Ever since we adopted our cat, she always has peed on the edge of the litterbox. This was ongoing for 6 years. On a whim, I bought finer litter and she stopped this behaviour immediately. Just thought I’d share.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
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    10 hours ago

    We had a cat who liked to adopt a wide stance that always ended up putting her tail off the edge, so we got her a larger litterbox and that problem ended. Another time, we had an old cat that started peeing outside the litterbox. We had her checked for medical issues (UTI, diabetes, etc) and none of the usual suspects. But she did have arthritis. So we got a slightly larger box with a really wide but really low front lip so she could get in and out easier. The problem stopped immediately.

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      5 hours ago

      Yeah, I actually wondered about arthritis because my previous cat had that problem. But this cat is just 2 years old and she’s not showing any other signs of having mobility problems so I don’t think that’s it.