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Why is my indoor outdoor cat spraying urine standing up indoors?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Female | spayed | 1 year and 1 month old

Indoor outdoor cat. Pees standing when cones indoor. Lots of mud area in the backyard so no dearth of soil for pee and poop. Yet pees when comes indoo

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Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

Veterinarian

Published on April 3rd, 2017

If there is no squatting and the tail is high up over her back this may be territory marking and not urination - a normal cat behavior for claiming her territory, particularly if there are other cats in the area
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