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I've got a big problem that so far I've had no luck solving on my own.
For 2 months, I've been working on Ophelia Rose who has litterbox issues. She's peeing where she shouldn't. And not even with consistency.
I can confine her to a room, like the bathroom, with a linoleum floor - she still pisses on the floor, or sprays the walls/cabinets.
I can't dump her in the shelter, because I'd be making the call to kill her. I can't put her outside as a farm kitty, she's deaf. I can't keep her in the house - I've got too many other cats to have litterbox issues start - I'm playing a dangerous game as is.
I realize it could be a cat on cat issue - and I do suspect the other cats are most of her issue. I tried for years to find someone to keep her as an only kitty, no one would (she's had issues with attacking people, other animals, and now litterbox issues). I won't euthanize her.
I have a small 4' x 4' enclosure off a window on my deck, I'm going to start keeping her in there more. Otherwise I'm going to have to shut her in the bathroom, which can be cleaned up easily. I'm contemplating UTI testing her again, for my sake & hers - I couldn't deal with it if she did have a UTI & I ignored it....but she's been negative every time so far.
Once the outdoor enclosure is built (which is taking *forever*), she can go out there - I hate to make her live outdoors, but unless I can get this under control she cannot be in the house.
Sometimes she's a wonderful cat - but dang.....she is one messed up kitty. She's sitting pretty, watching birds out the window, atop the cat tree she peed on....looking content in the sunshine.
Further suggestions/ideas?
For 2 months, I've been working on Ophelia Rose who has litterbox issues. She's peeing where she shouldn't. And not even with consistency.
- Sometimes she sprays, sometimes she squats
- Sometimes she pees on things, sometimes she pees on the floor
- Sometimes it's a small amount, sometimes she pees more than I thought she could ever hold!
- I've got way more litterboxes than cats, with 5 different kinds of litter
- She poops in the box always - but I haven't seen her pee in the box in a very long time
- couches
- chairs
- dog beds
- clothes
- blankets
- anything on the floor
- cat toys
- cardboard
- papers (even on the counters)
- cat furniture
- people!
- pet beds/baskets
- doorframes
- walls
- Feliway
- Rescue Remedy
- UTI testing (three times, every time negative)
- She had bloodwork done not long ago, before all this started
- I tried picking up the things she peed on, she finds someplace else
- Buspar, we are at the highest possible dose - Amitriptyline doesn't work for her - and my vet doesn't want to use Prozac
- A variety of litterboxes, and litters - I just add in a new box in a new location, etc - give her other options
- Enzymatic cleaner & blacklights to find the spots
I can confine her to a room, like the bathroom, with a linoleum floor - she still pisses on the floor, or sprays the walls/cabinets.
I can't dump her in the shelter, because I'd be making the call to kill her. I can't put her outside as a farm kitty, she's deaf. I can't keep her in the house - I've got too many other cats to have litterbox issues start - I'm playing a dangerous game as is.
I realize it could be a cat on cat issue - and I do suspect the other cats are most of her issue. I tried for years to find someone to keep her as an only kitty, no one would (she's had issues with attacking people, other animals, and now litterbox issues). I won't euthanize her.
I have a small 4' x 4' enclosure off a window on my deck, I'm going to start keeping her in there more. Otherwise I'm going to have to shut her in the bathroom, which can be cleaned up easily. I'm contemplating UTI testing her again, for my sake & hers - I couldn't deal with it if she did have a UTI & I ignored it....but she's been negative every time so far.
Once the outdoor enclosure is built (which is taking *forever*), she can go out there - I hate to make her live outdoors, but unless I can get this under control she cannot be in the house.
Sometimes she's a wonderful cat - but dang.....she is one messed up kitty. She's sitting pretty, watching birds out the window, atop the cat tree she peed on....looking content in the sunshine.
Further suggestions/ideas?