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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:31
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Well our cat Millie is three and started and is continuing a bad habit now.
About a month before our son was born she pooped on the carpet outside the laundry room ( about 5 feet from a clean litter box with her usual litter in it)-- Isolated incident we thought and after scolding her and making sure to give her lots of attention in the days after , we thought that was the end.
Our son is 5 months old now and we can't trust our cat not to poop on the carpet since the day he came home-- Note that she has moved it around up and down our upstairs hall so its not a matter of returning to the scene of the crime . . .
We don't know how to cure this behavior . . . we try to give her lots of attention . . . the reality is that we are home a lot more after the birth of our son. The vet says its just jealousy on her part.
Our partial "solution" now is that the cat is sent to the basement every night ( this solution has only reloacated the problem to a less problematic part of the house). She now has a grand total of 3 different litterboxes and she uses all of them for urination. All the litterboxes are as clean as they can get with fresh kitty litter ( and we have tried switching brands and types) and are usually scooped daily ( and usually no poop to scoop anyway). It seems she will go in one box to urinate and then come out, walking past her second box and then defecate on the CONCRETE floor .
Anyone have any ideas? We have tried as much extra affection as we can ( but she often hides away anyway-- this behavior has stayed the same since she was a kitten-- affection on her terms when she wants )and we have attempted to catch her in the act to scold and punish her. Neither worked. The vet had suggested double sided sticky tape to prevent the cat walking to her selected inapproprate spot, but thats no good since she hardly ever goes in the same place twice.
Apparently there is nothing physically wrong with the cat as far as the vet can tell but three years of perfect litter behavior is quickly unravelling. She averages about 1 time in 10 in a box. The move to the basement in some ways makes the problem worse as it probably pisses her off, but I cannot tolerate her "going" in ther lived in part of the house anymore. ( OUR son will be mobile in a few months)
For the immediate time being I will continue to clean and disinfect our basement floor ( almost nightly) but we need this to stop. Any suggestions??
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Caligastia
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It sounds heartless, but if a cat was giving me that much of a problem and nothing I did made a difference I would get rid of it.
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Japher
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Ook! Ook! Ack! Ack! Ack!
Jun 2002
time: 05:31
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My cat was named Jewels, but he decided that he didn't like the name. We now call him Kitty, and have for the past 10 years.
We are not really sure how old he is for my wife (the girlfriend) recued him from a home of an aquantince of hers. She went over to the house and found them (her ex-friends) giving Kitty LSD blowing pot smoke in his face... If that wasn't bad enough, they would then put him in the kitchen on the newly waxe linolium floor and chase him around and laugh as he would slip all over the place. They would also through fire crackers at him. Needless to say she took the cat from them and brought him home to a house of 5 people who all loved Kitty.
Strange thing, Kitty is now prone to flashbacks. In his early years at our house we would find him sitting in the hallway staring at the walls. He would climb up trees and get stuck about 3 feet of the ground. I once saw him walk across the room, stop, crouch down, leap straight into the air about 2 feet, land, sit down, give himself a bath, and then curl up and fall asleep...
The flashbacks have worn off for the most part, I still see him chasing ghosts in the early morning hours. He is much better and happier than he was 10 years ago when he wouldn't even eat if you were looking at him and despite his efforts to use the litter box would always miss.
Now he wants you to watch him eat, he begs, sleeps at my head, loves playing outside and climbing trees, and gets along superbly with Buddy our 70lb german shepard mix. He is in excellent condition, though we recently had a heart worm scare, and loves his life.
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:31
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quote:
Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Have you tried switching types of litter, say from clay to scoopable or crystals or pine pellets? |
WE have switched brands and have had at least two types-- I'm not familiar with the pine pellets one I don't think.
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:31
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quote:
Originally posted by Caligastia
It sounds heartless, but if a cat was giving me that much of a problem and nothing I did made a difference I would get rid of it. |
That is increasingly becoming an option . . . However since I doubt anyone else not yet attached to her would want such a cat, " getting rid of it" will likely result in her death. I am not yet ready to take that step and EVER convincing my wife would be hard .. .
Relocating the problem has made it tolerable but we need to find a way to fix this problem
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Jon Miller
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that's sad
Jon Miller
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:31
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quote:
Originally posted by Rex Little
It's not to suit our needs, Feephi. It's to cut down on the number of unwanted puppies and kittens that have to be put down or turned loose to become strays.
Most animal shelters require that their dogs and cats be neutered as a condition of adoption. |
That's true. We got our cat at an SPCA and I know that they are forced to put down unadopted animals sometimes. As a condition of the adoption I pledged to get the cat spayed. . . I don't back out on my promises so she is spayed.
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17-10-2003 19:55
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Her long, fine hair is very soft, but harder than heck to keep from getting tangles. She can mouse very well even though her front claws were removed. 
Not like your laughy face. Friggen worm. Grr. 
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