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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 746254" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>What? No, no, no...I would be looking for a new vet if mine said something like this to me. </p><p></p><p>What I would try is confining her to a small room for a bit with a litterbox and food and water. Perhaps a room with hard floors or consider getting some of those nursing home bed pads I talked about up above and lining the area with it. Let her stay there while you are getting the rest of the areas cleaned and deodorized and she is relearning litter box habits. Clean the box twice a day. Consider getting a box with low sides if you think arthritis is the issue. And yes, absolutely get her kidney values rechecked and check for infections. Sometimes these kitties need some time in a different setting to break the bad habits they have developed, and to give you time to clean up the problem areas. As long as they can still smell the urine, they are likely to pee again in the same spots. That's why the enzyme cleaners are so essential. But they really have to have time to soak in there and work, especially if carpet and padding are involved. </p><p></p><p>Stellaluna spent her last several months in the guest room when she wasn't being directly supervised. The room was set up for her needs and comfort. We used a baby gate to keep her in and dog out. The younger cats could jump over it to visit. We spent lots of time in there snuggling with her on the twin beds we have in there. When we weren't snuggling, they were kept covered with the bed pads. So was most of the floor. But she had few accidents when kept confined to that room, except at the very end when she just started leaking involuntarily. If the space is small, they tend not to want to pee indesciminantly because they won't want to pee near sleeping or eating areas. She actually seemed much calmer and less stressed with her own room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 746254, member: 23349"] What? No, no, no...I would be looking for a new vet if mine said something like this to me. What I would try is confining her to a small room for a bit with a litterbox and food and water. Perhaps a room with hard floors or consider getting some of those nursing home bed pads I talked about up above and lining the area with it. Let her stay there while you are getting the rest of the areas cleaned and deodorized and she is relearning litter box habits. Clean the box twice a day. Consider getting a box with low sides if you think arthritis is the issue. And yes, absolutely get her kidney values rechecked and check for infections. Sometimes these kitties need some time in a different setting to break the bad habits they have developed, and to give you time to clean up the problem areas. As long as they can still smell the urine, they are likely to pee again in the same spots. That's why the enzyme cleaners are so essential. But they really have to have time to soak in there and work, especially if carpet and padding are involved. Stellaluna spent her last several months in the guest room when she wasn't being directly supervised. The room was set up for her needs and comfort. We used a baby gate to keep her in and dog out. The younger cats could jump over it to visit. We spent lots of time in there snuggling with her on the twin beds we have in there. When we weren't snuggling, they were kept covered with the bed pads. So was most of the floor. But she had few accidents when kept confined to that room, except at the very end when she just started leaking involuntarily. If the space is small, they tend not to want to pee indesciminantly because they won't want to pee near sleeping or eating areas. She actually seemed much calmer and less stressed with her own room. [/QUOTE]
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