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• Steps
• Method 1 of 3: How to rule out health problems
• Method 2 of 3: How to train your cat to use the litter box
• Method 3 of 3: Making Your Bed Unattractive
• Tips
• Warnings

Your cat prefers to go to the toilet in your bed rather than in her litter box. You are probably already tired of this habit of the animal. This is one of the most unpleasant habits that can be, and rare cat owners are sympathetic to this. It may seem that the cat is doing it out of harm, but this not this way... Work with your veterinarian to find the cause of this behavior and try different behaviors to stop your cat from wetting the bed.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: How to rule out health problems

1. 1 Make an appointment with your veterinarian. A cat doesn’t go to the litter box because it likes it. There is a reason for this, and your doctor will help you determine it. For example, a cat may have a health problem (urinary tract infection or diabetes) that makes it need to go to the toilet more often.
   • If the cat is lying on the bed and feels that she needs to use the toilet, she may urinate in bed, because she simply will not have time to reach the litter box.
   • Take your cat to the vet at the first sign of the problem. The sooner you notice them, the sooner you can fix the problem.
2. 2 Let the doctor examine the animal. The veterinarian will examine the cat and order tests to see if a health problem is affecting the cat's behavior. The cat will need to have blood and urine tests done. If your cat has a urinary tract infection, there will be bacteria and possibly blood in the urine. In diabetes, glucose is found in the urine. If there are a lot of white blood cells in the blood, this will indicate an infection.
   • Curing the cat can help solve the toilet problem.However, if it is painful for a cat to go to the toilet, the litter box may be associated with pain and will continue to use it after treatment. You will need to retrain your cat.
3. 3 Ask your doctor about other reasons for not going to the litter box. If the cat is healthy, there is probably another reason for its behavior. The cat may not like the litter box (for example, the litter is not suitable for her or she does not want to go to the toilet in a dirty litter box). Because of this, the cat may choose other places to litter, including your bed. The reason may be as follows:
   • There are not enough toilets in the house for all cats.
   • The toilet is in an open area, and the cat cannot be alone.
   • The cat is stressed due to changes in its usual life (for example, moving, new pet).
   • You need to look for the cause by trial and error. The doctor will recommend several techniques that will help wean the cat from going to the toilet in bed.

Method 2 of 3: How to train your cat to use the litter box

1. 1 Take away cat litter box. In order for your cat to stop wetting the bed, you need to make the litter box more attractive. Your cat may end up walking into the litter box if it is dirty, in which case you will need to clean it up more often. Clean the litter box daily. If you don't have time for daily cleaning, buy a self-cleaning tray.
   • A dirty toilet is the most common reason for refusing to go to the litter box.
   • Shake out any litter from the tray and wash the tray with a mild detergent.
   • Your cat may not like the smell of litter. When you are finished washing the tray, rinse it with clean water to remove the detergent odor. Let the tray dry completely, then add clean litter.
2. 2 Try a different type of litter. Your cat may urinate in bed because she doesn't like litter. Since the bed is soft, replace the litter with a softer one made of small granules.
3. 3 Place the litter box in your bedroom. Putting the litter box next to the litter box can fix the problem. If your cat starts walking into the litter box for at least a month, start gradually moving the litter box to where you would like to leave it. Move the tray a few centimeters each day. Walking slowly will take a bit of patience, but the slower you do it, the more likely your cat will not stop using the litter box.
   • Cats love to go to the litter box in secluded areas, so place the litter box in a quiet place where the cat can easily get to. You can put the tray in a corner of the room where people rarely visit.
4. 4 Place another tray. If you have more than one cat, one of the cats may go to bed in the bathroom because you have few litter boxes. It is important that there are more litter boxes than cats. Place litter boxes where cats are most likely to visit. You can put another litter box in the bedroom where one of the cats goes to the bathroom.
   • Move this tray gradually to a quiet and secluded place, but away from all other trays.
   • If you don't know which cat is urinating on the bed, ask your doctor for a harmless food coloring that will be visible under a fluorescent lamp. Put the dye in one bowl at a time so you know exactly which cat will eat it. If you notice that someone has gone to the toilet on the bed, shine a fluorescent lamp (you can buy it at any hardware store) on the bed to see if the urine will glow.

Method 3 of 3: Making Your Bed Unattractive

1. 1 Keep your cat away from the bed. You can try to make the tray more attractive, but this method takes patience. If you want to speed up the process, deny the cat access to the bed or make the bed unattractive. For example, start closing the bedroom door.
   • Remember that if your cat doesn't like the litter box, she may find another place to litter.
   • If you decide to close the bedroom door, try to make the litter box more attractive to the cat at the same time.
2. 2 Treat the bed with an odor neutralizer. If you're not ready to close the bedroom door, try making the bed unattractive. A special pet odor neutralizer will remove cat odors from your bed. Since cats go to the toilet where they smell their scent, the cat will stop urging to go to the toilet in your bed.
   • Treat bedding, comforter, and bedspread with an odor neutralizer.
   • Do not use ammonia-based products. Since urine contains ammonia, the ammonia treatment will attract the cat to the bed.
   • If you have multiple cats, one of the cats may wet the bed to mark its territory. Neutralize the odor of all cats to save the cat from marking territory.
3. 3 Treat the bed with feline pheromones. Pheromones are substances that animals release into space and use to communicate with each other. The cat's body produces pheromones to mark territory and disperse other cats. With the help of pheromones, you can scare a cat out of bed. If you put pheromones on the bed, the cat will think that the area has already been marked by another cat and will stop wetting the bed.
   • One such product is Feliway®. It is sold at pet stores.
   • Use pheromones after neutralizing the cat scent to make the bed even more unattractive to the animal.

Tips

• Your cat may urinate on the bed because it smells like you. Perhaps the cat is worried when you are not at home, and goes to the toilet on the bed to calm down.
• If the cat is nervous, the doctor may prescribe sedatives. Use medication in conjunction with other methods to stop your cat from wetting the bed.
• The retraining process can take a long time. This often takes up to 8 weeks.
• You may be thinking that when a cat goes to the toilet in your bed, she marks her. However, cats usually mark vertical surfaces (such as walls).

Warnings

• Cats often end up on the street or in shelters due to the fact that they go to the toilet in the wrong place. Try to understand the behavior of the cat and do whatever is necessary to wean it.
• Don't punish your cat for going to bed in the bathroom. If you poke her nose into urine, she will not understand anything. If you punish your cat, it will become afraid of you.