Thread: Kitten peeing outside litter.

Hi everyone!

I'm a new co-owner of a lovely-looking 9 week old Maine coon who came into my house a week ago. Teemo is his name, and he's already brought much joy to our lives in the short span he's been in the family.

Just yesterday evening however, I made the fatal error of closing my room door with Teemo in my room. Even though it was a few minutes, he started to pee on my bag. 5 hours later at about 0010 hours or 12 am, he peed on my brother's banket when he and the GF took him in to play. This has not been an issue, as he has slept on our beds for a few nights and occasionally in the day too.

Background: As all of us work in the day, we caged it while no one's at home. The caging only took place on day 3 and 4 before we decided to let him have the kitchen and hall for himself to explore. We felt confident that although Teemo was abit shy, he didn't seem intimidated at all while he was exploring the rest of the house in day 1 and 2.

Teemo was uncaged during day 5 and 6, which included the nights as well, he actually slept in my room as well my brother's without much hassle. Throughout, we left the doors slightly open.

Facts & Questions:

1. I've done some reflections and realized that during Teemo's initial few days, every hour or so, I would bring him to his litter box to trigger the peeing. So I haven't actually seen him make a run from my room to the litter box, although in his normal playtime, he has explored the rooms and hall. So far, he has always used his litterbox when he's home alone. As he's alone for a good 6-9 hours during the week, could his peeing be a sign of him trying to get our attention?

2. Diet: Teemo's feeding times are 0700, 1900 and 2200. Current meal make-up consists of a mixture of chicken, eggs, carrots and brocolli. We also feed him normal, wet cat food. It was a recommended diet for growing kittens by the guy we got Teemo from. After some reading, it would seemed that diet would be where Teemo gets most of his water from. So I'm wondering if it could be a cause of excessive peeing?

3. Teemo peed on my bag at 1930 hours. Immediately, I caged him for 15 mins while i went to clean the bag. At about 2030 hours, brother and GF fed him 2 large table spoons of the chicken mixture. Is there a chance that Teemo could have associated the peeing behaviour with the reward of being fed?

4: This is him in his cage. After reading up, I have a nagging suspicion his box is getting too small for him, and that we need another litter box around.

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5: Is caging and playing the "ignoring game" a recommended way to discourage his behaviour? Currently we don't have any rewards for his "good" actions per say, and I'm starting to implement this step now, each time he uses the litter. I'm generally worried that caging might really confuse him and cause him to develop a weird personality. The last thing I want is also for Teemo to hate the cage area, as that is where his food and litterbox are.


I'm open to more suggestions and please let me know what I can do to make things better. I'm determined to make Teemo a part of the family and any advice would help . Oh, if anyone needs more details, I will be more than willing to provide.

Thank you for reading!