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A 2-Cat Home; 1 Recently Passed Away. I'm concerned about the other. Here's why......
On Sunday April 2nd, 2006 my sweet Demon Kitty, who would have been 17 this summer, passed away in my arms after a brief illness. I just used the very last of my money to have him cremated individually and the ashes returned to me in an urn to be put at home with his step-sister's ashes who passed in 1993.
His "step-brother" Wizard will be 15 this fall and has been with Demon since kittenhood. We've had other kitties along the way as well. This is the first time Wizard has been the only kitty.
He misses Demon, that is obvious. He looks for him in his old sleeping and hiding places from time to time. When I come in he runs to the door, looks at me and then looks behind me like he's seeing if Demon is coming in with me (although both were always house cats).
He seems to be eating fine, he still loves attention, playing and affection, he's always "talked a lot", but more now.
What worries me is: Demon has been gone almost 4 days now. Wizard eats regular, pees regular, but he's only "pooped" once, and that was yesterday.
What does this mean? He is full of energy, I can play with his string and he chases it like crazy, he acts pretty normal under the circumstances, but he just doesn't seem to be "pooping."
Unless he is suddenly doing t elsewhere in the house and I haven't found it, but in 15 years he's never done that unless the litter box was dirty and then he'd do it right outside the box. A couple times I went away for 2 days (leaving LOTS of water and food) and he got mad at me for not being there and dropped a poop on my pillow each time so it was clearly visible. But he's never gone anywhere else in the house So I still don't think he is.
Why would he be eating and acting and playing pretty normal, but not "Pooping" after his step-brother's death? Would this even be related to his step-brother's passing?
Because I've always had 2 or more cats, the litter box got full regularly. I haven't had 1 cat in many years and I can't remember how often they are should be "doing it." It seems natural, to me, they they should go AT LEAST once a day, shouldn't they?
Please let me know.
PS: What Demon passed away of was not a contagious illness or anything.
On Sunday April 2nd, 2006 my sweet Demon Kitty, who would have been 17 this summer, passed away in my arms after a brief illness. I just used the very last of my money to have him cremated individually and the ashes returned to me in an urn to be put at home with his step-sister's ashes who passed in 1993.
His "step-brother" Wizard will be 15 this fall and has been with Demon since kittenhood. We've had other kitties along the way as well. This is the first time Wizard has been the only kitty.
He misses Demon, that is obvious. He looks for him in his old sleeping and hiding places from time to time. When I come in he runs to the door, looks at me and then looks behind me like he's seeing if Demon is coming in with me (although both were always house cats).
He seems to be eating fine, he still loves attention, playing and affection, he's always "talked a lot", but more now.
What worries me is: Demon has been gone almost 4 days now. Wizard eats regular, pees regular, but he's only "pooped" once, and that was yesterday.
What does this mean? He is full of energy, I can play with his string and he chases it like crazy, he acts pretty normal under the circumstances, but he just doesn't seem to be "pooping."
Unless he is suddenly doing t elsewhere in the house and I haven't found it, but in 15 years he's never done that unless the litter box was dirty and then he'd do it right outside the box. A couple times I went away for 2 days (leaving LOTS of water and food) and he got mad at me for not being there and dropped a poop on my pillow each time so it was clearly visible. But he's never gone anywhere else in the house So I still don't think he is.
Why would he be eating and acting and playing pretty normal, but not "Pooping" after his step-brother's death? Would this even be related to his step-brother's passing?
Because I've always had 2 or more cats, the litter box got full regularly. I haven't had 1 cat in many years and I can't remember how often they are should be "doing it." It seems natural, to me, they they should go AT LEAST once a day, shouldn't they?
Please let me know.
PS: What Demon passed away of was not a contagious illness or anything.