I had a cat that did that. I eventually realized that she was trying to tell me that she was very sick. She also stopped eating. Turned out she had a bladder stone.
No, it's not by an outside door. It has low pile carpet (which I was planning on ripping out anyway).
I'm guessing that he knows to not do that in the main living area.
Yes, he has used the litter box -- rarely, and just to pee.
I could try just a pee pad in the litterbox.
I even tried a...
I need advice about how to train a cat to use a litter box.
Here's the story: I recently got a 12 year old cat from the Humane Society. I am the 3rd owner; I was told that the previous owner also rescued him, but had to give back after a couple months because of this issue. Apparently, the first...