Hello All!
I'm new to the forum, this is my first post!
I'm the proud mommy of my two furbabies, Lucy and Milo. Lucy is a 14 month old spayed female, and Milo is a 9 week old neutered male.
The reason I'm posting is because Lucy has been having litterbox problems. She has never had them in the past (the only time she ever went outside of a litterbox was right after she was spayed and still at the vet...she was too scared to come out of her carrier and peed in it). But recently, she's having issues. About 2 weeks ago, there were 2 separate episodes where she pooped all over the floor...not just one pile, but multiple spots in different places. And it was quite runny, so I thought perhaps she had diarrhea and the urgency was part of the problem. The first episode was about a week after Milo came to live with us.
I added a second litterbox, which seemed to help for awhile, but just yesterday she pooped on the floor again (solild poop this time), and last night she peed A LOT on my bed while I was sleeping in it. Nice surprise to move your feet and feel a huge wet spot.
I took her to the vet today, and the vet did a good physical exam and checked her urine, and said everything looked good, no blood in the urine, no infection, etc. So we've determined that it is indeed behavioral.
So I got some of the Cat Attract kitty litter, 2 new litter boxes, and set them up this afternoon. I put Milo in the other room so Lucy could check out the new litter without disturbance, and she got in and peed in the box pretty quickly. I got especially excited when I heard her digging a few minutes later and saw her in the pooping posture!!! Sure enough, she started to poo, but then she jumped with all fours straight into the air and out of the box mid-poo, as if something had scared her, and proceeded to finish her poo on the floor, kind of walking and squatting all at the same time.
Soooooo I'm kind of at a loss about what exactly to do. I bought a bottle of Feliway, and I have three nice big clean litterboxes with Cat Attract litter in them...
She isn't acting upset in any other way...she gets along well with the new kitty, they run and play and wrestle and appear to be having fun playing...???
Any suggestions??
I'm new to the forum, this is my first post!
I'm the proud mommy of my two furbabies, Lucy and Milo. Lucy is a 14 month old spayed female, and Milo is a 9 week old neutered male.
The reason I'm posting is because Lucy has been having litterbox problems. She has never had them in the past (the only time she ever went outside of a litterbox was right after she was spayed and still at the vet...she was too scared to come out of her carrier and peed in it). But recently, she's having issues. About 2 weeks ago, there were 2 separate episodes where she pooped all over the floor...not just one pile, but multiple spots in different places. And it was quite runny, so I thought perhaps she had diarrhea and the urgency was part of the problem. The first episode was about a week after Milo came to live with us.
I added a second litterbox, which seemed to help for awhile, but just yesterday she pooped on the floor again (solild poop this time), and last night she peed A LOT on my bed while I was sleeping in it. Nice surprise to move your feet and feel a huge wet spot.
I took her to the vet today, and the vet did a good physical exam and checked her urine, and said everything looked good, no blood in the urine, no infection, etc. So we've determined that it is indeed behavioral.
So I got some of the Cat Attract kitty litter, 2 new litter boxes, and set them up this afternoon. I put Milo in the other room so Lucy could check out the new litter without disturbance, and she got in and peed in the box pretty quickly. I got especially excited when I heard her digging a few minutes later and saw her in the pooping posture!!! Sure enough, she started to poo, but then she jumped with all fours straight into the air and out of the box mid-poo, as if something had scared her, and proceeded to finish her poo on the floor, kind of walking and squatting all at the same time.
Soooooo I'm kind of at a loss about what exactly to do. I bought a bottle of Feliway, and I have three nice big clean litterboxes with Cat Attract litter in them...
She isn't acting upset in any other way...she gets along well with the new kitty, they run and play and wrestle and appear to be having fun playing...???
Any suggestions??