I need to vent with other kitty lovers and just need advice badly here.
One of my cats is having major litterbox issues and I just am at a loss of what to do.
I have 4 cats (which was too many I think but so much for thinking ahead lol)
I started off with just one cat Kami. I met my husband and we moved in together. After maybe a year we decided to get another cat and adopted Kisa from a cat rescue out of someone's home. Kisa was like maybe 6 months old or so, spayed and healthy with her shots and everything. There were tons and tons of other cats with her as well at the rescue and before that with her mother and siblings.
Since pretty much day one that we brought her home we have had litterbox problems.
She is great about peeing in the box. But she doesn't want to poop in it. Instead she will go on the floor in front of it.
Right away I called the rescue and asked her for advice and she told me she never had a problem with it. and that they just used cheapy store brand clumping litter.
About maybe a year after that we found a stray and took him in, Keeba and then maybe 3 years later we got our last cat Kye. Both males.
We had 2 litterboxes. We have had covered, auto cleaning, and now uncovered and a really big one. No matter what we do she still refuses.
We just now moved into a really nice but tiny apartment. We can only fit one box. The first 3 weeks here we had zero problems at all. Everyone used the litterbox perfectly.
Now tonight I go in and she did it again and pooped right on the carpet by the box! We have a plastic mat thing under it to catch litter and is a bit bigger then the box but she didn't even go on that but straight on to the carpet.
I do not know what to do with her. I am super great at keeping the box and the surrounding area clean. I clean the box twice a day. The day it happened I had just cleaned the box even.
This has been like 5-6 years dealing with this and trying everything I can think of and nothing works. As much as it pains me I really am thinking of trying to find her a new home. Maybe one with no other cats or just one other might work better for her?
sigh
One of my cats is having major litterbox issues and I just am at a loss of what to do.
I have 4 cats (which was too many I think but so much for thinking ahead lol)
I started off with just one cat Kami. I met my husband and we moved in together. After maybe a year we decided to get another cat and adopted Kisa from a cat rescue out of someone's home. Kisa was like maybe 6 months old or so, spayed and healthy with her shots and everything. There were tons and tons of other cats with her as well at the rescue and before that with her mother and siblings.
Since pretty much day one that we brought her home we have had litterbox problems.
She is great about peeing in the box. But she doesn't want to poop in it. Instead she will go on the floor in front of it.
Right away I called the rescue and asked her for advice and she told me she never had a problem with it. and that they just used cheapy store brand clumping litter.
About maybe a year after that we found a stray and took him in, Keeba and then maybe 3 years later we got our last cat Kye. Both males.
We had 2 litterboxes. We have had covered, auto cleaning, and now uncovered and a really big one. No matter what we do she still refuses.
We just now moved into a really nice but tiny apartment. We can only fit one box. The first 3 weeks here we had zero problems at all. Everyone used the litterbox perfectly.
Now tonight I go in and she did it again and pooped right on the carpet by the box! We have a plastic mat thing under it to catch litter and is a bit bigger then the box but she didn't even go on that but straight on to the carpet.
I do not know what to do with her. I am super great at keeping the box and the surrounding area clean. I clean the box twice a day. The day it happened I had just cleaned the box even.
This has been like 5-6 years dealing with this and trying everything I can think of and nothing works. As much as it pains me I really am thinking of trying to find her a new home. Maybe one with no other cats or just one other might work better for her?
sigh