My cat is pooping everywhere!

My cat joxer is a 9 year old Devon Rex. He is an indoor only cat and he is 9 years old. He has always been very good at using a litter box and never had accidents. We moved 7 months ago into a new house and ever since then he poops wherever he feels like pooping. SOmetimes he even pees. Its always in a corner (ANY corner) or in the basement (his litter box is down there and he will poop literally 2 feet away from the box and its CLEAN!) I dont know what his problem is but I rent this house and my landlord is tired of it and is ready to kick me out or make me get rid of him.

I have cleaned every spot he poops or pees in every time, the carpet doesnt smell ( I have smelled it) I use pet odor remover to clean it and then I spray a ton of this pet training aid spray that is supposed to keep cats from soiling in areas they shouldnt. It doesnt work because he pooped on top of a spot that I sprayed today!

Why would a cat suddenly start pooping and peeing everywhere even though the litter box is cleaned out every single day? How can I fully remedy this situation before my landlord kicks me out or makes me get rid of my cat?

You have to retrain him to use the litterbox again. New house, new rules.

Maybe the litter box smells too clean? The next time he does it, scoop his poop and put it in his litter box. As usual remove odor evidence of the old spot he pooped. Cats by nature smell out their poop so that they can do it in the same place again. Hopefully, he's sniff his poop out in the litter box and go there from now on.

Another thing you can try is to watch your cat for the next few weeks. Whenever he squats down to poop, quickly pick him up and put him on the litter box to do it. Wait until he does it to make sure he doesn't escape to do it somewhere else. Give your cat a pat and play with him for awhile after that. The cat needs to feel comfortable in his new surroundings, at least you can play with him and give him some attention so that he can feel some normalcy.

maybe he is just adjusting to the new house. I dunno, you should take him to the vet and get him checked out

this sounds like a behavioural problem, rather than phusical. you can go to the vets, but they probably won't be able to do much.

it seems a little bit too much of a coincidence that he started behaving like this after you moved? has he been 'done' becuase he could be;

distressed at being moved
there was a cat there before and he is SERISOULY marking his teriitory
or he really doesn't like the move...

are all the same people living in the new house as the old? is there anyone he's missing?

my cats were perfectly well trained, then when I had to move (to a place where they wouldn't accept pets) I had to leave them at home with my mum, and they protested, by pooping and weeing everywhere!

I took them to the vets, and the vet said there is a medicine, but there was no way to distinguish between which v=cat, in the end they had to be put down (very very saad ) but if you just have the one, maybe there is a medication to help him adjust to his new home...

but this does sound a typical pussycat-territorial thing... actually, try something called 'feliway' it's like a pussycat sedative...its 100% natural and is like a plug in, but it totally chills the cat out...maybe ironing out some of his anxitites may help

He has been to the vet and everything checks out, he's very healthy... At first I thought it was because the basement had sand in it, he thought it was a huge litter box. So I swept that up and washed the floors but he continued. So I cleane the room up again and blocked the room off, so he started to go other places in the house. We have been here for 7 months now and he still is doing this you would think he has adjusted. Its just me and my 9 year old daughter as it has always been. A year ago my other cat Binx ran away and has been missing since, but that was so long ago and he wasnt weeing in the house when the other cat went missing, why now?

If anyone has other suggestions let me know, I've even tried sprinkling ground black pepper around the edges of the basement and in the corners of every room so when he sniffs- it makes him sneeze and may deter him from going there, but it doesnt stop him...

the vet can give him something - he may have an infection

I think there was a cat in the house before you moved in that marked those places. Have you checked the library for cat books on behavioral problems?

My other suggestion is to see a cat Vet one that specializes in cats?

Are there cats outside? When I moved into the house I live in now. My cat started this behavior, WELL, there are dozens of cats around us outside that are strays. My neighbor feeds them. My cat is not an outside cat but let me tell you this. My cat knows those cats are outside and the cats outside know he is in here (mine is neutered too) anyway they fight through the windows, hiss meow and at times my cat will go through wanting to go around the house and mark. I think it is when there are certain males outside??? Not sure when are why but this is what happens.

I would also try to get one or two more cat boxes. Hey do you love this cat? You must or he wouldn' t be 9 and you still have him. So I would be trying all the suggestions you can come up with.

Good luck. Move the box from the basement. He may be afraid of the basement and is trying to tell you he doesn't like it.

I would put him in the bathroom or any small room with food,water and litter box. No carpet on floor. Keep him there for a few days. He should start using the litter box again...

Yes, magichalo1 I absolutely do love this cat. I have used all suggestions given here and we are going on 3 days with no accidents of ANY sort at all. I resprayed the no no spray in all the corners wher he likes to go. Then I cleaned out his cat box but I left 1 poo in there to keep his scent... He now has a GIANT carpeted cat tree and a smaller cat tree with toys all over it down in the basement with a giant fluffy bed on it, food and water, and a clean litter box. He sleeps there all night and is down there when I am gone. If I am home and awake I allow him upstairs but I leave teh door open to the basement. This has worked so far. He seems to love it down there now that it is comfy for him.

Thank you all for the suggestions- I finally found our solution and just hope that it sticks for another 9 years to come

So glad to hear that xxpixiesworldxx!!