Cat peeing in bean bags

BeanerSA · 21st March 2010, 5:32 PM

My mature, de-sexed male cat, has been sniffing around my kids new bean-bags since we got them a fortnight ago, and today he finally pee'd on one.

I figure it has a nice kind of "kitty litter" feel to it, but I was wondering if any of the knowledgeable people on here, could offer some tips on stopping this happening?

I'm pretty sure I can rule out a UTI, as we are right on top of that at the moment.

Sorak · 21st March 2010, 5:47 PM

hahah this brings back memories. we had two bright yellow bean bag chairs. our desexed female didnt approve, kept peeing on it. eneded up throwing them out.
later we had a small rug, cat didnt approve and peed on that aswell.
i think its just their way of conveying disapprovement of your furniture purchases.

swiftyb · 21st March 2010, 7:21 PM

I'd be keen to hear this one as well... we have 2 boy cats and one keeps peeing on my girlfriends blanket

its pretty funny for me... but no so her :P

mike-s · 22nd March 2010, 11:02 PM

My old cat used to do it and ued to shit me off as we did all sorts of things to try and fix the problem she had, how did i solve it? move and give the cat away.

Pinkeh · 23rd March 2010, 1:27 PM

My cat peed on my new carpet. I figured she wanted to "claim it" since she's not allowed on the sofas.

We got her a kitty bed and she peed on that too.

Smoke87 · 24th March 2010, 9:14 AM

This is just weird. My cat never peed on anything. I mean a few times she somehow got locked in a room and did a poo on the floor but this is just weird...

broccoli · 25th March 2010, 12:24 AM

Once they've decided it's a litter tray, I don't think there's any way of stopping them from doing it. I had the same problem and I agree that it was "the kitty litter feel" of it that was appealing. Once they've done it once, you'll never get their scent out of it and they'll keep going back.

There is a product called "urine off" (there are other similar products) which neutralize the urine smell, but it's hard in a bean bag because the little beans will have been marked and you won't really be able to spray everything that's been wet. I ended up retiring the beanbags and discarding the beans.

21st March 2010, 5:47 PM	#2
Sorak Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria 3161 Posts: 917	hahah this brings back memories. we had two bright yellow bean bag chairs. our desexed female didnt approve, kept peeing on it. eneded up throwing them out. later we had a small rug, cat didnt approve and peed on that aswell. i think its just their way of conveying disapprovement of your furniture purchases. __________________ i7 920 @ Stock \| X58-UD5 \| XMS3 6GB @ 1066 \| GA-5870 \| Xonar D2X \| 450gb SanDisk Extreme \| 2x Samsung 2443BW \| Win 7

22nd March 2010, 11:02 PM	#4
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23rd March 2010, 1:27 PM	#5
Pinkeh Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 7,252	My cat peed on my new carpet. I figured she wanted to "claim it" since she's not allowed on the sofas. We got her a kitty bed and she peed on that too. __________________ Photography: Gear, Flickr ASUS P8P67 EVO, Core i5 2500K, Sapphire 6970x2, 32GB Corsair Vengenance RAM, WD Caviar Black 4TB, Green 4x 3TB, NZXT Phantom Red Full Tower, Cosair TX950 PSU \| QNAP412 4x2TB Hitachi 7k3000 RAID5 \| BF3 Stats Last edited by Pinkeh; 23rd March 2010 at 1:35 PM.

21st March 2010, 7:21 PM	#3
swiftyb Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 473	I'd be keen to hear this one as well... we have 2 boy cats and one keeps peeing on my girlfriends blanket its pretty funny for me... but no so her :P

25th March 2010, 12:24 AM	#7
broccoli (Taking a Break) Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Perth Posts: 6,312	Once they've decided it's a litter tray, I don't think there's any way of stopping them from doing it. I had the same problem and I agree that it was "the kitty litter feel" of it that was appealing. Once they've done it once, you'll never get their scent out of it and they'll keep going back. There is a product called "urine off" (there are other similar products) which neutralize the urine smell, but it's hard in a bean bag because the little beans will have been marked and you won't really be able to spray everything that's been wet. I ended up retiring the beanbags and discarding the beans.