"Janet" <boxhill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "cybercat" <cyberpurrs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Janet" <boxhill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Any ideas? I have no experience with cats at all.
>>
>> Some cats like two boxes, one for pee and one for poo. It's
>> not that much trouble for you, and since you are new to cats,
>> let me tell you, it never pays to have a battle of wills with them
>> over elimination matters. She is trying to tell you something, and
>> rather politely. Some just pee in the middle of your bed.
>>
>
> If we had two, would they be next to each other, or in different parts
of
> the house?
Since she is peeing on the mat, I would try close by--with room for her
to step out of one and into the other. If she were my cat, I would first
try
placing the new box where she peed on the mat. I would be tempted to
remove
the mat, as some cats "prefer to pee on fabric." (A direct quote from my
vet,
explaining his years-long effort to persuade one cat NOT to pee on his
bathroom rugs.) Then I would put the poo box a respectable distance
away. But a lot depends on your place. The message should be, THIS
is where you want to pee, find, but do it in the box.
Our tuxedo cat uses her bladder to express displeasure. (One should
never assume this until they have had the cat check for a urinary tract
infection, because that is a common cause of inappropriate peeing.)
I ran out of canned food the other night, and gave her HUMAN
canned salmon, just until I could get more canned in the morning.
(She had a little dry in her dish too.) She went in to where my
husband was working on the computer and peed on his clothes.
She has done this before when she is mad about something, and
gotten rushed off to the vet only to get a clean bill of health.
My point: when cats eliminate inappropriatedly, pee or poo,
the only thing I have found that works every single time is
to confine them for a time to a room with just their box and
food and maybe some toys and a pallet to sleep on. They
are creatures of habit, and are clean, so will not generally pee
on a floor they sleep on.
But do try the second box first, and I assume you have had her
checked for a UTI. If not, please do.
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