Hi,
I recently adopted a cat from friends who owned her for 18 years. She's exceptionally lively and seems to be in very good physical shape...at least from the outside. Ever since I've had her (since Oct. 2005) she's been acting pretty strangely. For one, she is more vocal than she's ever been...she meows at the top of her lungs at times and then just continues to meow at me for seemingly no reason. She is relentless in this behavior. This was something I started getting used to and actually began thinking it was funny and started meowing back at her and we'd have contests to see who would get tired of the game first.
Anyway, now I'm not laughing so much because her new game seems to be one where she pees on my beds and the carpets in the bathroom. At first I thought she might have a UTI but just today I discovered poop in the on the bathroom rug. I think she was mad because I shut her out of the bedrooms where she peed, so she decided to poop in the bathroom to let me know she was mad.
I've tried all the things I've read on this website about getting rid of the scents so cats don't go back to the same spots but so far, it hasn't worked well for me. Now that she pooped on the rug in the bathroom, I doubt she has a UTI because having a UTI wouldn't cause her to lose control of her bowels...only her urine.
One other thing I've noticed about her is her breath smells REALLY bad. I know the people who owned her before never took her to get her teeth cleaned, let alone to the vet for check-ups like they should have. I just wonder, at her age, if spending all kinds of money at the vet is worth it....especially when I don't have enough money to survive very well myself.
I do love her and care about her a lot. I wish they had a free clinic for animals. Wouldn't that be nice?
Thanks for reading
I recently adopted a cat from friends who owned her for 18 years. She's exceptionally lively and seems to be in very good physical shape...at least from the outside. Ever since I've had her (since Oct. 2005) she's been acting pretty strangely. For one, she is more vocal than she's ever been...she meows at the top of her lungs at times and then just continues to meow at me for seemingly no reason. She is relentless in this behavior. This was something I started getting used to and actually began thinking it was funny and started meowing back at her and we'd have contests to see who would get tired of the game first.
Anyway, now I'm not laughing so much because her new game seems to be one where she pees on my beds and the carpets in the bathroom. At first I thought she might have a UTI but just today I discovered poop in the on the bathroom rug. I think she was mad because I shut her out of the bedrooms where she peed, so she decided to poop in the bathroom to let me know she was mad.
I've tried all the things I've read on this website about getting rid of the scents so cats don't go back to the same spots but so far, it hasn't worked well for me. Now that she pooped on the rug in the bathroom, I doubt she has a UTI because having a UTI wouldn't cause her to lose control of her bowels...only her urine.
One other thing I've noticed about her is her breath smells REALLY bad. I know the people who owned her before never took her to get her teeth cleaned, let alone to the vet for check-ups like they should have. I just wonder, at her age, if spending all kinds of money at the vet is worth it....especially when I don't have enough money to survive very well myself.
I do love her and care about her a lot. I wish they had a free clinic for animals. Wouldn't that be nice?
Thanks for reading