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Hi! This is the first time I have posted here. I have been a cat owner and lover for years! I would REALLY appreciate some help!
We just "adopted" 3 kittens (about 6 months old). They are garage/outside kittens, however we just had them all spayed and neutered. We have been sorta babying them until they get their stitches out. We have occasionally let them in the house (daily, but not for very long periods of time) and our 12 yr. old cat just hisses at them and wants nothing to do with them. So we have just been letting them play and have been sort of (unintentionally) neglecting our old cat due to the new kittens and their surgery. Our older cat has NEVER been outside..ever!...and has been our indoor kitty since she was a baby.
Here's the problem...yesterday we found a wet spot on the carpet in the hallway....right out in the middle! We thought she just had an accident or perhaps even vomited and just blew it off. Even thought maybe one of the kittens did it and we didn't see it. Well, TODAY, we let the kittens in this morning for about 30 minutes and let them out when we left for my parents house at 9:00 a.m. and were gone all day until now (7 p.m.) and we come home and we find she has poopied on our bathroom floor! Yuck! Right out in the middle of the floor again! I felt SO bad!!!! No more baby kitties in the house again!
I immediately went to look at the litter box and it looks like it had been scooted up against the wall and it looks like she couldn't get in to go (long shot, I know!).
I WANT to believe that she just couldn't get in there, but I'm really suspecting that she is making some sort of statement to us. She has NEVER not used her litterbox....never a single accident in 12 yrs. (I know that sounds unbelievable, but it's true, she has been a great cat!).
What should I do??? Will this resolve do you think since I will NOT be letting the new kittens inside again??? Obviously it is upsetting to her anyway! Can cats be retrained to go in the litter box again???
Help help help! Any advice would be greatly appreciated! And I apologize this was so long!
Thanks in advance,
Kristi and Phillip
We just "adopted" 3 kittens (about 6 months old). They are garage/outside kittens, however we just had them all spayed and neutered. We have been sorta babying them until they get their stitches out. We have occasionally let them in the house (daily, but not for very long periods of time) and our 12 yr. old cat just hisses at them and wants nothing to do with them. So we have just been letting them play and have been sort of (unintentionally) neglecting our old cat due to the new kittens and their surgery. Our older cat has NEVER been outside..ever!...and has been our indoor kitty since she was a baby.
Here's the problem...yesterday we found a wet spot on the carpet in the hallway....right out in the middle! We thought she just had an accident or perhaps even vomited and just blew it off. Even thought maybe one of the kittens did it and we didn't see it. Well, TODAY, we let the kittens in this morning for about 30 minutes and let them out when we left for my parents house at 9:00 a.m. and were gone all day until now (7 p.m.) and we come home and we find she has poopied on our bathroom floor! Yuck! Right out in the middle of the floor again! I felt SO bad!!!! No more baby kitties in the house again!
I immediately went to look at the litter box and it looks like it had been scooted up against the wall and it looks like she couldn't get in to go (long shot, I know!).
I WANT to believe that she just couldn't get in there, but I'm really suspecting that she is making some sort of statement to us. She has NEVER not used her litterbox....never a single accident in 12 yrs. (I know that sounds unbelievable, but it's true, she has been a great cat!).
What should I do??? Will this resolve do you think since I will NOT be letting the new kittens inside again??? Obviously it is upsetting to her anyway! Can cats be retrained to go in the litter box again???
Help help help! Any advice would be greatly appreciated! And I apologize this was so long!
Thanks in advance,
Kristi and Phillip