Hi,
I have recently adopted a 6 year old male black cat from my father in-law. Not sure what breed, just your normal big strong-looking cat. I have had him now for just over a week.
He has always been littertray trained apparantly.
During the day, and when there is nobody in the house, I will return from work to find he has wee'd and poo'd in the litter tray. That is absolutely great and fine.
However the problem starts when me and my missus go to bed. When he needs to go toilet, he will cry and cry and cry until either he defecates on the carpet somewhere upstairs, or until I physically pick him up and place him in the litter tray which is downstairs in the kitchen. I have tried walking him to the tray but this does not work, I must place him in it. Like I said, he uses the tray fine during the day but seems to play up in the evenings when we are asleep.
Last night it all became a bit too much as we ended up having another broken nights sleep, so decided we should lock him out of the bedroom as maybe this would force him to walk to the tray himself. However, constant crying kept us awake even more and we felt too guilty so let him back in.
Then, at 5am, the cat started crying again as he needed a poo. I noticed that when I placed him in the litter tray, he was digging for a good 2 mins straight trying to make the tray just right. He was obviously desperate as the minute he arranged the litter to his liking, his poo wooshed out at full throttle and the look of relief on his face was obvious.
I dont know if he is just adapting to his new environment or if there is something more medical going on? I do not like the idea of him holding his stools in unecessarily the poor fellow.
We have not yet let him go outside on his own as we have not had him for very long, could this be why?
Help and thankyou!!
Rob
I have recently adopted a 6 year old male black cat from my father in-law. Not sure what breed, just your normal big strong-looking cat. I have had him now for just over a week.
He has always been littertray trained apparantly.
During the day, and when there is nobody in the house, I will return from work to find he has wee'd and poo'd in the litter tray. That is absolutely great and fine.
However the problem starts when me and my missus go to bed. When he needs to go toilet, he will cry and cry and cry until either he defecates on the carpet somewhere upstairs, or until I physically pick him up and place him in the litter tray which is downstairs in the kitchen. I have tried walking him to the tray but this does not work, I must place him in it. Like I said, he uses the tray fine during the day but seems to play up in the evenings when we are asleep.
Last night it all became a bit too much as we ended up having another broken nights sleep, so decided we should lock him out of the bedroom as maybe this would force him to walk to the tray himself. However, constant crying kept us awake even more and we felt too guilty so let him back in.
Then, at 5am, the cat started crying again as he needed a poo. I noticed that when I placed him in the litter tray, he was digging for a good 2 mins straight trying to make the tray just right. He was obviously desperate as the minute he arranged the litter to his liking, his poo wooshed out at full throttle and the look of relief on his face was obvious.
I dont know if he is just adapting to his new environment or if there is something more medical going on? I do not like the idea of him holding his stools in unecessarily the poor fellow.
We have not yet let him go outside on his own as we have not had him for very long, could this be why?
Help and thankyou!!
Rob
