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kitten not peeing in litter box

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I called my vet a while back, and that's what they said to, i brought her in, they said she only had a minor uti, so i gave her the medicine. she stopped peeing for a few weeks then started up again
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when i first got my kitten, she always used her litter box. after about a month she started peeing on this one spot on the carpet. someone told me to put a food dish there. i did, and she stopped. then we got a new chair and she started peeing on that. she would even do it when we were in the room with her. i started putting her bed on the chair when we would leave or go to bed and she stopped. then just recently she peed in the bed. is this a behavioral or medical problem? what can i do to make her stop?
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Very often when cats have developed a urinary tract infection they will start urinating in inappropriate places.  I would definitely recommend taking her to your vet so they can do a urinalysis.  Chances are that is her problem and once she gets it cleared up she will resume using her litter box like normal.

Amanda

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It's possible her UTI never completely cleared up or that she just developed a new one.  If she had a UTI due to bacteria its possible the antibiotics didn't completely get rid of it and it has gotten worse.  If she had a UTI from crystals then sometimes diet is the culprit.  Sometimes cats have chronic UTIs, so this may be a reoccurring problem with her.  Hopefully its not though and she just needs another round of antibiotics.

Amanda