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Hi,
So I have an issue with my 11 month old cat as she will wee in the litter box, but will not poo in it.
Basically it started in June when she was 4 months old so not long after we got her and she started pooing in the bath randomly. Then it turned to every day. So we kept the bathroom door shut at all times and it stopped and she started going in the litter tray again.
We moved 2 months ago and after a couple of weeks she started pooing on the floor right next to the litter tray. This would happen on occasion but not every day and now for the past month she’s been doing it every single day on the floor.
We haven’t changed litter, we clean out poo as soon as it’s in there and we clean out the entire thing every 2 days. We tried changing the litter to a more expensive one and this didn’t help, we have two cats and had one each for them but they both used the same one so we bought an expensive larger litter tray that they could both use and this made no difference. We tried going back to 2 litter trays incase it was putting her off having to share and that made no difference. She’s not ill, she’s not stressed, if anything she’s more chilled out in this house.
I have caught her in the act twice and put her straight in the litter tray, once she refused to go in there and kept jumping out and was literally about to go right there and then so I gave up and had to put some newspaper down quickly and she went on there. The second time I put her in and she went in there, I’m guessing she was desperate. I gave her treats and a massive fuss after doing it but that didn’t encourage her next time.
I’m making sure I’m not cleaning it with anything lemon smelling and I’m cleaning it properly and disinfecting the floor but it’s not always the same place that she does it. We moved the litter tray recently to see if that made any difference and she just decided to move with it and poo right next to the new spot where the litter tray is !!
Not only is it a pain but I’m heavily pregnant and so it’s very unhygienic but also I’m worried when baby arrives and starts crawling he may go and pick it up or walk in it or anything. I don’t know what to do anymore. Apart from this she is the perfect cat but this is driving me and my partner mad and she doesn’t go at the same time every day so it is impossible for me to be on stand by watching to catch her in the act every day.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
So I have an issue with my 11 month old cat as she will wee in the litter box, but will not poo in it.
Basically it started in June when she was 4 months old so not long after we got her and she started pooing in the bath randomly. Then it turned to every day. So we kept the bathroom door shut at all times and it stopped and she started going in the litter tray again.
We moved 2 months ago and after a couple of weeks she started pooing on the floor right next to the litter tray. This would happen on occasion but not every day and now for the past month she’s been doing it every single day on the floor.
We haven’t changed litter, we clean out poo as soon as it’s in there and we clean out the entire thing every 2 days. We tried changing the litter to a more expensive one and this didn’t help, we have two cats and had one each for them but they both used the same one so we bought an expensive larger litter tray that they could both use and this made no difference. We tried going back to 2 litter trays incase it was putting her off having to share and that made no difference. She’s not ill, she’s not stressed, if anything she’s more chilled out in this house.
I have caught her in the act twice and put her straight in the litter tray, once she refused to go in there and kept jumping out and was literally about to go right there and then so I gave up and had to put some newspaper down quickly and she went on there. The second time I put her in and she went in there, I’m guessing she was desperate. I gave her treats and a massive fuss after doing it but that didn’t encourage her next time.
I’m making sure I’m not cleaning it with anything lemon smelling and I’m cleaning it properly and disinfecting the floor but it’s not always the same place that she does it. We moved the litter tray recently to see if that made any difference and she just decided to move with it and poo right next to the new spot where the litter tray is !!
Not only is it a pain but I’m heavily pregnant and so it’s very unhygienic but also I’m worried when baby arrives and starts crawling he may go and pick it up or walk in it or anything. I don’t know what to do anymore. Apart from this she is the perfect cat but this is driving me and my partner mad and she doesn’t go at the same time every day so it is impossible for me to be on stand by watching to catch her in the act every day.
Any advice greatly appreciated!