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Hi, I have a 1-year-old cat who was taken off of the streets. Currently, we live with 1 other cat. He has asthma which he has an inhaler for now. He also has this problem with digging in the litter box, even when he doesn't need to use the litter box. He'll just go in and dig and scratch for a good 5 minutes at a time, and often. It's hard to deter this behavior, considering that I don't think you can just stop a cat from digging and I also don't want to scare him so that he stops using the litter box, but the sound is awful. I grabbed a calming defuser and am waiting for that to help him calm down enough to stop going in there and digging when he doesn't need to use the box, and I also kind of just hiss at him if he's in there for too long. I say "yes" when he goes in and doesn't stay too long, but... again, it's hard to deter the lengthy digs- I wonder if he's even understanding that the excessive digging is unwanted. He usually only goes in for large lengths at night, too.
If I could, I would just put the litter box farther away so the sound wasn't a bother to anyone. However, I currently live in a 1 bedroom with 2 other people (yeah, it sucks). I will have my own apartment soon, but I would still like to know if there are any solutions for this behavior at all? When I went to the vet with him, the assistant just said "yeah, my cat does that, too! So annoying!" And I didn't really get the chance to talk to the doctor about it in length.
If I could, I would just put the litter box farther away so the sound wasn't a bother to anyone. However, I currently live in a 1 bedroom with 2 other people (yeah, it sucks). I will have my own apartment soon, but I would still like to know if there are any solutions for this behavior at all? When I went to the vet with him, the assistant just said "yeah, my cat does that, too! So annoying!" And I didn't really get the chance to talk to the doctor about it in length.