There is a lot of advice about littler box problems but I am not sure it applies to our problem. We have two cats, one male, one female who have lived with us for several years. Both are neutered.
Both cats were originally "rescued' from being outside. "Albert has been with us the longest. He was brought in from the cold (literally) and craved human contact. He is a big (long) cat initially skin and bones.
Albert soon filled out to be a large (very large) cat. He is so fat, he cannot clean his himself. He weighs about 28 lbs. His fur also becomes matted. My wife has tried to brush it, but he doesn't like it pulling the snags.
There is one food bowl for both cats and it is impossible to put one on a diet without doing likewise for the other.
"Casey" was also rescued. She is tiny and much more active than Albert. They get along alright but play only occasionally. While Albert is an indoor cat, Casey would not accept being trapped indoors and snuck out at every opportunity. We allow her out but only during the day. We do not want her out all night.
Off and on for the last year, Albert would miss the litter box with a bowel movement. There are two litter boxes with scoopable litter which are kept clean. Because of Alber't size, he sometimes would get in the box but the business end would be outside.
We got a bigger box. It has stlightly larger sides. There is plastic carpet protector under both boxes. It is the bigger box where he "misses"
As a solution to Alberts matted fur, he was groomed. During grooming, he was drugged and was very strange for several days following. He did come around and went back to his people loving ways. This was about a month ago.
Just lately, he is going back to pooping on the floor in front of the litter box. We believe he still urinates in the litter as there have been no stains or otherswise strong urine order.
We can't put any kind of deterent near the litter box because we believe it would act as a barrier to him getting in. In the next couple weeks we are getting all new carpeting for the house and I am worried the problem will continue. His recent behavior is to do his business on the plastic, but in the past he did it on the old carpet.
Help!
Both cats were originally "rescued' from being outside. "Albert has been with us the longest. He was brought in from the cold (literally) and craved human contact. He is a big (long) cat initially skin and bones.
Albert soon filled out to be a large (very large) cat. He is so fat, he cannot clean his himself. He weighs about 28 lbs. His fur also becomes matted. My wife has tried to brush it, but he doesn't like it pulling the snags.
There is one food bowl for both cats and it is impossible to put one on a diet without doing likewise for the other.
"Casey" was also rescued. She is tiny and much more active than Albert. They get along alright but play only occasionally. While Albert is an indoor cat, Casey would not accept being trapped indoors and snuck out at every opportunity. We allow her out but only during the day. We do not want her out all night.
Off and on for the last year, Albert would miss the litter box with a bowel movement. There are two litter boxes with scoopable litter which are kept clean. Because of Alber't size, he sometimes would get in the box but the business end would be outside.
We got a bigger box. It has stlightly larger sides. There is plastic carpet protector under both boxes. It is the bigger box where he "misses"
As a solution to Alberts matted fur, he was groomed. During grooming, he was drugged and was very strange for several days following. He did come around and went back to his people loving ways. This was about a month ago.
Just lately, he is going back to pooping on the floor in front of the litter box. We believe he still urinates in the litter as there have been no stains or otherswise strong urine order.
We can't put any kind of deterent near the litter box because we believe it would act as a barrier to him getting in. In the next couple weeks we are getting all new carpeting for the house and I am worried the problem will continue. His recent behavior is to do his business on the plastic, but in the past he did it on the old carpet.
Help!
