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Yeah, I plan on calling the vet and then hitting up the pet store for some citrus stuff or Feliway.

ETA: Okay, the Feliway website says it's for cats that spray. My cats are neutered, so she isn't spraying or marking her territory.

babydtc23 wrote:

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Glory Glory Hallelujah wrote:

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babydtc23 wrote:

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Do not get rid of your beloved pet over THAT!
Try Feliway.

THAT may cost me thousands of dollars, if my current apartment decides they must replace the entire carpet after I move out. And I'm scared shitless that THAT is going to be a problem at my next apartment.

This can be a common problem with cats and unless you are prepared to take whatever issues on as a pet owner, you shouldn't ever get a pet.
My cats would scratch the carpet anytime a door was closed. I have had cats that peed right outside their litter boxes, and we said we'd exhaust all options before ever even considering getting rid of any of them. I would put area rugs down on every carpeted area until I could figure out a solution. Explore ALL options. The last one should be getting rid of it...

Seriously? Come off your high horse. This isn't a pet I've had for a month or two. I've had her for YEARS and this is a new thing to pop up. As I said in my original post, I have dealt with many things with her that have cost me money and none of them have frustrated me like this has. I AM exploring all options. WTF do you think me coming to JJB is? To say I shouldn't be a pet owner is fucking stupid.

If you really think you don't sound completely self-righteous in your previous post, then my apologies for being defensive.

daisy bouquet wrote:

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Its possible that moving to the new place may help the problem, since the carpets wont have any residue.

Is there something else that happened about the same time she started to pee? Any changes about the time she started to pee? Does she only do it when you are not home? Does she ever use the litterbox? Is the skin problem she has stress-related? What other pets do you have? Are there only a few spots she pees or is it all over the apartment? Are you absolutely certain its her and not the other cat peeing?

Nothing that I can think of off the top of my head. And she does it when I'm home, when I'm gone, whenever. And she uses the litter box to shit, but not to pee. And her skin problem is weather and stress related, the vet thinks. He gives her a steroid shot every six months and then I give her dexamethasone pills every week. To explain more about the skin problem, she would scratch herself on her face until she bled. She's never had mites (as one vet though was the cause). This treatment that the current vet has been doing seems to work best to keep her from being so bad. I only have the two cats, there are about 5 spots in my apartment that she has consistently peed. I have a black light lamp and have discovered a couple more random, one time spots, but that's it. And I'm POSITIVE it's not my other cat because I've seen her use the litter box many times, and I have caught this cat (with the pee problem) in the act of peeing in the main 5 spots.

And to answer the other poster's question, I changed the litter after she started peeing because I thought maybe didn't like the old litter anymore. It worked for a bit, and I actually personally like this litter better (it's made out of corn and absorbs smell much better). AND one of my boxes is a pellet box, so she has different types to choose from if she wanted to.