Do you find your cat urinating everywhere? Do you find yourself walking into patches of urine which should really be inside the litter box of your pet? If so then there are many reasons why your cat will be peeing all over the house and these are easy to diagnose and stop from happening again and again. One of the problems which are the first you need to check out is medical problems.
Cats just like any other animals and being can pick up infections which can make them ill or in this case urinate all over the house.
For example urinary tract infection is one that affects the bladder of your cat and will have them urinating everywhere, you may even find blood in this too which should be the first sign to contact your vet.
Another type of infection is one which blocks the urethra of your cat which can make urination harder for your cat to do. This too can cause blood in your cats urine which again means to call the vet.
If you think that your pet is urinating too much and outside the litter box or if they are straining to pee or even if you find blood then you should go and get your cat checked out! These medical issues need to be handled by your vet straight away as they can be life-threatening to your pet which is the last thing that you want to happen. Don't worry if you find that your pet is one of the ones to have a medical issue as these are easy to treat by your vet and could be the main reason why your cat is urinating everywhere.
If your pet doesn't have an infection then great! But that still leaves you trying to figure out the problem.
If you find urine everywhere but the litter box and notice your cat avoiding the litter box completely then they may have litter box aversion. This isn't an infection it is just a way to tell you that they don't like the litter box. Cats are very fussy and will refuse to use a litter box for various reasons:
The location- the location of the box could be somewhere that is too cold, too hot, too noisy or even somewhere where they can't have privacy (they don't have bathroom doors like us)
The litter- The litter can be a material that is uncomfortable to your pet, it could be too rough, too soft, it could smell weird too
Space- If you have more cats then something that may happen is that one will mark their territory on that box meaning that others can't use it which is why each cat should have their own.
Cats are very fussy animals and like their litter boxes to be to a certain standard otherwise they won't use it at all
