We have two cats. A couple months ago, my sister began having her kids come to my house. I committed the cardinal sin of moving the cat box from a now high traffic area to a quieter spot.
Fats, our eldest cat (an ill-tempered 16lb dominant Korat) has no issues with the move (except once I changed to the non lemon fresh brand and he overturned the box) . Sharkey, our youngest (a meek loving 8lb calico, who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed) has always had issues about covering her feces, opting rather to furiously scrape the sides if the boxes and the wall behind the boxes. This is not much of an issue as I clean the box daily or no more than 48hrs between cleanings with completly new sand every Sunday.
However, with the boxes moved, she has taken to once every 1-2 weeks defacating next to the boxes or to the side. She urinates in the boxes and mostly defacates in them, but will leave me a surprise every now and again.
I have had her examined as I was worried about infections, but the Vet says she is healthy. I can not move the boxes back as the poor things would be terrorized by my neices and nephews. The out-of-the-box art work seems to not have any correlation to children visiting either. It seems a more random act.
Any ideas?
Fats, our eldest cat (an ill-tempered 16lb dominant Korat) has no issues with the move (except once I changed to the non lemon fresh brand and he overturned the box) . Sharkey, our youngest (a meek loving 8lb calico, who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed) has always had issues about covering her feces, opting rather to furiously scrape the sides if the boxes and the wall behind the boxes. This is not much of an issue as I clean the box daily or no more than 48hrs between cleanings with completly new sand every Sunday.
However, with the boxes moved, she has taken to once every 1-2 weeks defacating next to the boxes or to the side. She urinates in the boxes and mostly defacates in them, but will leave me a surprise every now and again.
I have had her examined as I was worried about infections, but the Vet says she is healthy. I can not move the boxes back as the poor things would be terrorized by my neices and nephews. The out-of-the-box art work seems to not have any correlation to children visiting either. It seems a more random act.
Any ideas?