Oh dear. Have you physically put her in the box and
"helped" her scratch the litter with her paw, like they tell you to do with
kittens? I guess it doesn't always come naturally.
Our sweet Doyle, no other health issues, is a big fraidy
cat. He's low on the pecking order, so is intimidated by all the
others. Even my mild-mannered Luc has terrorized him from time to
time. Doyle has taken to staying on the kitchen windowsill or on the
adjoining counter ALL the time. We don't know how he eats but he obviously
does. Now he's started pooping and peeing on the floor right below the
window, he's too scared to zoom across the kitchen to the 2 other boxes in
adjoining rooms. Tonight we're going to fix up a litterbox under the
kitchen table, which is used mainly to keep the Fritos off the floor
anyway. Don't like the idea of a litterbox right in the kitchen, but the
pee and poop is hardly less sanitary... We've been carrying Doyle into the
living room for a little while every night, and he'll sit quietly for a bit, but
we have to make sure to carry him back to the kitchen, because every time he
tries to make his own way, Tribble ambushes him. Tribble has no claws, and
Doyle does, but apparently neither of them realize this.
Diane R.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Hoffman
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:20 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT Help, I am so embarrassed
Ember -- my depo-medrol boy with chronic skin allergies -- will pee in the
box but poop on the linoleum near the back door (this is the laundry room where
we have several boxes). This was wearing on me....until Hannah
arrived. A sweet little former momcat who will poop wherever she
stands. I don't get it. The poop is solid. She's a nice
cat. No one picks on her. We have 6 boxes in 3 different parts of
the house, scooped twice daily. She hasn't a vindictive or nasty bone in
her body. She was spayed months ago so it isn't hormonal. It's like
she just doesn't understand the litterbox. (Any
thoughts/suggestions? She is FIV+ but I don't think that has anything to
do with it.) I'm thinking about confining her to a codo cage at night and
when we aren't home, and keeping an eye on her when we are around so I can catch
her in the act and carry her -- poop plopping as we go -- to the nearest litter
box, where of course she will be praised like she had just uncovered the key to
attaining worlkd peace.
I wish Hannah was more like Ember.
Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wish Leader would find the bathtub!! I am so lucky to have him alive that I just can't get mad at him -- but it is frustrating when there are litterboxes in every room and he doesn't use them -- except rarely! His latest spot was a corner of a tile bathroom -- not a bad spot...except that I went in there the other day and there was wet all over the floor -- I thought somebody'd fallen in the toilet and dripped water all over, but no, following Leader's poop example, the whole household decided to pee in there. You would think pee on tile would be easy to get clean but I swear I can't get the smell out!
TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:ah, yes, the infamous squirts... the one i have doing that now, tho, has the incredible kindness to do so in the bathtub, so it's easy to clean up....
On 11/10/06, Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:And I have Leader, who is really my little miracle boy -- he was born feleuk positive and is almost 5 yrs old -- having outlived all his littermates by a lot. I call him my little "squat and squirt" boy -- he has recurring diarrhea that I don't think I am ever going to clear up. He just walks along and when he has to go, squats and squirts. Rarely in the litterbox!
Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I *KNOW* my house stinks. I had a giardia outbreak, and even though it is over they have decided the floor is a better place to poop than the litterbox. At least it is solid now. I am gone from home 8-10 hours a day at work and they wreak havoc. I never let anyone come over unless they are a very, very close friend.I'm steam cleaning the carpets again this weekend...
On 11/10/06, Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I know it's not funny, but I'm laughing at the thought that we've found one more thing we all share in common:
WE STINK! I too have become accustomed to the fragrances of my animals. I'm always asking trusted visitors, does my house stink?? Maybe we should have T shirts printed up, "If you can smell Cat, then you're too close!"
Nina
Susan Hoffman wrote:A hook and eye latch type lock is cheap and effective. I started doing this because one of my own little gremlins, Trixie, loved to go into the closet and remove EVERYTHING from all the shelves.
tamara stickler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Nina and others have mentioned keeping closet doors closed. But you may need to do more than that. I currently have a foster cat that is VERY adept at opening closet doors...aaand locking himself inside. (I've nicknamed him Tully after the character Lewis Tully in Ghostbusters who kept doing the same thing!) It's not that he Can't get out....its just more fun to sit in there and howl until I come looking for him. My point being...you may want to rig the closet doors to be certain the cats can't possibly open them...Remember, they're cats..they're SNEAKY!!!
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm
wondering if one of your little angels is marking your closet. I'd get
in there and make sure everything smells fresh and then keep those doors
closed!Kelley Saveika wrote:
> My supervisor just called me in for a meeting and apparently people
> have been complaining that I smell like cat urine.
>
> I do have some sprayers. I wash my clothes with Oxyclean and I bathe
> every day, of course. I have only smelled cat urine on myself once
> and then I was aware of it.
>
> Could I smell bad and not know it?
>
>
> --
> Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life!
>
> http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20
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Maybe That'll Make The Difference....
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