# cat pee question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700 "2003-12-13T01:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/1 "2003-12-13T01:02:12Z")
I just got a call from my girlfriend. She got home from work today and went to take a nap, got in bed, under the covers… and our cat jumped up, sat on her, and pee’d on her (on the comforter). This cat has had some litter box issues before, but they’ve been successfully dealt with for 8 months now, and they usually resulted from dirty litter boxes (not the case this time, and he’s never pissed ON anyone before either). What could have caused this behavior? And how do we put a stop to it once and for all? We’re both dog people who are dealing with our first cats due to time constraints, but they all get loads of attention and care, and we have no idea what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/2 "2003-12-13T01:11:43Z")
Possession of your girlfriend has been established. Short of peeing on her yourself in front of the cat (and maybe starting a pissing contest), you are now faced with the issue of getting that nasty cat pee smell out of the comforter. There’s a lotta special products out there to help, and a couple GQ threads about it too. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/3 "2003-12-13T01:14:30Z")
Is she pregnant? When I got pregnant, my cat started acting really weird around me. I think it’s the hormones that they smell. If not, then I have no idea…try calling your vet. ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/4 "2003-12-13T01:17:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by biddee \* > \*\*Is she pregnant? \*\* OMIGAWDIHOPENOT!!! You just gave me a mega panic attack! And we’ve had to clean this comforter once before – it’s just that neither of us was in the bed last time evilkitty had a little pissing fit. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/5 "2003-12-13T01:23:30Z")
If you haven’t done so already, please get her to the vet. Peeing outside the box is often a symptom of urinary tract infection. It’s important to rule out physical problems before trying to deal with the behavior. ---
**Author:** ![CheekyMonkey613](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@CheekyMonkey613](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheekyMonkey613)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/6 "2003-12-13T01:36:09Z")
Though I agree with **Internet Legend** about calling a vet right away … I’ve had experience with this. Well, I have never been pissed ON, but close. My male cat used to always pee on my side of the bed. On the comforter, soaking right through to the mattress. And it was always RIGHT BELOW my pillow. Bullseye if you ask me. We tried all kinds of sprays, like Febreeze. Fuhgetaboutit. But pet supply stores sell sprays specifically for this purpose, and they work great. So back to the bullseye… I did everything. Turned the mattress around, flipped it, every which way possible (thinking the cat was peeing because of a smell he got there). Well I was right! The smell was ME! Long story short, it didn’t work out with my boyfriend. He moved out. The cat stopped his pissing ritual. A few months later, I had a guy over to sign a contract to move out as well. The cat got UP on the table, IN his face, and hissed. Then he left. That night, what do I find? BULLSEYE! Same thing happened with my cable guy. EXACT same thing. It became VERY apparent, my cat was marking ME as HIS property, and no man was welcome. I joke about it and call him my boyfriend (because he really thinks he is). Problem now? New man. Solution? The old saying, “Get to a man’s heart through his stomach.” The first time my fiance came in my place, I told him: “Go straight to the kitchen, get a tin of wet food out, and call the cats.” Worked like a charm. Now he’s allowed to spend the night. No bullseye, nothing but a full belly. ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/7 "2003-12-13T01:50:34Z")
I will take the cat to the vet asap. Cheeky, great story. But I don’t think it applies to this situation – my girlfriend and I have been living together for a year and the cats (we have three) have bonded with both of us. If anything, the cat who peed is _slightly_ closer to me than to her, so I don’t know why he’d want to mark her as property instead of me. (I SWEAR I’m not jealous that he didn’t piss on me. His actions just don’t seem to make sense. And he really has bonded well with both of us.) I hope it’s an infection we can deal with and not a behavioral problem, because this is getting old fast. By the way, Cheeky – and this is WAAAAY off topic except for your name – I’m an amateur magician and recently ordered a couple of magic books from a website. The company that shipped them included an additional free trick which was, without a doubt, the WORST magic trick ever created in the history of humankind. And it was called… “Cheeky Monkey.” And no, I’m not making this up. No aspersions on you, of course! I just thought the story was funny. =) ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/8 "2003-12-13T02:21:56Z")
1. ``` " D E P E N D S " Very small size. ``` 2. ``` A "Pet Taxi" or equivalent. ``` 3. ``` The Animal Shelter ``` 4. ``` The 'other' more drastic and permanent method. ``` ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/9 "2003-12-13T02:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by filmyak \* > \*\*I SWEAR I’m not jealous that he didn’t piss on me. > \*\* I don’t mean to make light of your problem, or be offensive, but that was the funniest thing I have read or heard all day. ---
**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/10 "2003-12-13T03:47:27Z")
We have a male cat who will do something similar anytime we have to take him to the vet and leave him (which happens every few months or so because he has constipation problems). For the next couple days, I have to watch out. It’s like he’s mad at me for leaving him at the vet. After a few days, he gets over it. ---
**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/11 "2003-12-13T04:17:12Z")
We have a male cat who will do something similar anytime we have to take him to the vet and leave him (which happens every few months or so because he has constipation problems). For the next couple days, I have to watch out. It’s like he’s mad at me for leaving him at the vet. After a few days, he gets over it. ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/12 "2003-12-13T04:21:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by netscape 6 \* > \*\*I don’t mean to make light of your problem, or be offensive, but that was the funniest thing I have read or heard all day. \*\* No offense taken. =) PS - I solved the problem. Went and bought a new box of cat litter. Got the cat. Went to the woods. Dug a hole. Emptied the litter box, stuffed the cat inside. Put the box in the hole, covered it up with the litter. OK, maybe not, but the thought DID cross my mind. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-pee-question/218700/13 "2003-12-13T05:45:50Z")
**And how do we put a stop to it once and for all?** I’d get rid of the cat, but that’s just me.