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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    Is it a full-size poop though? I don't know how they could have the control to just leave a little bit... The only other thing I can think of is that the cat is constipated and it hurts to go, and cats are notorious for associating pain with elimination with the litter box (thinking it's being...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    LOL that doesn't sound behavioral... it sounds more like a stuck dingleberry! That happens from time to time, is it usually just one small "nugget"? Is your cat long haired? It's happened to both of mine (and my dog), and both of my cats are short haired. I don't know what the solution is to it-...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    It's got nothing to do with cleaners or smells or lack there of. He just doesn't like crapping in the litterbox. We've moved the box to different rooms, on different floors and he follows it there and craps on the floor beside it. He'll use a clean box once, and the refuses to crap in it again...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    Do you have multiple litter boxes? The best way to know is one more box than you have cats (2 for 1 cat, 3 for 2 cats, etc) I discussed it with my vet and they said there was very little they could suggest outside of what I tried- different litters (scooping, non scooping, scented, unscented)...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    Huh.... Yeah, Simon always poops on the floor right next to the litterbox. He doesn't go around the house or anywhere else, so because it's in the boiler room we just deal with it. We don't lock him up or anything any more- this post was from when he was a 6m old kitten and he's now almost 2...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    @Megan31 no, the issue was never resolved. Lol we kind of gave up. We just accepted the problem and moved the litterbox to the furnace room further away from living space. Anytime we find a "floor sh!t" we grab some TP and flush it. The litter boxes are easy to keep clean now lol. Sorry I can't...
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    Help with diet changes for overweight kitten

    Thank you all. I think I'll go ahead with the Taste of the Wild Dry (grain free) and make a bigger part of his diet canned food, sticking to the varieties of Fancy Feast and Friskies that are grain free/low carb and higher in protein.
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    Help with diet changes for overweight kitten

    Thanks! Oh, he's fat all right. His belly swings to and fro when he runs. I also can hardly feel his ribs. He's a chunker. He currently eats Nutro Max Cat kitten dry (1/2 cup per day split into 2 meals, 1/4 cup each) and a can of fancy feast kitten food (half, twice per day.) The caloric...
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    Help with diet changes for overweight kitten

    Simon is 10 months old and has always had a bit of a pouch. When we got him at 12 weeks, he had a little saggy belly pouch but it was mostly just skin.  Now, he's fat. His belly swings when he runs. He weighs 12lbs- but he's a relatively large cat, and I assume at 10 months he could grow a bit...
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    Switching to adult food, concerns about urinary problems

    I'd rather continue to do a mix of the two food, thanks. I know how to switch foods. I guess my question is, should I just go with a known good-quality food and not worry about the magnesium content for now, because he's never had issues with it?
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    Switching to adult food, concerns about urinary problems

    My kitten Simon is 10 months old, and when his current bag of food is done, I'm going to be switching him to an adult food. He was raised on Nutro Max Kitten dry formula, (currently getting 1/4cup twice a day) as well as half a can of Fancy Feast kitten twice a day. (I know, Fancy...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    To my knowledge, he's never seen another cat outside. I've never seen one myself close enough to the house for him to see it.  It's a pretty typical suburban neighborhood with houses on about 1/3 acre lots. I live in Massachusetts, and stray pet populations, especially in the smaller towns, are...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    Knock on wood, i THINK we might have figured it out. While my husband was cleaning the boxes two nights ago,  he had the lids off- and simon came in and pooped in the uncovered box right in front of him. My husband said he stood up very tall while doing his thing... and that he might not be able...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    I'll give vinegar a shot. I don't think the cleaner is the issue, because he generally goes in the same place (almost exactly the same tiles.) The litter boxes are about 4ft apart (across from each other) and he generally goes within 1-2 ft of the box on the left. I tried putting the box on the...
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    Yes, tried feeding them at the same time. Didn't work. The problem has now escalated beyond the times when he is locked downstairs. He did it yesterday during the day and again just now between 6 and 8am. We tried switching one litter to unscented, doesn't seem to help.
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    Cat pooping outside litterbox- spite?

    Ummm you know that there is no ammonia in bleach right? That's a deadly toxic combination. You might want to google that, it's kind of an important thing to know...
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