There is a pattern here -- multiple cats! It seems almost all of the inappropriate peeing and pooping issues happen where there is more than one cat! Cats are highly territorial and urinating and pooping mark their territory! Since all three cats share your bed -- someone is saying "nope, this is MY area." My suggestion is multiple cat trees, a litter box per cat plus one. Put one in your bedroom if you have to. Stress can also be a factor here. Sometimes owners can't see the forest for the trees. They think all their cats get along when in reality there is a problem amongst the cats. Bullying, taking toys away, not wanting to share space. Each cat needs their own "territory" and when you have multiple cats, catification is a must! Lots of climbing spaces for your bengal who likes to be high up! As you've discovered, bengals are not like your ordinary cat and you can't treat them like one. They have their own distinct needs.
That being said ... you really need to rule out any medical problems in order to tack the behavioral issue and get this solved so she will use the litter box. If she uses the litter box occasionally, then this is definitely a territorial/stress issue. Once you can solve that, she should return to doing her thing in the litter box. This means you may have to kick ALL of the cats out of your bedroom! Make sure you have alternate sleeping places for them all and see if that helps.
|