Over the internet I can only give you some possiblities from the symptoms you are describing.

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Cleaning the urine out of the carpet:

If you don't clean it up thoroughly, the cat is likely to go again in the same spot. Never use bleaches or disinfectants. They smell like urine to a cat, so does anything pine, rose or lemon scented.

Use warm water with ten per cent solution of biological liquid or powder. (Another suggestion is one tablespoon of Napisan AND one tablespoon of biological washing powder to one pint of water.) Then rise the area thoroughly in cold water and let it dry or dry it with a hair dryer if time presses.

Next spray, or apply some other way, surgical spirit. Use a nail brush to get this into fabric and crevices. This gets rid of the fatty residues that prompt a cat to top up his own marks. Dry this off completely.

Hope I helped answer your questions and didn't confuse you TOO much! If you have more questions feel free to write again. I DO hope it something minor with your cat and not anything serious. But he should be checked right away, especially if there is a chance for a urinary blockage.

Carol