I have such a sweet cat. I worked in an apartment community, and a resident left her when they moved out. Poor thing didn't have food or water for well over a week and had lost almost all of her fur when I found her. I nursed her back to health, and she has been the most loving pet I have ever had.
She has always urinated on clothing and things on the floor, even if the litter box(es) are clean. I have had her checked, and no health issues. She does TEND to do a LITTLE better if the litter box is cleaned absolutely spotless. We have two cats, they share a litter box, but I don't think that is the problem. She has shared two boxes with another cat, and she has also been the only cat in the years since I found her, but she has always peed on clothing.
Now, she is pooping just outside of the litter box. I have watched her do it to make sure it is a purposeful thing, and it is. She will get in the box and pee, then jump out, turn around, and poop. I don't get it! If the box is good enough to pee in, why isn't it good enough to poop in? Also, she never covers her waste, whether it be pee or poop. She just does her thing, and RUNS out of the room.
I have tried different types of boxes and litters. She seems to like the box we have better than most, and does like the litter more than my old brand. She doesn't pee on clothes as much as she used to, thank goodness, but the poop thing baffles me! She has been to the vet recently and she got a clean bill of health. I can't think of anything that has changed to bring on this new poo issue.
I believe that some of her little personality traits that I love about her are because of the past she had. She is intensely affectionate. She will let us carry her around all day if we wanted to. She is a total lap cat, and follows us around like a little puppy. She does not like closed doors, tight spaces, or the dark. She loves to sit on the edge of the tub when I take a bath. She walks through the house crying for my daughter when she is at school. She is truly a part of the family; I have never had such a sweet animal.
Could her past be the reason why she has peed on clothing and why she is pooping just outside the litter box? Has something triggered her to start this?
