Hi helpy helpertons. I just found this site and thought I'd try my luck here. I have a close to 7 year old rescue in the form of a beautiful boy Maine Coon. I rescued him about 4 years ago, and his potty problems started early on. He pee'd on my bed before he ever used the box, but that straitened itself out right away. Thing is, he almost never poops IN the box, but right NEXT TO. I've read up a lot about this and tried a lot of things. I've tried Cat Attract litter. I've tried spraying the areas outside the box that he's used with Nature's Miracle. I've tried moving the box over just a little bit to cover the area he did poop on (he just poops on the other side of box). We adopted a 2nd cat about 9 months ago (Siamese) and she has zero problems with box etiquette.
Peeing is not an issue for him. He uses the box for #1 100% of the time. We just moved to a new apartment and we have two boxes in separate rooms, and we clean them both once before going to work and once before going to bed. We've tried with and without liners and it makes no difference to him. Washing out the box, no difference. He used the box for #2 just fine when we first moved a month ago, but that quickly declined to almost never. The fact that it's always in the immediate vicinity of the box is what makes me think it's behavioral.
Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you so much in advance.
Peeing is not an issue for him. He uses the box for #1 100% of the time. We just moved to a new apartment and we have two boxes in separate rooms, and we clean them both once before going to work and once before going to bed. We've tried with and without liners and it makes no difference to him. Washing out the box, no difference. He used the box for #2 just fine when we first moved a month ago, but that quickly declined to almost never. The fact that it's always in the immediate vicinity of the box is what makes me think it's behavioral.
Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you so much in advance.