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I have three cats, so often when there's a problem (vomiting, diarrhea, etc.), I can't tell which cat is affected. Someone is having chronic diarrhea. Yesterday evening, someone vomited (no one witnessed it), and several hours later, someone (I think I know who, since another family member was in the room, and although he didn't notice who went to the box, another cat was on the couch with him, so she can be ruled out. Could it be that one poor little girl had both things happen in a relatively short period?) Once or even twice a day, most days, what I find in the litterbox is essentially a light brown "goo," and it's often spattered on the sides of the box (I use large plastic storage bins with an opening cut in to allow access), and sometimes dribbled at the entry, as if the cat couldn't get into the box quite in time. I have some suspicions about which cat it is but am hesitant to call the vet for an appointment unless I'm sure. I adopted two new cats four months ago, and the problem became noticeable after that; although my older cat occasionally had diarrhea, it wasn't like this, and certainly not so frequently. What's a good way to pinpoint who is responsible? I have four litter boxes, all scattered on the upper floor of our house, so even if I'm upstairs, I not necessarily in a position to catch one of them in the act. Since the incidents often seem to happen after a meal, I could start staying near them (my two new girls are usually in the same room, which makes it easier) for half an hour or so and keeping track of who is going to the box, following one if she leaves the room for one of the boxes elsewhere. I don't think this is just food-related; the two new girls have long since transitioned from the canned and dry food they were eating at the shelter to the varieties I was already using, and I haven't been noticing this diarrhea every day for four or five months! I want to help whoever is having this issue, if only I knew who.
