Cat has diarrhea

jon91

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I been having my norwegian forest cat which is a calico for 1 year 8 months. She is also spayed. She always went inside the litter box but stopped around the time when i took in a tuxedo cat from certain death being left to die outside my work (she was like under 1 week old when i found her). My oldest cat occasionally went outside the litter box. But ow she wont stop going outside. She runs in full speed around my living room leaving poop everywhere. She had been doing diarrhea so i took her to the vet couple days ago thinking she might had worms. The vet told me she had worms and gave her a shot and i need to take her in again in another week to get another one. She was pooping hard normal stool for the last couple days until yesterday and today where she pooped normal poop and also diarrhea in one go. What might be wrong with her? Is this a behavioral problem against my other little tuxedo cat since my calico doesnt like her a bit, always hissing and slapping her when ever she gets close. 
 

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 Welcome to TCS and bless you for rescuing that tuxedo! My guess is that your cat is reacting to the worms but also:

Does she have her own two litter boxes ?-

My Maine Coon and some of my former ferals use at least two - one for pee and one for poop because wild cats keep the two separate so the ammonia from the urine doesn't make the poop smell more which would alert predators to the presence of the cats. She also may not feel comfortable sharing her boxes with the newbie.

Is her litter UNSCENTED (VERY IMPORTANT) -

If it hurt to poop because of irritation from the worms, your cat may have begun associating her litterbox with pain or discomfort. Also, the scents in the litter can irritate a cat's sensitive rearend and I have even seen cats have diarrhea from the scented litter. 

If her rear end seems irritated, you can try some A&D ointment, neosporin or coconut oil as a salve. And if the litter is scented, please throw it out (you can always keep it in the emergency kit to put in a 5 gal bucket for a people-litter-box in case of natural disaster or sewer problems).

Sending prayers & vibes that your NF calico gets better soon and also learns to love her new sibling so that once again, harmony returns to your home 
 
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