Older Cat - peeing problems - HELP!!!!

[towser]

Hi, I was looking for some help or suggestions.

My partner and I recently moved in together ( into my house ). I already had 2 female cats. My partner has an older ( 12 years ) male cat who is blind and not particulary sociable.

To help get him used to the new environment I setup a litter tray for him in a spare bedroom the two girls share another tray elsewhere in the house. All was fine until about a month ago.

He then started peeing in the downstairs hall - we've managed to get a degree of control over this through scrubbing, keeping an eye on him and puppy pads. But he still ocassionally goes there - puppy pads are catching it now though.

He's now started peeting beside his litter tray - not in it ( he does cr@p in his tray though ). So once again puppy pads and scrubbing to keep on top of it - but it's pretty much twice a day that he does this so it's a fairly constant exercise. I change his litter every two days and try and keep it as clean as I can. I've tried different litter types, trays etc....but he just seems to persist.

I've kinda reaching a dead end with options or ideas now though.

We also have a feeling the girls may nip in and use his tray every now and then - so I'm not sure if that's throwing him? It's difficult to isolate them from his tray though.

My partner is due our first child in March so I would really like to have this under some sort of control by then.

So I'm desperately looking for some ideas....!!!

Much Thanks....

[bexVN]

Vet ck needed to rule out medical issue, do this first and if all clear then go down behavioural route. there is lots that can be done but they always have a vet assess them first.

[eybic]

I wouldn't say it is due to the tray not being clean, mine is never too fussed about an immaculate tray (dirty bugger ) but it does seem to be a behaviour thing with him doing it right next to the tray rather than random places when he needs to go.

[2478sammy]

I have a female Bengal cat who persisted in peeing on the floor next to her litter tray....the answer was placing a second litter tray next to her normal one with just a puppy pad liner in it and no litter. Problem solved. She now poops in the litter and pees on the pad.

[ali_kat]

3 cats, 2 trays?

The general rule is that they need a tray each & one spare.

Put another one in each location & see if it helps