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I have three neutered male cats, all nearly one year old (2-4 weeks away). They grew up together, I've had them all since six weeks. I love each one of them dearly.
I had turned the office into a "cat room". I kept their litter boxes in this room, sometimes I wouldn't scoop every day and they would end up pooping next to the boxes. I realize this was entirely my fault so I stepped up my game and scooped their boxes every day, got clumping litter, and changed the litter out at least once a week. Things were fine for months. A few weeks ago, poop was showing up on the floor again, despite the fact that I was taking great care of the boxes.
I retired the old boxes, got a jumbo sized box with pricier cat litter (the kind made of grain). I thought maybe the dust and drying clay were bothering the cats. I scoop twice a day and I plan to retire the litter twice a week.
Two of my cats go in their new box every time. Here in the living room, where I moved the box, I can monitor their performance. Then one of my cats squats and pees on the shag rug and pees right in front of me! I didn't know what else to do, so I stuck his nose in it (not enough to injure him, but enough to get pee on his nose) and scolded him. I had to roll up the rug and put it in the storage unit. That rug really brought the room together and I'm angry that he peed on it, maybe he felt like it was his own private bathroom because the fibers were long and inviting.
Last night I found poop next to the box and immediately removed it and cleaned the area. Then this morning, he poops on the floor right in front of me!!! I stuck his face next to it and scolded him. Something in my bedroom, I've noticed, smells like urine now.
I can handle kitty destruction and other cat behaviors, no problem, but I cannot keep a cat that uses the carpet as a toilet. I am heartbroken because I am completely attached to these cats. They are my children. However, my apartment, which I rent, is going to smell like cat pee like the "cat room" already does. This is disgusting and unsanitary. I can't come home from school/work every day and clean up another creature's poop. What happens when I bring friends over?
What do I do? The last thing I want to do is get rid of my cat. It is traumatizing for them, and I know the other two would be devastated. I just don't know how to correct this behavior and I don't have much time before the smell of pee overpowers the place.
I had turned the office into a "cat room". I kept their litter boxes in this room, sometimes I wouldn't scoop every day and they would end up pooping next to the boxes. I realize this was entirely my fault so I stepped up my game and scooped their boxes every day, got clumping litter, and changed the litter out at least once a week. Things were fine for months. A few weeks ago, poop was showing up on the floor again, despite the fact that I was taking great care of the boxes.
I retired the old boxes, got a jumbo sized box with pricier cat litter (the kind made of grain). I thought maybe the dust and drying clay were bothering the cats. I scoop twice a day and I plan to retire the litter twice a week.
Two of my cats go in their new box every time. Here in the living room, where I moved the box, I can monitor their performance. Then one of my cats squats and pees on the shag rug and pees right in front of me! I didn't know what else to do, so I stuck his nose in it (not enough to injure him, but enough to get pee on his nose) and scolded him. I had to roll up the rug and put it in the storage unit. That rug really brought the room together and I'm angry that he peed on it, maybe he felt like it was his own private bathroom because the fibers were long and inviting.
Last night I found poop next to the box and immediately removed it and cleaned the area. Then this morning, he poops on the floor right in front of me!!! I stuck his face next to it and scolded him. Something in my bedroom, I've noticed, smells like urine now.
I can handle kitty destruction and other cat behaviors, no problem, but I cannot keep a cat that uses the carpet as a toilet. I am heartbroken because I am completely attached to these cats. They are my children. However, my apartment, which I rent, is going to smell like cat pee like the "cat room" already does. This is disgusting and unsanitary. I can't come home from school/work every day and clean up another creature's poop. What happens when I bring friends over?
What do I do? The last thing I want to do is get rid of my cat. It is traumatizing for them, and I know the other two would be devastated. I just don't know how to correct this behavior and I don't have much time before the smell of pee overpowers the place.