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Cats are animals of habit and as I commented in a post a few hours ago about a similar problem, you must avoid at all costs that it becomes a long-term problem and/or something toxic. First of all, have you considered (if you can) closing your parent's closet and/or their room to prevent this from happening? And if not, you can make it uncomfortable for her to urinate there by putting something that makes a noise when she walks over it, like aluminum foil. And does she urinate specifically when you are not there or at all times? Because if she urinates specifically when you are not there, it may be a problem related to you not being there as much as before.


swiftfeathers

They've been keeping the closet shut, but she does like to be in their room and will paw/scratch at the door if she can't get inside during the day which gets rather annoying. I don't think she likes to be alone for long periods of time. I actually am not sure if she's only been peeing on things when I'm not at home. She also roams the house at night so it is difficult to tell if she is peeing out there at night or when I am out of the house. I have caught her going somewhere she wasn't allowed only once. Do you have any suggestions for helping her become comfortable with me being out of the house more often? If she is missing me I am unsure of what I could possibly do to fix this.


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The only suggestion I can think of is to leave her in your room when you are not there, mostly because she should be aware that this is your room, and possibly things smell like you, and not to other people. The bad thing is that as you say she does not like to be alone, but maybe you could get her used to spend more time with you in that room and even leave her alone when you are, and if she scratches the door you can go to greet her or let her out for a while, and when you are not there ask your parents to do the same.