Problem: Cat Pooping Outside Box
-Cats Total 3 Males
(1) Problem Cat Siamese 2.5 years old. (2) Maine Coon: 3.5 years old. Both cats LOVE each other – eat, sleep, etc etc together. No behavior changes noted
Mother lives with me: Her Cat 8+ years old male. Has been with us over 1 year. No issues with other cats
-Problem cat: super spoiled/loved by me, grain free diet both dry and canned. Eats normally. Drinks normally.
-NEW Changes: Cosenquin chewable x3 weeks. Brother visit 5 days (left 2 days ago). My brother does frequently visit, and he loves this cat. My cat does seem to get along with him. Even sits on his clothes.
-Litter boxes are cleaned DAILY!! No litter changes
-Day #1: Pooped in Brother’s shower and my chair. So thought maybe it’s a territory/revenge thing. We cleaned shower – deep clean and used an enzyme degrader too
-Day #2: Pooped outside bathroom of brother (we closed door). Same as above cleaned.
-Day #3: Brother left this day. Replaced entire litter box set-up – EVERYTHING new and clean. Even added litter attract by Dr. Elsie. We deep cleaned the house, I sprayed enzyme cleaner (Clorox + Orange one) almost everywhere. Cat outside, slept next to me as usual
-Day #4: Pooped in a random spot in the hallway???
-Of Note: Poop is SOLID. Sausage shaped lumpy. Smells like poop (nothing out of the ordinary). Color normal brown.
Now what? My mother can’t have him pooping around the house. Litter is cleaned daily and now the box/mat/litter/linings all new. Used enzyme cleaner to remove any “scents” possible. Brother isn’t home if he’s a trigger etc etc. My only other 2 thoughts are: 1- I saw a red spot possibly from the Maine Coon (monitoring – unsure if it’s from the urine or poop). 2- Cosequin maybe?? Chew-ables making his butt hole lose?
ANY idea? I’m super stressed because if I don’t know the cause…. What if he continues to do this?
OF NOTE: Same cat, when I got him at 4 months old, he used to pee outside box for 1 whole month. Positive re-enforcement did NOT work. Placing him in a large tent with a litter box to retrain did NOT help. The only thing that helped was when I made him smell the pee and said “bad cat” in a firm (not yelling) tone – then I would put him in the large kernel (made for ferrets) and place him in the litter box. Did that twice and he immediately somehow learned. When I came back from work, he would go in the litter box (in and out) and meow to show me. So, I let him out of the kernel after 2 days and he never did that again (under normal circumstances). He did it when my parents visited – peed on their beds and chair twice. So I did the same as above sniff, “bad cat”, kernel with food/water/sandbox aka “punishment” and again never did that again – which is why I said maybe territory or revenge act.
-Cats Total 3 Males
(1) Problem Cat Siamese 2.5 years old. (2) Maine Coon: 3.5 years old. Both cats LOVE each other – eat, sleep, etc etc together. No behavior changes noted
Mother lives with me: Her Cat 8+ years old male. Has been with us over 1 year. No issues with other cats
-Problem cat: super spoiled/loved by me, grain free diet both dry and canned. Eats normally. Drinks normally.
-NEW Changes: Cosenquin chewable x3 weeks. Brother visit 5 days (left 2 days ago). My brother does frequently visit, and he loves this cat. My cat does seem to get along with him. Even sits on his clothes.
-Litter boxes are cleaned DAILY!! No litter changes
-Day #1: Pooped in Brother’s shower and my chair. So thought maybe it’s a territory/revenge thing. We cleaned shower – deep clean and used an enzyme degrader too
-Day #2: Pooped outside bathroom of brother (we closed door). Same as above cleaned.
-Day #3: Brother left this day. Replaced entire litter box set-up – EVERYTHING new and clean. Even added litter attract by Dr. Elsie. We deep cleaned the house, I sprayed enzyme cleaner (Clorox + Orange one) almost everywhere. Cat outside, slept next to me as usual
-Day #4: Pooped in a random spot in the hallway???
-Of Note: Poop is SOLID. Sausage shaped lumpy. Smells like poop (nothing out of the ordinary). Color normal brown.
Now what? My mother can’t have him pooping around the house. Litter is cleaned daily and now the box/mat/litter/linings all new. Used enzyme cleaner to remove any “scents” possible. Brother isn’t home if he’s a trigger etc etc. My only other 2 thoughts are: 1- I saw a red spot possibly from the Maine Coon (monitoring – unsure if it’s from the urine or poop). 2- Cosequin maybe?? Chew-ables making his butt hole lose?
ANY idea? I’m super stressed because if I don’t know the cause…. What if he continues to do this?
OF NOTE: Same cat, when I got him at 4 months old, he used to pee outside box for 1 whole month. Positive re-enforcement did NOT work. Placing him in a large tent with a litter box to retrain did NOT help. The only thing that helped was when I made him smell the pee and said “bad cat” in a firm (not yelling) tone – then I would put him in the large kernel (made for ferrets) and place him in the litter box. Did that twice and he immediately somehow learned. When I came back from work, he would go in the litter box (in and out) and meow to show me. So, I let him out of the kernel after 2 days and he never did that again (under normal circumstances). He did it when my parents visited – peed on their beds and chair twice. So I did the same as above sniff, “bad cat”, kernel with food/water/sandbox aka “punishment” and again never did that again – which is why I said maybe territory or revenge act.
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