Hi there, I've got a bit of a problem as you can probably guess from the post title. We have two cats now, both female - one we've had for years who is around 8/9 and one we adopted about 2-3 months ago who is about 2. They are both house cats as one is deaf and the younger one has sight problems. The younger one we were told at the shelter had problems peeing in her litter tray.
Anyway, we've had no problems with inappropriate peeing or pooing since getting her until the last week. She has started using her litter tray only occassionally to poo and pee and the rest of the time she will run around the apartment pooing once or twice a day. She has also started peeing in various places. I'm not too concerned about the peeing so much as I know what to do in terms of getting a uv light and some proper cleaner and she only seems to do this in a limited number of locations. I also have been using cat attract litter to encourage her to use her tray. We have 3 trays put out and she seems to use them all, but also does this extra pooing and peeing. However, the pooing problem is getting so bad it is driving my wife and I to tears. We came home today to find poo over one side of the sofa.
The cat doesn't seem to be in any pain or distress and there haven't been any big changes to her routine or environment. The other cat is behaving the same as always too. We are stumped as to what has caused this sudden change and how to solve it. If we can't find a solution we are wondering whether we will have to give her back to the shelter because we seem to spend most of our free time cleaning up cat poo/urine and the apartment continually smells of cat poo. Can anyone help?!
Anyway, we've had no problems with inappropriate peeing or pooing since getting her until the last week. She has started using her litter tray only occassionally to poo and pee and the rest of the time she will run around the apartment pooing once or twice a day. She has also started peeing in various places. I'm not too concerned about the peeing so much as I know what to do in terms of getting a uv light and some proper cleaner and she only seems to do this in a limited number of locations. I also have been using cat attract litter to encourage her to use her tray. We have 3 trays put out and she seems to use them all, but also does this extra pooing and peeing. However, the pooing problem is getting so bad it is driving my wife and I to tears. We came home today to find poo over one side of the sofa.
The cat doesn't seem to be in any pain or distress and there haven't been any big changes to her routine or environment. The other cat is behaving the same as always too. We are stumped as to what has caused this sudden change and how to solve it. If we can't find a solution we are wondering whether we will have to give her back to the shelter because we seem to spend most of our free time cleaning up cat poo/urine and the apartment continually smells of cat poo. Can anyone help?!
