Jealous much?

This is a picture of Puffy Savage stalking the cardboard I laid down over her most recent toilet location. Nosy bitch.

Scott took Puffy to the vet this morning for her vaccines and such and consulted with the doctor on her recent behavior. As this was a different vet than the one who treated her last year, I suppose she was coming at it from a fresh perspective.

She suggested that Puffy may be marking her territory. While I do believe Puffy is extremely territorial (you should see what happens when Bodie jumps up into Puffy's windowsill - fur flies), I didn't believe that there would be territory issues inside the house that would make her do that. The vet believes that the neighborhood strays that send Puffy scampering from one window to the next are the cause for her "accidents." The theory is that she doesn't believe those cats are NOT going to come into the house, so she's marking portals to keep them away.

The incidents do seem to line up. Puffy hasn't peed anywhere but behind the door and at the window (yet), and these incidents did occur after we spotted a stray in our yard. The vet recommended we buy some Feliway to clean up the areas she's gone in (maybe I'll be able to move her food bowl from out of the traffic area afterwards). I don't know how we can prevent her from marking the carpet in front of the French doors, though. Seems strange she hasn't gone there yet (or has she?).

Yeah, we'll see.