Just caught Luna in the act!!

[rg_girlca]

I hope that you are able to catch her everytime Kirsten and that Luna will learn that she is not allowed to pee on the rug and stick to going in her litter box.

[barncat]

You might try (as a temporary measure) putting a vinyl runner guard or a thick plastic drop cloth over the new rug. Cats usuall hate getting wet feet from their pee and if she goes when you aren't looking she won't like what happens and at least the rug will be protected....

Hopefully she will stop now she knows she isn't supposed to go there. (If the rug contains wool or flax that has been naturally dyed, it is possible she is smelling the urea that is used in some dying processes and is reacting to that.)

[louhirata]

Maybe you could wet a piece of toilet paper with her pee and put it on the litter box. She will smell the pee on the litter box and pee on it.

It worked out perfect with my cats: they always peed on the litter box.

However, when they want to communicate something, usually not good, they would pee out of the litter box. Once one peed on top of my dining table!

Maybe she is trying to tell you something!

Ah, I always caressed them and said how nice they were peeing on the box. Until, finally it was a good habit. My little big rugs were safe!