So Abby and Mya are 9 month old litter mates that have been with us for the last 4 months. They were born to a stray cat and lived their first 4 months outdoors in the winter. They were caught, lived with a foster mommy for a month, and then adopted by my fiance and myself.
Up until a couple weeks ago, we confined them to one room in the house. The last couple weeks they have been given free roam (except at bed-time). We have not changed much around the apartment except for the occaisional cleanup, and they have switched food slightly (purina kitten to purina one kitten - the store we go to was all out of what they had been eating).
Within 3 times in the last week, ONE or BOTH of them has been POOPING on the FLOOR... RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR LITTER BOX. Before this has happened, they had never had a accident... EVER. I thought maybe the first time it was rebellious to the cleanliness of the litter box, but after checking it out, the litter box was pretty clean (I scoop often). In fact, all three times the litter box has been generally tidy. They don't do it right after a cleaning, but the box isn't even close to being packed with poopoo. I don't even know which one is doing it! I just keeping finding the POO! What the hell am I supposed to do about this? Is one of them sick? I'm worried/grossed out. Any suggestions?
Up until a couple weeks ago, we confined them to one room in the house. The last couple weeks they have been given free roam (except at bed-time). We have not changed much around the apartment except for the occaisional cleanup, and they have switched food slightly (purina kitten to purina one kitten - the store we go to was all out of what they had been eating).
Within 3 times in the last week, ONE or BOTH of them has been POOPING on the FLOOR... RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR LITTER BOX. Before this has happened, they had never had a accident... EVER. I thought maybe the first time it was rebellious to the cleanliness of the litter box, but after checking it out, the litter box was pretty clean (I scoop often). In fact, all three times the litter box has been generally tidy. They don't do it right after a cleaning, but the box isn't even close to being packed with poopoo. I don't even know which one is doing it! I just keeping finding the POO! What the hell am I supposed to do about this? Is one of them sick? I'm worried/grossed out. Any suggestions?