Indiscriminate urination is a cat behavioral problem that makes many cat owners live in the abyss of hell. If you are currently experiencing this problem, I will use this short article to quickly help you identify "which cause of cat indiscriminate urination" you are experiencing. , and let you know the rough direction of improvement.
1. Physiological factors
Cats may have frequent urination, frequent trips in and out of the litter box without urinating or little urination, behavioral changes or increased meowing before and after urinating, or any other pain or discomfort.
Solution: Take the cat to the doctor for proper examination and treatment (even after treatment is completed, the cat may still need to be retrained to accept the litter box).
2. Cat litter/litter basin factors
Cats may preferentially urinate on cloth, absorbent materials, tiles or drainage holes. At the same time, cats may show the behavior of "hesitating near the litter box first or stepping in and then coming out" before peeing randomly.
Solution: Open sand basins over 60 cm tall should be equipped with fragrance-free condensation fine sand. Clean the sand basin at least once a day. Clean the sand basin and replace the entire basin with sand every one to three months.
3. Field/environmental factors
After a change in the environment or the appearance of new items in the home, the patient may start urinating indiscriminately, possibly by spraying urine.
Solution: Emotional health products, and you need to pay special attention to future related stimuli.
4. Stress factors among cats
The cats in the home have poor emotions, and the time/degree of random urination is related to the condition of the other cat.
Solution: Emotional health products can provide some assistance, but the fundamental solution is to improve the relationship between the two cats. This is more difficult to do by yourself. You can make an appointment for cat behavior consultation.
5. Human-cat relationship factors
The owner starts to urinate randomly after the owner goes away from home or is suddenly busy.
Solution: Increase stable, regular, positive companionship, and start using emotional health products; if you need to travel far away again, try to find a human that the cat likes to take care of you instead.
6. Other negative emotions and stress
If the cat is not classified into the above five categories, but you feel that the cat is unhappy or stressed, and has problems with random urination, you can suspect whether it is this category.
Solution: Adjust to the fundamentals of cat's physical and mental health, that is, "stress reduction, environmental enrichment, and emotional health products."