It could be that she's not intentionally doing it but missing the edge of
the box when going. One of my cats likes to stand on the edge of the box
when going rather than in the litter. Occasionally he's facing the wrong
way when he pees and it lands outside the box. I fixed the solution by
having the litter box located inside of an old plastic pet taxi. This way
when it happens the pee is contained and I just scrub it up.
Celeste
"Janet" <boxhill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:6d9eb8F1gqu7U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Last fall I adopted my first cat. She actually appeared on our doorstep
> during a torrential rainstorm. She was very, very hungry and ate a
chicken
> breast and three cans of tuna in about 24 hours, so I don't know how
long
> she had been out. After keeping her for a couple of days and trying to
> discover if anyone was looking for her, I took her to the nearby cat
> shelter saying that I would take her if they couldn't find her family.
No
> one could be found after about a week, so she came home with me. But
> anyway, that is neither here nor there. <G> They estimate that she's
about
> 5 yrs old. She looks as if she's part Maine Coon, longish hair, very
> pretty, rather vocal. She seems to have settled in well. She's not a lap
> cat and usually tries to avoid being picked up, but she likes to come
and
> lie down on the computer table or sofa next to me and purr loudly.
> (Everything on her own terms!)
>
> Anyway, in the last three or four months, although she continues to use
> her litterbox to both pee and poop, she occasionally pees on the plastic
> "cat mat" doormat thingie right outside her litterbox. It's almost as if
> she poops in the box, gets out, realizes that she has to pee, and
doesn't
> want to bother to get back in the box. When I've taken the mat away, she
> has peed on the floor right outside the box at least once or twice. This
> happens no more than once a week, very likely only once every two weeks.
>
> Any ideas? I have no experience with cats at all. Other than this, her
> only flaw is that she is the Hairball Queen, and apparently one of the
> small percentage of cats who is indifferent to catnip, so she won't even
> look at the scratching thing I got for her. So I have to keep her front
> claws clipped to protect the furniture. Luckily she tolerates this very
> well.
>
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