Hi there,
We've had one of our cats, Samantha, for about 13 years now. She was a stray who we took in. While we were at our old house, she developed a habit of pooping in our unfinished basement, despite the litterpan being right there. I don't blame her, it was icky down there. We moved to the new house about 9 years ago. She started doing the same thing in our finished basement, so we keep the door closed. It seems to have stopped that behaviour, even though sometimes she does beg to go down there (we're pretty sure she has to go when she does). No pooping problems since.
About 7 years ago she started peeing on the mat infront of our kitty litter in the sun room. We got a boot mat to catch the urine, and switched to a giant sized, open topped litter pan. Dad also made the commitment to let her out earlier in the mornings. It got her down to doing it only once a week. Since about Christmas though, things have gotten worse. She started peeing in front of the back door, so mom got a boot mat for there. We'd been noticing some wet patches in the living room for the last two weeks and today I caught her peeing in the middle of the floor...explains the wet patches.
We've been to the vet. She says it's not a UTI, and that we've dealt with it this long, we might as well put up with it for a few more years. Trust me, mom's not dealing with this for a few more years.
The litter pan was spotless, the mats were both clean and the other two cats (they've been part of the house for about a year) were napping in the next room when I caught her today.
We've tried non clumping, clumping (sented and unsented) and finally corn based litters in her pan.
We have a pan for each floor of the house, and the other cats very rarely use "her pan".
Her pan is in an area in a corner of the sun room which is not high traffic and she can see out in case of any approaching youngins.
I've read the peeing thread and don't see any extra ideas, although I might have missed something.
I'm at my wits end. Dad wont clean up after her (he's too lazy) and mom talks about putting her down quite frequently. You can imagine what this does for their calm conversations about it. Basically the job of making this better is in my hands, and I'm out of ideas.
please help.
We've had one of our cats, Samantha, for about 13 years now. She was a stray who we took in. While we were at our old house, she developed a habit of pooping in our unfinished basement, despite the litterpan being right there. I don't blame her, it was icky down there. We moved to the new house about 9 years ago. She started doing the same thing in our finished basement, so we keep the door closed. It seems to have stopped that behaviour, even though sometimes she does beg to go down there (we're pretty sure she has to go when she does). No pooping problems since.
About 7 years ago she started peeing on the mat infront of our kitty litter in the sun room. We got a boot mat to catch the urine, and switched to a giant sized, open topped litter pan. Dad also made the commitment to let her out earlier in the mornings. It got her down to doing it only once a week. Since about Christmas though, things have gotten worse. She started peeing in front of the back door, so mom got a boot mat for there. We'd been noticing some wet patches in the living room for the last two weeks and today I caught her peeing in the middle of the floor...explains the wet patches.
We've been to the vet. She says it's not a UTI, and that we've dealt with it this long, we might as well put up with it for a few more years. Trust me, mom's not dealing with this for a few more years.
The litter pan was spotless, the mats were both clean and the other two cats (they've been part of the house for about a year) were napping in the next room when I caught her today.
We've tried non clumping, clumping (sented and unsented) and finally corn based litters in her pan.
We have a pan for each floor of the house, and the other cats very rarely use "her pan".
Her pan is in an area in a corner of the sun room which is not high traffic and she can see out in case of any approaching youngins.
I've read the peeing thread and don't see any extra ideas, although I might have missed something.
I'm at my wits end. Dad wont clean up after her (he's too lazy) and mom talks about putting her down quite frequently. You can imagine what this does for their calm conversations about it. Basically the job of making this better is in my hands, and I'm out of ideas.
please help.