I'm new to the forum, but have a question to pose to fellow Cat Moms and Dads.
We have a 13 year old male cat who is as close to us as a child. We adopted him from an animal shelter when he was 2 years old, but we have been through thick or thin with him since then, mostly lots of years of love and a few trials and tribulations.
The last week he's had an elimination problem (4 times) and hasn't used his litter box, but has had normal looking stools. He's left these on a disposable floor mat, and on a conspicuous part of the basement floor. So he's trying to tell us something. We think it's a behavior problem as he seems perfectly healthy otherwise. But could this indicate a medical problem?
He was at the Vet's in August for teeth cleaning and a bit of oral surgery. Since then he's been eating up a storm again.
What's up with our boy? Has anyone else experienced this? Don't want to rush him back to the Vet until I've ruled out other things and want to watch him for other signs.
Thanks in advance for any info.
We have a 13 year old male cat who is as close to us as a child. We adopted him from an animal shelter when he was 2 years old, but we have been through thick or thin with him since then, mostly lots of years of love and a few trials and tribulations.
The last week he's had an elimination problem (4 times) and hasn't used his litter box, but has had normal looking stools. He's left these on a disposable floor mat, and on a conspicuous part of the basement floor. So he's trying to tell us something. We think it's a behavior problem as he seems perfectly healthy otherwise. But could this indicate a medical problem?
He was at the Vet's in August for teeth cleaning and a bit of oral surgery. Since then he's been eating up a storm again.
What's up with our boy? Has anyone else experienced this? Don't want to rush him back to the Vet until I've ruled out other things and want to watch him for other signs.
Thanks in advance for any info.