Female Cat Urinating Where She Shouldn’t? Learn Why and Solve the Problem!

A female cat urinating in the house or anywhere outside the litter box may or may not have anything to do with her gender. Apart from the obvious differences between male and female cats, their urination habits don’t vary much. In fact, part of the difficulty in getting to the root cause of the problem is human misconceptions about female cat urinating behavior.

Girls Can Spray, Too!

Spraying, the territory-marking method typical of un-neutered tom cats, is something a small percentage of female cats do, too. Both genders spray the same way. The cat aims her backside at a vertical object like a wall, then squirts out urine while twitching her tail and treading with her hind legs. They do it for the same reasons, too–to mark territory when they feel threatened in some way. Like males, female cats don’t start spraying until they reach sexual maturity around the age of 6 months. And like their brothers, they can continue to spray after they’ve been fixed, although it’s much less likely. A female cat urinating or spraying to mark territory is stressed and may benefit from a feline phermone product.

Female Cat Health Problems

Health problems, particulary in the urinary tract, can cause cats to wet in the house. Some of these problems cause painful urination. The cat associates the pain with the litter box and looks for a softer place to go in hopes of avoiding that pain. Other health problems cause the cat to urinate more often or experience sudden urges to urinate, so she may not be able to get to the litter box in time even if she wants to.

Although the nature of the male urinary tract puts tom cats at greater risk for problems there, females can experience many of the same problems. A blocked or partially blocked urethra is significantly more common in male cats, but can occur in females and, as with males, it requires immediate emergency care. Other problems include urinary tract infections, feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD), kidney and bladder diseases, and blocked anal glands. These, too, require prompt veterinary care. An older (over 10 years old) female cat may be suffering from incontinence and need multiple litter boxes so shes never too far from one when she needs to go.

Pregnancy shouldn’t cause your cat to avoid the litter box, although it may lead to temporary incontinence. If a pregnant cat develops litter box problems, the cause may be unrelated to the pregnancy, but could be health or stress related. There are other health issues, like diabetes and food allergies, that can cause litter box problems that have nothing whatsoever to do with gender.

You can solve your cat’s inappropriate urination problems and get your home completely free of cat urine odors, but the solutions may not always be obvious. Instead of wasting time learning by trial and error, read the book Cat Urine Problems Eliminated to discover proven-effective ways to retrain your cat and regain your home.

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