less pee & the puppy training pads absorb any escaping pee, so no more puddles to constantly mop up! I’ve started using the puppy training pads & put the door flap back on the litter box & there has been an improvement. Our vet is a huge advocate for raw meat diets for cats, but we add grain free dry food as we believe she needs the nutrients missing from raw meat. She also suggested to cut out the dry food & she’ll drink less water & pee less. The vet told me she is just a stand up pee-er & we’ll have to work around that.

The vet had checked her over & no UTI or other problems. Thank you everyone for your helpful advice. Older cats, too, can have arthritis and my previous cat had to stand to pee during her final years: she had arthritis. She had a hard time bending her legs till the knees got better. My cat had congenitally luxating patellas that were fixed with surgeries, but she definitely had a few issues in the litter box both before her surgeries and after (when her kness were healing). It's good to get a high-walled litter box but one with a low entrance they can step over. (Depending on her genetics and breeding history, she could have some congenital knee issues.) Some young (or older) cats with possible luxating patellas or even hip issues (whether congenital, through injury or just old age or extreme weight) can have some discomfort or pain when trying to squat in the box to pee. Since she is a Bengal mix, I'd encourage you to have the vet check out her hind legs and knees/hips to make sure she doesn't have any congenital issues with them. I'd add one other thing too, for the vet to check out, if you do bring your kitty to a vet for this. peeing or pooping issues can develop because the cat doesn't feel safe going there. If you use an opaque high-walled bin, the cat cannot see much going on just outside of the box. Many people think a cat might feel most vulnerable when using the litter box, so it is important for that cat to be able see and scan the environment around them to feel 'safe' while doing, uhm, Number 1 or Number 2. 's photo of the clear plastic bin with its specialty entrance cut-out looks great! I personally encourage people who want to get creative and come up with their own larger, high-walled 'design' of a cat litter box to use clear plastic. a large and long cat, can feel confined and cramped in enclosed litter boxes. their head wants to rise up a little as they try to sit but it bonks against the top of the enclosed litter box. Think of a large cat inside of a lidded box, trying to sit down to pee. Sometimes covered litter boxes can actually start litter box or peeing issues. That a covered litter box may not be ideal. I agree with others, to check her out with a vet.īut I would say that if you have a ragdoll x bengal mix, it's likely that your kitten is becoming longer and larger as she grows.Īnd so, I especially agree with rubysmama None of my previous cats have had any of these issues.ĭoes anyone have any suggestions on training her to squat down and/or how to resolve the cleaning problem? She does clean herself, but she does have a bit of a smell about her. She also has quite a stinky rear end so I don't think she is cleaning it properly. I think she may have been taken away from her mother too soon. It's so frustrating cleaning the floor every times she goes to the litter box! I have tried pushing her butt down when she does it in front of me, but I can't be there every time. Her litter is clean and we keep the litter tray clean. She poops squatting down, but has always peed this way. She starts off squatting and then stands up and the pee goes everywhere. We bought her an enclosed box that only has one side open to enter it and she goes in, but points her butt to the door and pees all over the door and outside. I have an 8 month old Ragdoll x Bengal and she constantly pees on the floor outside her litter box.

Female cat stands up to pee