Elimination Problems
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:05 pm
Okay first things first - ALL three of my cats were checked by the vet, they are just being BUTTHEADS and driving me to the brink of exhaustion and considering rehoming them. I don't want to, I've had them all for three years, but this is just got to end.
I have 3 cats, males (fixed) and they have all grown up together. I have 5, (yes, FIVE) litter boxes on the two levels of my home, three different types of litter, a daily litter box cleaning schedule and they all have access to clean food and water at ALL times. They have cat trees, toys, and cat nip when they're being good.
Now, the problem is, they are fantastic during the day - then I go to bed. And I wake up, and the insanity begins.
I have woken up the last few weeks (again, I got them all checked a week ago with a clean bill of health) with pee EVERYWHERE. There is pee on my counter tops, my kitchen table, the chairs, on the vents, IN MY TOASTER, on my husbands shoes...
I use enxymatic cleaner, vinegar and baking soda, all the works to get the smell (that they can smell) out so they don't go back, but they ALWAYS DO.
I have a toddler that walks around and now I am on the brink of losing my cool completely because now my child is stepping in puddles of pee, or touching pee that's on the counter, or she has pee on her TOYS because they got ON TOP of the toy box to simple PEE ON IT.
I am absolutely exhausted waking up and leaving my bedroom to nothing more than an overpowering smell of urine and having to start every day with a black light cleaning up pee instead of having a coffee and breakfast.
They haven't been moved, they have always been around my toddler, they all get love and affection during the day ..
WHY is it the moment they are unsupervised they turn into wee-monsters. WHY. I am going to have to start locking them up at night, but I feel like this is just going to exacerbate the problem. I don't know what to do, my next option is finding them somewhere else to live. I'm about to have another baby and I can't bring a newborn home into a urine-soaked home.
I have 3 cats, males (fixed) and they have all grown up together. I have 5, (yes, FIVE) litter boxes on the two levels of my home, three different types of litter, a daily litter box cleaning schedule and they all have access to clean food and water at ALL times. They have cat trees, toys, and cat nip when they're being good.
Now, the problem is, they are fantastic during the day - then I go to bed. And I wake up, and the insanity begins.
I have woken up the last few weeks (again, I got them all checked a week ago with a clean bill of health) with pee EVERYWHERE. There is pee on my counter tops, my kitchen table, the chairs, on the vents, IN MY TOASTER, on my husbands shoes...
I use enxymatic cleaner, vinegar and baking soda, all the works to get the smell (that they can smell) out so they don't go back, but they ALWAYS DO.
I have a toddler that walks around and now I am on the brink of losing my cool completely because now my child is stepping in puddles of pee, or touching pee that's on the counter, or she has pee on her TOYS because they got ON TOP of the toy box to simple PEE ON IT.
I am absolutely exhausted waking up and leaving my bedroom to nothing more than an overpowering smell of urine and having to start every day with a black light cleaning up pee instead of having a coffee and breakfast.
They haven't been moved, they have always been around my toddler, they all get love and affection during the day ..
WHY is it the moment they are unsupervised they turn into wee-monsters. WHY. I am going to have to start locking them up at night, but I feel like this is just going to exacerbate the problem. I don't know what to do, my next option is finding them somewhere else to live. I'm about to have another baby and I can't bring a newborn home into a urine-soaked home.