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Cat won't use the litter box

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I have had Mr.Kitty for about five years now and I never had any problem with him not using his litter box. Then about a year ago he started peeing all over my house. He is not nutured and we now have a female in the house. She is spayed. She has started to do it now too. She pees in the bathroom though, so it is easy to clean up after her. Has anyone else had this problem?
 
Sometimes they do this when you don't scrub it out every so often...maybe scrub the whole thing down and see if they use it with totally fresh litter...their sense of smell is WAY better than ours. What is fine to us may smell bad to them.
 
Bringing another cat into a house with an un-neutered male cat is most likely the cause. He never sprayed before because he had no need to "mark his territory".....and now he does. If it hasn't been going on too long, neutering may cure him of it.

Sometimes, a cat with a urinary tract problem will start peeing around the house too. Either way, I'd have him checked out at the vet, and get him neutered while he's there.
 
Bringing another cat into a house with an un-neutered male cat is most likely the cause. He never sprayed before because he had no need to "mark his territory".....and now he does. If it hasn't been going on too long, neutering may cure him of it.

Sometimes, a cat with a urinary tract problem will start peeing around the house too. Either way, I'd have him checked out at the vet, and get him neutered while he's there.
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You beat me to it, Cathy. I will second this opinion. Get him to a vet.
 
i agree too. also how many litterboxes are there? rule of thumb should be to have one more box than the number of cats in the house, especially if any of the cats have a medical problem(i.e. kidney problems, diabetes). how often are they cleaned out? some cats like a clean box. did you change brand of litter? my cat only likes one brand only and will pee on the bed if another brand is used. how do they get along? could try using feliaway(available in pet stores and at vets) to see if that helps with areas of repeated marking. hope that helps.
 
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