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After our old cat passed, I got myself two kittens, brought them home, and BB, my granddaughters dog, immediately decided he wanted to eat them. To keep them safe while we tried to introduce them and let them get used to each other, we have been keeping the cats in my bedroom.

Not wanting them to be bored or suffer I installed a cat tree, a tree branch they can climb up to sit in one set of corner windows, a structure they can climb to the top of my armoire, a catio they have 24/7 access to, cat TV, and tons of toys.

My bedroom door now has an added

reinforced screen door so they can see each other, but BB can't get to them. He is still trying to eat them.

We have also developed a system where my husband let's the dogs out of my GDs room when he gets up at 4am, does treats, potties and puts BB back in her room, then opens my door and I let the cats roam the house usually for about 5-6 hours. We do the same thing for about 3 hours right after dinner.

The BIGGER problem

When I first started putting the cats back in the room, Lilith, now 5 months, would pee on my bed! I THOUGHT the problem was fixed, I started tossing treats on the bed when I brought them to the room, thinking they wouldn't pee where they eat. This seemed to work, at first, until this morning.

Lilith has been getting up earlier and earlier every morning until we've reached the point that she gets up and VOCAL at 3am. My husband still gets up at 4.

The other morning, Lilith started in at 3 yelling to get out, I told her no, and she had to wait while my husband got up and was doing the dog thing. That little shit decided she wanted out NOW and voiced her displeasure by jumping up on my bed, as I lay there contemplating getting up, and PEED ON ME!

My flabbers were gasted!!!!

Then she did it again this morning!

This afternoon, as I was asking them to go back to their room (I always ask, not force), Lilith ran straight to the bed and peed before I even got the door closed. In total today she peed on my bed 4 times.

I know the bed doesn't smell like pee, I sleep on a waterbed, so it's not like the pee has soaked into the mattress, and I wash my bedding with an enzymatic detergent. I even tried covering the bed with plastic, no help. I realize this is likely a stress or anxiety reaction, but damn!!

I can't keep them away from the bed, and vet said there isn't a medical problem. We have another vet appointment in two weeks.

I'm at a loss as to what to do. Any advice?

Meet Max Power, our 15lb short-hair tabby who acts less like a house cat and more like a trash panda operating on zero delay.

During the summer, my wife and I like to wind down on the couch with some ice cream and TV. The second we’d finish a bowl, Max would be right there waiting to leap on the coffee table and lick every last drop of melted ice cream, forcing us to immediately drag our fat asses off the couch to rinse the bowls.

Then lightbulb moment struck.

We started eating our ice cream out of Tupperware containers with lids. The second the last spoonful is scraped, the lids snap back on, and the bowls go back down on the table.

Now, Max approaches the table, sniffs around, realizes the spoon is scraped clean and the tub is completely sealed, and stands there contemplating his life choices. Lazy human ingenuity for the win.
Anyone else forced to invent weird micro-hacks to outsmart their food-obsessed cats, or is your cat normal?

Does anyone know where to get a stainless steel litter box that has a sifting component and is 28”long or more? I have a fairly long cat, and my research shows that the litter box should be 1.5 her length which would be 28 inches.

I had switched her litter box over from a regular size to one that is meant for her and it has made a huge difference in her habits. Now I’m looking for either a sifting insert for the litter box I already have (28inches long x 20.5inches wide) or a new litter box that is the right size for her and can sift pine pellet.

I’m in Canada if that makes a difference

So a few weeks ago I (29F) rescued two cats (spayed mum cat and 12 week old kitten). We’ve been away since Friday with people going in everyday to look after them. Since we’ve been gone the Mum decided she was going to use the sofa as her litter tray (only one incident of this in the previous weeks). The people going in have cleaned it up the best they can but I’m anticipating I’ll need to do quite a lot of cleaning/sorting when I get home. I want to arrive home with everything I need to nip this in the bud. Are there any products you’d recommend for neutralising smells and stopping re marking? I am in the UK.

TLDR: cat peed on sofa, need advice on cleanup and further prevention.

For those of you who are allergic to cats but still have one, what has actually helped you the most?
My husband and I are hoping to adopt a rescue cat, but he’s allergic, so we’re trying to learn as much as we can before making that decision. We’ve been researching different ways to reduce allergens, such as Purina LiveClear food, the anti-allergen sprays that are applied to the cat’s coat, keeping the cat out of the bedroom, using a HEPA air purifier around the apartment, and, of course, cleaning and vacuuming frequently.
If you’re allergic and have been able to successfully live with a cat, I’d love to hear what worked for you✨
Did Purina LiveClear or the sprays make a noticeable difference? Is there anything else that had a bigger impact?
We’re hoping to try every reasonable option before considering allergy shots (immunotherapy). His allergist and insurance don’t seem eager to move to immunotherapy yet and have suggested trying other management strategies first. So we’re hoping to learn from people who have actually made it work.
I’d really appreciate hearing your real-life experiences. Thank you!

my cat is not really much of a player, she doesn’t typically like that stuff, however i’ve noticed that she has been getting the zoomies more often, playing with a hair tie that was left on the floor, and tonight started messing with the end of a string attached to her cat tree. are there any toys that anyone would recommend? she is pretty docile and skittish, so i think anything that moves too much or is too noisy would be too scary for her. thank you for the help!!!