Any success with stopping cats from peeing on the carpet?

[elocs]

It's a 7 year old cat and a kitten that's about 3 1/2 months old. They are living in a new place and peed in a couple of spots on a new carpet. We rented the Rug Doctor and cleaned the carpet 3 times using the odor remover and spaying the Urine remover stuff on the couple places where the cats had peed.

This was at my goddaughter's house and she just told me that both cats peed in the middle of the floor today, where they had never gone before. Fortunately I've never had this problem in all the decades that I've had cats, so I have no real experience with it. Her mom may take back the 7 year old cat, but I don't know about the kitten. He is very personable and when he is at my house he always goes in the litter box even though I have just the plain old clay litter in an ordinary litterbox while they use this expensive littler that her mom buys and has these fancy litterboxes.

There must be a wealth of cat info here at the Lounge. Help!

[struggle4progress]

1. I think the sure-fire way is to remove the carpets

[Sanity Claws]

2. Not enough information

You gave the age of the cats but didn't say how long your goddaughter has had the cats or how long the problem has been going on.

Also, you mentioned fancy litterboxes and expensive litter. If these are new to the cats, they may not like them. Some cats are very particular about their litter. If you've had success with them using a certain type of box and litter, then I suggest that your goddaughter use them and see how the cats react.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Try two or three different little boxes, all with different kinds of litter.

There may be something about that litter they don't like for whatever reason a cat might have. If possible to get some of the urine in the boxes, that might give them a hint.

But I am a little bothered that an adult cat would all of a sudden refuse to use a box. She may not be happy with the situation.

[elocs]

8. I don't think she is "refusing", but she is not always using it as she previously did.

I think we will add another (3rd) litterbox with regular old clay litter like I use, one that is open where they can just jump right into it and use.

[whistler162]

4. these and then don't fall asleep around your cat.....

http://www.pickyguide.com/pet_supplies/cat_diapers_guide.html

[Peregrine Took]

5. Multiple cats are staking out their territory.

Definitely need separate litter boxes.

I agree pull up the carpet.

[elocs]

6. There are already 2 litterboxes in a small house, but the carpet will stay.

It sure seems like the older cat is marking territory, but I don't see it that way with such a young kitten.

Like I said, I'm fortunate because I've never really had to deal with this problem and I've had multiple cats at times in a similar situation.

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. I'm afraid I just don't set a very good example for them. n/t

[JCMach1]

9. I misread this as: Any success with stomping cats for peeing on the carpet?

I can tell you that you were about to get a piece of my mind!

But apparently, there's not much left.

:crazy:

[sarge43]

10. Do exactly what they tell you to do. n/t

[muffin1]

11. Our older kitty, Muffin (!), started peeing on carpet when she was that age.

We ended up getting rid of the rug - a large area rug in the living room. We also picked up all scatter rugs when we went to bed - she would only pee on those at night. She would still pee occasionally on the bare floor. We cleaned almost constantly after her, but we would have never given her away.

Sadly, we lost Muffin a few weeks ago - she was twelve years old. I miss her terribly. :cry:

Edited to add: We tried separate litter boxes, different litter, etc. And we always keep the litter boxes clean!

[elocs]

12. Sorry about your kitty. We're going to add a 3rd litterbox today with different litter.

I think there may be 2 different things going on here with the peeing on the floor and carpet. One is where a kitten has made a mistake and can still detect where it has gone before even after having been cleaned. The second is an older cat having issues with a kitten suddenly being introduced to the household when it has never been with another cat at all. Plus, the adult cat is very particular about its litterbox being kept clean.

[zanana1]

13. How about barfing on the carpet?

Does anybody have a sure fire way of getting rid of that kind of stain? I've tried carpet cleaners, but apparently the stuff I'm feeding them really sticks to the ribs and the carpet.