I Need Advice

I got Gertrude about a year ago from the shelter. Shes probably around 12 years old and shes overweight (weighting at about 15 pounds). When we first got her, she never pooped in her litter box, but she never pooped outside of the litter box room so it wasn't that big of a deal. Then a couple months ago, she started pooping in the family room, still not that big of a deal to my parents because i would just pick it up and flush it. About a month ago, she stopped using the litter box all together. She started peeing behind the couch all the time and in my sisters old bedroom. The smell got so bad, my parents had to rip the carpet out in her room and replace it with hardwood floors, costing them $500. I told me parents we needed to take her to the vet because in my research, every website said the vet was the first thing to do. My dad HATES cats so he was against it. He thought locking her in the laundry/litter box room would be fine, but Gertrude peed on the wall causing her urine to get soaked up into the dry wall. So we moved a litter box/food/water into my parents bathroom and we locked her in there over night and she peed in the litter box no problem. I thought moving a litter box into my room would be fine as it would be away from our other cat. That didn't work and she peed on my carpet so shes back to the bathroom. Now shes not peeing in the litter box in there anymore, she pees on her bed. I finally convinced my parents to take her to the vet where we found out that she was diabetic. They weren't happy and they didn't want to have to spend a bunch of money on the Lantis Insulin, but they bought it anyways. It is still being shipped at the moment so we haven't started her on her medication yet. My parents are getting tired of her peeing everywhere and they've gotton to the end of their rope. They want to take her to the vet to say bye bye forever any day now, they don't care about the medication anymore. I need advice on what to do. Where should I keep her until the medication arrives? What do I do about her food situation? (she only eats dry food, she refuses to eat any type of wet food, even tuna) If she doesn't stop peeing everywhere even when shes on her medication, what do I do? I'm new to this and my parents aren't going to put up with much, they want her gone fast. I could really use all the advice I can get.

 

Make sure all the urine spots are cleaned properly with an with an enzymatic cleaner. My favorite is Anti Icky Poo Unscented which I get on amazon. I also like Angry Orange concentrate also on amazo.

Make sure there is no lid on the box. Have you tried a different litter? Many cats only like unscented or natural litters. One of my cats used puppy training pads for the last three years of his life. That could be a compromise.

Until you can get your cat interested in wet food, there are a handful of lower carb dry foods. All 3 companies will send a free sample if you ask. 1. Epigen 90 by wysong. 2. Dr. Elsley's Clean Protein chicken flavor 3. Young Again Zero carb

 

The day I went & got the Dr. Elseys cat attract litter, Baby began using the box again. She was on insulin but definitely not regulated. I have heard more people say it worked than not. You can buy online or I picked mine up at the pet store. Hope this helps.
Good luck!

 

My cat is on insulin but still pees outside of the litterbox. I think it is mainly due to her Cushing's Disease and not diabetes, though. From what I've read, most cats return to using the litterbox once the diabetes is regulated.