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Cleopatra has been back here for a week tomorrow. The first night she was here, she was absolutely terrified. She quickly settled down and started to sleep on the bed with us. The next day, I got up in the morning and fed the cats... I checked my email and went to make the bed. Cleopatra was sitting on the bed, next to a large wet spot. She had peed on the bed. I took her to the litter box, where she pooped. I washed the sheets and blankets and cleaned the mattress. I figured she was just a little traumatized from her experience. I saw her consistently using the litter box and forgot about her peeing on the bed. A couple days later I found another wet spot but no cat to be found. Again, I washed the sheets and cleaned the bed.
Yesterday afternoon, I was getting ready to walk the dogs when I heard a little scratching sound. I looked over at the bed, and Cleopatra was attempting to cover a pile of poop. Put her in the litter box, washed the sheets/blankets again, cleaned the mattress.
This morning, nothing on the bed, I put her in the litter box but she kept jumping out so I figured she just didn't have to go. Checked my email and wanted to crawl back into bed for an hour or so because I was up a lot last night. Put my hands on the bed... and right into a pile of poop.
Now I don't know what happened to her while those people had her. For all I know, she was locked in a room with no litter box.
We have three litter boxes... one largish and two smaller ones. Two are next to each other and the other one is several feet away. They are kept clean whenever they are used and everyone else uses them just fine. Any suggestions for how I can stop this behavior? I don't like having to wash the sheets daily and am really bothered by the fact that she's pooping and peeing on the bed. I'm not angry at her, I know something must have happened while those people had her.
I will take her to the vet to rule out something medical, but the poop is healthy looking and she is acting just fine otherwise. I honestly think it's behavioral.
Cleopatra has been back here for a week tomorrow. The first night she was here, she was absolutely terrified. She quickly settled down and started to sleep on the bed with us. The next day, I got up in the morning and fed the cats... I checked my email and went to make the bed. Cleopatra was sitting on the bed, next to a large wet spot. She had peed on the bed. I took her to the litter box, where she pooped. I washed the sheets and blankets and cleaned the mattress. I figured she was just a little traumatized from her experience. I saw her consistently using the litter box and forgot about her peeing on the bed. A couple days later I found another wet spot but no cat to be found. Again, I washed the sheets and cleaned the bed.
Yesterday afternoon, I was getting ready to walk the dogs when I heard a little scratching sound. I looked over at the bed, and Cleopatra was attempting to cover a pile of poop. Put her in the litter box, washed the sheets/blankets again, cleaned the mattress.
This morning, nothing on the bed, I put her in the litter box but she kept jumping out so I figured she just didn't have to go. Checked my email and wanted to crawl back into bed for an hour or so because I was up a lot last night. Put my hands on the bed... and right into a pile of poop.
Now I don't know what happened to her while those people had her. For all I know, she was locked in a room with no litter box.
I will take her to the vet to rule out something medical, but the poop is healthy looking and she is acting just fine otherwise. I honestly think it's behavioral.
