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bonepicker - the litter box is not in the bedroom, it's in the front room by the sliding glass door and windows. Also, the sliding door is left partially open while the screen is still shut so that air can flow through the apartment. We do not keep the litter box in the bedroom because this cat has some seriously pungent feces going on, even if he hasn't eaten yet.
pinkdagger - my SO refuses to do anything about the situation claims the cat is fine and there's nothing wrong with him. I've been noticing strange behavioral patterns for the last three weeks such as, he usually (regardless of my feelings toward the feline species) has no problem being out and about while his owner is away and considering that she was home yesterday for the majority of the day and he was out wandering around, confuses me. As soon as she left, he hid. I haven't done anything to the cat whatsoever. He lays on top of a few tubs that are stacked in the corner of the living room and lounges like the lazy house cat he is and that's fine with me. But recently over the last three weeks, I've noticed he has been agitated and nervous, whether she's home or not. The smallest noises startle him and he runs under the sofa.
He has also been opening the cupboard where the garbage can is kept. He doesn't get into the trash that I'm aware of, or if he does, there's no evidence because there's never a mess, but he opens that cupboard several times daily. We take our trash out in the morning and evening and throughout the day, there really isn't much in there so we re-use shopping bags as trash bags because of the small amount of garbage (it's just the two of us).
The other thing I noticed is that he gets irritated when I sit next to my SO on the sofa. He will stare at me while I'm watching a movie with her and wait for me to get up to use the bathroom and stretch himself along the remaining free space of the sofa and will not move whatsoever. Doesn't exactly help that she doesn't make him move, instead I have a choice of standing or sitting on the floor. I have a bad back courtesy of a former job and lifting slot machines (not great for the back, let me tell ya) so sitting on the floor is something that I can't do comfortably and standing for long periods of time doesn't help with my back pain either.
I do not have insurance, as it is, our power may be getting shut off because she has missed several days of work affecting her paycheck drastically and I have had terrible luck finding a job myself (hard to believe living in a city, but it's true).
pinkdagger - my SO refuses to do anything about the situation claims the cat is fine and there's nothing wrong with him. I've been noticing strange behavioral patterns for the last three weeks such as, he usually (regardless of my feelings toward the feline species) has no problem being out and about while his owner is away and considering that she was home yesterday for the majority of the day and he was out wandering around, confuses me. As soon as she left, he hid. I haven't done anything to the cat whatsoever. He lays on top of a few tubs that are stacked in the corner of the living room and lounges like the lazy house cat he is and that's fine with me. But recently over the last three weeks, I've noticed he has been agitated and nervous, whether she's home or not. The smallest noises startle him and he runs under the sofa.
He has also been opening the cupboard where the garbage can is kept. He doesn't get into the trash that I'm aware of, or if he does, there's no evidence because there's never a mess, but he opens that cupboard several times daily. We take our trash out in the morning and evening and throughout the day, there really isn't much in there so we re-use shopping bags as trash bags because of the small amount of garbage (it's just the two of us).
The other thing I noticed is that he gets irritated when I sit next to my SO on the sofa. He will stare at me while I'm watching a movie with her and wait for me to get up to use the bathroom and stretch himself along the remaining free space of the sofa and will not move whatsoever. Doesn't exactly help that she doesn't make him move, instead I have a choice of standing or sitting on the floor. I have a bad back courtesy of a former job and lifting slot machines (not great for the back, let me tell ya) so sitting on the floor is something that I can't do comfortably and standing for long periods of time doesn't help with my back pain either.
I do not have insurance, as it is, our power may be getting shut off because she has missed several days of work affecting her paycheck drastically and I have had terrible luck finding a job myself (hard to believe living in a city, but it's true).