Hi everyone,
I am in search of some advice regarding my parents' new 13-week-old male orange tabby, Chance, who they just adopted a little over a week ago from the local humane society after losing their 17-year-old cat to cancer this summer. Both myself as well as my parents have had cats our entire lives, but we have never experienced this problem before, which is why I have come here in hopes of getting some advice for them. Chance has absolutely no problem peeing in his litter box, but just will NOT poop in it. He much prefers my parents' living room carpet!
My mother called me tonight and informed me that he did it again this evening. Whenever my parents see him starting to squat on the floor, they will scoop him up as quickly as they can and take him to his litter box, which is very easily accessible to him and is always clean. They will then put him down in his box and he will start to squat and it will seem like he is about to do his business, but then he stops, jumps out of the box, and runs back to the living room, where he proceeds to poop on the carpet. We are all stumped. He is acting like a perfectly normal, healthy kitten aside from this issue, and his stools do look completely normal, according to my mother. He is eating and drinking just fine and is very playful and affectionate. My parents absolutely love him and are having a blast with him, but they are really hoping to find a solution for this litter box problem. It's very strange that he will pee in his box, but he just refuses to poop in it.
He had a full vet exam and was neutered and had vaccines right before my parents adopted him and he was given a clean bill of health. We are all assuming that this is some sort of a behavioral issue, but we have no idea how to address it since we've never dealt with this before.
If anyone has any tips/advice on how to deal with this sort of issue, my parents and their nearly new beige carpet would greatly appreciate it!
I am in search of some advice regarding my parents' new 13-week-old male orange tabby, Chance, who they just adopted a little over a week ago from the local humane society after losing their 17-year-old cat to cancer this summer. Both myself as well as my parents have had cats our entire lives, but we have never experienced this problem before, which is why I have come here in hopes of getting some advice for them. Chance has absolutely no problem peeing in his litter box, but just will NOT poop in it. He much prefers my parents' living room carpet!
He had a full vet exam and was neutered and had vaccines right before my parents adopted him and he was given a clean bill of health. We are all assuming that this is some sort of a behavioral issue, but we have no idea how to address it since we've never dealt with this before.
If anyone has any tips/advice on how to deal with this sort of issue, my parents and their nearly new beige carpet would greatly appreciate it!
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