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Beast Mode is Slate’s pet advice column. Have a question? Send it to beastmode@slate. com. We love dogs and cats equally, and reserve treats for questions about your turtle, guinea pig, bird, snake, fish, or other beast. Our 15-year-old kitty likes to sit out in the back garden and has a cat flap that responds to her chip. Recently my husband came home late to find that the battery in the cat flap had run out, leaving the cat stuck outside for hours—in the rain. This experience seems to have made her anxious, and she is now spraying what does a cat spraying sound like both the back door (scene of the crime) and the front door, inside. She has never gone out the front door, though of course she knows it leads outside. We’ve covered everything with enzyme spray, mopped the floors with vinegar, and even put down aluminum foil, but she keeps peeing by the doors. She has no problem pooping in her litter, and she’s not peeing anywhere else in the house, so we don’t think it’s a medical problem. She has also seen a vet recently, and although she’s getting older, her kidney function is still in the normal range.

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