My 5 month old kitten is being a real little pain in the backside!

She is litter trained yes, or at least supposed to be! When I first had her from the rescue centre she started to have a problem of peeing on peoples clothes if they were left on the floor and sometimes in the dining room in the house...

Well it did all stop or so I thought until yesterday I caught her going for a pee in her bed (that she never uses to sleep in) - and now I know why! She must have been using it for the last few days cos it was soaked - and I can't understand why it didn't stench!

Then this morning I go to make my little boys bed and she had had a pee on there luckily he's got waterproof covering everywhere and now just I caught her going on our comfy round chair we have in the dining room!

I'm gonna take a trip up to Pets at Home in a bit to see if they have anything, but thought some geeks may have some suggestions too??

Thing is she is so so sweet and the most loving, cuddly kitten I've ever had... but this is making me think different!

I have heard the smell of lemon juice deters a cat.

Or leave the odd slice of lemno here and there until she learns the litter tray is where she goes.


Works on our lawn from the neighbours cats anyway.

Cheers hun! Maybe I'll try some lemon first cos some of these products from Pets at Home cost a bomb!

I think I will also try it outside my front window... cos the little b****ers from down the road keep going for their number 2's there!

You can get a spray which will help deter them (or olbas oil can work too), but you should really find out the cause of the problem.
Sometimes its because they are stressed because of other animals or people,(she may do it until she is more confident) or because their litter tray is not clean enough or even it is a place they dont like - (like a room which is busy or crowded). You could try having a second litter tray in another room and see if that helps.

Also rule out an urinary tract infection. They may urinate outside the litter box if they associate it with pain, especially if they are going on soft things like clothes and bedding.

Also if you are cleaning the area with bleach or disinfectant, this is not always a good idea as they contain similar agents as the urine itself and can attract the kitten to the same area!

Hope this helps!

Thanks for that... will see how she goes in the next few days, in the meantime I am keeping a close eye on her!

Once you have cleaned the area the kitten has 'wet' try and rub some orange oil onto it with a cloth - you can use it on wooden surfaces etc etc - also Mr Muscle do a household cleaning spray that is 'orange' and this works in exactly the same way - can use it for more than one thing then!!!!!

Hiya hun Is she still on dried food?? As when i gave maisy some of the tinned meat food for a few days she was doing the same thing! weeing on her blankets in her bed ect, I changed her back to her dried and kept an eye on her to see if she got better and that it was not an infection and after a day or so she was back to normal, I rang the vet andasked why this was and they said because tinned cat food is 80% water so they go to the toliet alot more and if not used to the food this can cause a slight infection!

Does she use her litter tray for her number 2's?? lol! Also does poppy use the tray to or does she go outside, just if poppy is using it maybe she can smell poppy and dont like it!

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Well 2 more pees since in the same spot so I have sprayed Mr Muscle Orange stuff on it now and rubbed it in! Thanks for that as it's worth a try!

Yep she's still on dried food. And yeah she does the other in the litter tray, Poppy uses it very infrequently as she normally goes outside to do everything.

Is she neutered? My cat did the same thing, peed on coats that were on beds, once got on the bed as I was settling down to watch CSI and sprayed me...yuk, and the vet said she was marking her territory, I got her neutered and she stopped it straight off.

Right you'll probably kill yourself laughing at this but as said before olbas oil on.....wait for it.... used dried tea bags!!! Don't ask me why but apparently it works!

Nope not yet, but next month she is going to be neutered, as I got her from a rescue centre they pay for it too and they have booked her in for February, it's part of their conditions of having a rescue kitten. I also read what you said on the internet today.

Aww I don't drink tea... no one does in my house, but I do have some in the cupboard so will just have to brew one me thinks LOL! Thanks for tip!

Okey doke - Snugglepuss to the rescue

The possible causes for her doing this are:

Litter brand change - they like familiar smells and consistency of litter.

Poorly positioned litter tray - do not put tray where it is noisy or lots of people are coming in and out.

Over used litter tray - cats hate dirty over used litter.

Psychological disorder - sometimes a bored depressed cat, lonely or spiteful cat will urinate anywhere!

Territorial marking - more so in males but sometimes females can be as well.

Medical condition - self explanatory - have her checked out by the vet


For getting rid of and preventing those mishaps

Have more than one litter tray.

Use a citrus based cleaner.

Place their food bowl on top of the spot where they have peed .

Clean by using carbonated water or soapy water, and then apply a misting of vinegar, mouthwash, or a citrus based cleaner.

Never use an ammonium based cleaner - this will encourage the cat to use the same place.

Lastly ensure that you remove all smell and deposits (otherwise they will just keep using the same places) To do this use a uv light and the deposits of cat urine will fluoresce, this will make the spots easier to detect


So geeks, if we see you carrying your UV nail lamps about with it on and looking over furnishing and carpets then we will know you have a cat problem

It's true about the citrus fruit thing, cats hate the smell of citrus fruit and also you ca try a little pepper in the places you don't wan't her going.
This is kinder than chemicals and will train her not to go to these places.....and try not to leave clothes on the floor and they won't get peed on!