Greetings,
So, we have 2 cats and 1 kitten (a rescue). The 2 male cats are older, 1 year and 3 years and the kitten is about 10ish weeks. The males are neutered, the female is not.
After a week, they get along very well, though they play a bit too rough sometimes.
The problem we have is that the new kitten poops (and peed 1 time) along the baseboards of the floor in my bedroom, at night (when I am asleep) or when I am not there.
Now, she does use the litterbox with the other cats. Even with a clean litterbox, she still will use along the baseboards in my room if I am asleep or absent. All day long though, otherwise, she uses it. Concequently, I never manage to catch her doing it. At night, we have a nightlight in that room with the food/litter for the cats to see with.
I live in a tiny 3 bedroom duplex. I have a roommate as well. The 3rd room has storage stuff and the cat box and food (spaced away from each other). The kitchen and bathroom are tiny and have no place for littleboxes. We don't even have a full size refrigerator or freezer, they are dorm sized (two people are a tight fit in the kitchen). So litterboxes in other rooms are out of the question.
Now, I can't keep a litterbox in my room. I have 3 cockatiels in a large cage and if I put a litterbox in here ALL 3 cats use it instead of the other and end up startling the birds constantly. They don't seem to mind using the same litterboxes.
I have taken her to the vet and had her checked out, she was de-wormed but they didn't find anything else amiss (she had roundworms).
I'm at a loss as what to do. Is there anything I can rub (or spritz, I can't use aersols or anything liek that) into the carpet to make that area smell less appealing? I'm gonna start carring her to the litterbox every time I leave my room to get something.
Anyway, I'd appreciate some suggestions and insight if anyone has any.
So, we have 2 cats and 1 kitten (a rescue). The 2 male cats are older, 1 year and 3 years and the kitten is about 10ish weeks. The males are neutered, the female is not.
After a week, they get along very well, though they play a bit too rough sometimes.
The problem we have is that the new kitten poops (and peed 1 time) along the baseboards of the floor in my bedroom, at night (when I am asleep) or when I am not there.
Now, she does use the litterbox with the other cats. Even with a clean litterbox, she still will use along the baseboards in my room if I am asleep or absent. All day long though, otherwise, she uses it. Concequently, I never manage to catch her doing it. At night, we have a nightlight in that room with the food/litter for the cats to see with.
I live in a tiny 3 bedroom duplex. I have a roommate as well. The 3rd room has storage stuff and the cat box and food (spaced away from each other). The kitchen and bathroom are tiny and have no place for littleboxes. We don't even have a full size refrigerator or freezer, they are dorm sized (two people are a tight fit in the kitchen). So litterboxes in other rooms are out of the question.
Now, I can't keep a litterbox in my room. I have 3 cockatiels in a large cage and if I put a litterbox in here ALL 3 cats use it instead of the other and end up startling the birds constantly. They don't seem to mind using the same litterboxes.
I have taken her to the vet and had her checked out, she was de-wormed but they didn't find anything else amiss (she had roundworms).
I'm at a loss as what to do. Is there anything I can rub (or spritz, I can't use aersols or anything liek that) into the carpet to make that area smell less appealing? I'm gonna start carring her to the litterbox every time I leave my room to get something.
Anyway, I'd appreciate some suggestions and insight if anyone has any.