Hi everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to read this post. I've been online a lot and have found many different suggestions to this problem but none so specific for my Zoe, so I thought I'd try here.
My cat, Zoe, is 5 & 1/2. She is unspayed. We have had her since she was a kitten (rescued her from a dump) and when it came time to spay her did not have the money. We were told by a vet that it was unsafe to spay her as she aged, only to find out from multiple other sources recently that it IS safe no matter the age (within reason) as long as the feline is healthy, which she is. We are thus going to spay her soon.
We have two other cats, Lola (7 years) and Babalon (5 months). Zoe has been dealing well with Babalon's introduction to the family. She acts like an indifferent big sister. I can tell that she's a little jealous of Babs, especially recently (Babs was sick with an intestinal bacterial infection, and we had to give her special wet food; Zoe looooves wet food and felt neglected when she wasn't getting some.) This illness of Babs's ended a few days ago, and then I went away on business for a day. My partner told me that during this time Zoe went into a separation anxiety fit, and peed on both of our couches and our bed. And last night, even though I had been back for two nights and was giving her lots of attention, she peed on our bed WHILE we were sleeping in it, as well as our roommate's bed. I bought her the "Good Behaviour" cat collar which is like Feliway, but within 2 hours of wearing the collar she has already peed on a pillow.
Zoe has, for the better part of our time with her, been a 'pee-er'. However, there have been bouts of months without issue. Also, I notice that if we make our beds pristinely and don't leave heaps of clothes on the floor it doesn't happen. We have three litter boxes, always kept clean, in three very separate and accessible places in our apartment. She also is very skiddish in general, but as of late is walking almost everywhere in a very wary way, as though something could jump out at her at any moment and kill her, or something.
We are going to take her to the vet soon to rule out any health problems, though we have done this before (again, peeing problem for years) and she is, time and time again, in perfect health.
If this is a behavioural problem yet again - what can we do? I made a promise to her that no matter what I would NEVER, EVER give her up. But I am exhausted beyond what I can handle. and I need to find a solution.
Thank you for anything you might impart.
