Help me figure out my cat

My best suggestion would be to keep the door closed whenever she's not in the room where she can monitor the cat.

If the door thing isn't possible, then make the bed not a nice place for the cat to be ... Put sticky plastic or aluminum foil on it so when the cat jumps on the bed, there's a surprise that he doesn't like.

Also, you could put the cat away whenever you're not home. Kinda like kenneling a dog. We have a room our cats sleep in at night with food, water, beds and little boxes. They are always happy to go in there because that's when they get fed. :-) I can put them away in the middle of the day with a temptation of food.

Rule out any urinary problems with the cat ... Maybe a trip to the vet to check it out?

Ugh!! I feel for you! I posted a similar post about a year ago regarding one of my cats (we have 2, DD28 has 3!). She did indeed have a UTI and we were told what symptoms to watch out for, because it seems to be something she might be faced with more often. (Symptoms later in the post). Suggestions they gave us were great: Make sure they have fresh (bottled) water, always. Make sure their litterbox is always clean (clean daily). Make sure you don't change the litter if they're accustomed to one brand. (Cats ARE weird like that!!). Make sure they have play time with you and get some attention (they're weird like that too!). If the peeing/pooping outside of the litterbox is happening too often, think about putting another litterbox (or 2 or 3) more around. I got a flatter litterbox and left the cover off and it helped her because she was always spooked by our black cat who LIVES to play games with everyone! I think the other cat was deathly afraid to be in an enclosed litterbox where the black cat would be hiding and then scare the poop outta her when she got out! The low box helps her see her surroundings and helps her get out faster. Maybe this would help since your cats are older??? I'd give it a try.

As far as peeing ON things, it's so hard to get that scent out. I have the "Pee be gone" stuff from the grocery store because my cat has taken to peeing on anything left on the ground! She peed on DH's beautiful sweater that just fell from a chair onto the floor. There's that unmistakeable stench of cat pee. Gross!!!!!!!!!!! I soaked it in the Pee Be Gone and ran it through the wash a few times, but I swear that she could stil smell it! It's almost worth throwing just about anything out that they pee on! Not only that, but, this cat also sprays!!! She's fixed and it's rare for a female, fixed cat to do this, but, she does! It's absolutely disgusting!! That smell she doesn't seem to pick up on once she's done it and it's cleaned, for some reason, as disgusting as it is (it smells like skunk-smell and garbage and it's oily).

About the infection symptoms: They pee outside the litter box. Sometimes their poo is skinny and loose and dark. They pee for a second and jump right out, but continue to try to pee very often--that's a HUGE sign that something is wrong. We got antibiotics and were told to give her much more liquid--fresh water and canned food in addition to her dry food, and she's been fine (no infections at least) ever since. She addicted to wet food, but, what could ya do?

This kitty is ALWAYS doing something either bad or you think she's about to do something bad! She'll scratch at my dustruffle on my bed (while I'm in bed) and look at me, as if to say, "Look, I'm destroying your bed! Feed me more!!!!!!!!!" Or she'll pee on various items if they're left on the floor. Or she'll knock things off of a table and be a brat. She vascilates from that attitude to a sleepy, mushy baby (one who is my nurse kitty when I'm in severe pain--that's her only saving grace).

I hope you find out the reason for this behavior. I'll bet it's just behavioral and you're taking up her space. Girl cats are especially weird like that! Even if you threw out the bed and got a new one, she'd probably do it again on the new one! Ooh, we also went out and bought a few Glade plug-in things that were either "ocean" or "linen". I read that it's the best scent to throw them off and it seems to work a little better.......... I bought Fabreeze spray in "linen" too! Read up online about how to take the scent out of what she pees on. It's a long list, but I'll try to find one... I have my own mix of stuff to dab onto the pee area (after you mop it up with a cloth).

We SWEAR we're not getting any more pets after this!!!!!!!! Good luck with yours--let us know how it turns out!

I notice you use the pronoun "he" so I'm assuming your cat is male. Just a thought.... I've read that male cats are more susceptible to crystals forming in their kidneys. Perhaps he's passed crystals in his urine and associates the litter box with painful urination.

It could be behavioral. I would not let her in that room for at least several weeks and see what happens. I think they get into a routine and need that routine broken.

I'd definitely add the litter boxes.  Since there is no door, i'd consider some pee proofing of the areas he's gone in - like the bed.  Plastic shower curtain will work to deter kitty from peeing on her bed.  I've done this at my house on my living furniture. 

We have a cat who decided for some reason that peeing on the couch would be appropriate   Had him checked by vet and he was fine.  First time it happened I was out of town so I chalked it up to that.  He repeated the incident and I got wise and covered things up.  Not sure why he did it, but the only person who used that room is dh.  He doesn't seem overly fond of dh.  So figured it may have something to do with that or possibly dh coming in with some scent on his clothing (construction) that is offending him enough to pee on the couch.  Either way, plastic helps keep him away and he doesn't do it anywhere else.

Would a baby gate work? One he can't climb?