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My cat has been a problem since I've had it.
Got it from the pound (was a kitten) about 12 years ago. I have 2 major problems with this cat...
1) It poops everywhere. I've tried 2 litter boxes, no help. I put newspaper all around the box, which is where it poops most the time (never poops in box, but does pee). About the other 1/3 of the time, it poops on the carpet. I'm always cleaning it up. I put boxes and furniture in the way of where it poops most the time, but will just poop somewhere else. I clean the box regularly, as well as put down clean newsspapers (as this is where it does most the pooping). I'm just getting sick of coming downstairs (where we keep it) and walking through a "minefield", fearing stepping in cat poop.
I've shoved the cats face in the poop on the carpet and yelled no for a while whenever it did it, but that didnt help at all. It kept pooping where it wasnt supposed to like it was it's job. The other thing.... is when it actually poops on the newspaper around the litter box, it runs off because of the noise of the poop hitting the newspaper. As it runs, most the time a smaller poop ball still stuck to the cat will end up falling off on the cat's escape and randomly end up over the basement. So not only do I have to worry about big poops, but little balls all over the carpet as well!
2) The cat eats everything. We have to keep in locked in the basement (finished) b/c it will get into pretty much everything. It chews through the plastic on the bread and gets to that. I feed it regularly, to the amount my vet specified. It has done this since it was a kitten, comdemned to a life in the basement. Even if I bring food down to eat, the cat will try to take it from me.
Any suggestions on any of these problems would be appreciated. I'm getting sick of putting up with my stupid cat.
BTW- My cat is a "runt" and is small. It is also very affectionate and loves to be pet and held. I can't figure my cat out. I'm beginning to thing it is mentally handicapped or something
Got it from the pound (was a kitten) about 12 years ago. I have 2 major problems with this cat...
1) It poops everywhere. I've tried 2 litter boxes, no help. I put newspaper all around the box, which is where it poops most the time (never poops in box, but does pee). About the other 1/3 of the time, it poops on the carpet. I'm always cleaning it up. I put boxes and furniture in the way of where it poops most the time, but will just poop somewhere else. I clean the box regularly, as well as put down clean newsspapers (as this is where it does most the pooping). I'm just getting sick of coming downstairs (where we keep it) and walking through a "minefield", fearing stepping in cat poop.
I've shoved the cats face in the poop on the carpet and yelled no for a while whenever it did it, but that didnt help at all. It kept pooping where it wasnt supposed to like it was it's job. The other thing.... is when it actually poops on the newspaper around the litter box, it runs off because of the noise of the poop hitting the newspaper. As it runs, most the time a smaller poop ball still stuck to the cat will end up falling off on the cat's escape and randomly end up over the basement. So not only do I have to worry about big poops, but little balls all over the carpet as well!
2) The cat eats everything. We have to keep in locked in the basement (finished) b/c it will get into pretty much everything. It chews through the plastic on the bread and gets to that. I feed it regularly, to the amount my vet specified. It has done this since it was a kitten, comdemned to a life in the basement. Even if I bring food down to eat, the cat will try to take it from me.
Any suggestions on any of these problems would be appreciated. I'm getting sick of putting up with my stupid cat.
BTW- My cat is a "runt" and is small. It is also very affectionate and loves to be pet and held. I can't figure my cat out. I'm beginning to thing it is mentally handicapped or something