Sammy&Patch
Warren Scout
Hi, I seem to always be asking for help on here lately, sorry! I would appreciate any advice. I have Sammy & Gingerbread. They are not bonded. They have a room each with baby gates on with wire mesh over. They take it in turns on being in the hallway which is between the 2 rooms, 1 gate it shut and the other open. About a year ago, Gingerbread peed a couple of times outside Sammy's gate but then he stopped. Every day he 'chins' everything along the hallway and at her gate, like he has to mark it again every time. Sammy wasn't bothered but then she also started chinning near his gate. Then she started peeing at his, just a little bit every day or so. I put some lino down as it was staining the carpet. I tried some of that pet remedy calming spray but she kept doing it. If anyone has been following my other thread about Sammy, you will already know, she has been very poorly since July. Because of this I have taken over the hallway with her, trying to encourage her as much as possible to eat. Gingerbread hasn't been left out in the hallway because of this. Sammy has been getting worse and worse with peeing and now pooing a lot out his gate. She knows exactly where her litter tray is and does most of her business in it. If I catch her at it, I make out I am going to pick her up and she runs off to her litter tray. I have tried putting food bowls in the way of the corners where she was peeing but she just does it further out. This morning I found 2 pees outside his gate. I had been doing a lot of bonding sessions with them having them both in the hallway stroking them together. They are both tolerant of each other now unless one of them moves too suddenly. With Sammy being ill, I hadn't been able to do this as much, although each time she was feeling a bit better she wanted some snuggles with him (he's not too bothered, as long as someone is giving him some attention!) Has anyone got any suggestions of how to try to get her to stop? thankyou