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I have taken in a cat that has been living in our garden for 2 and a half years now. She was a feral and I tamed her enough to be friendly and let me pet her. She also got to know my indoor cat through the mesh door all this time, they are pretty friendly.
Now she had a bad eye infection as described here and I had to take her in last Thursday night and then took her to the vet on Friday. The treatment is working well and her eyes are much better.
Now, I got her a separate toilet in case she does not want to share with my other cat and she started to pee in there the next night after peeing on a blanket once before, but I put catnip on it and she got excited. She has been using the toilet to pee 3 times since.
She is sitting on a chair under the table most of the day, but come out to eat and I get her on the sofa as well and pet her, she purrs and likes it, but still spends most of the day on the chair where she can see the living room but is somewhat protected by the backrest and the table.
I have been worried about her pooping, because she didn't do any so far and I was worried about a constipation. When she was outside she mostly had dry food, but when I got her inside I switched to wet food so that she gets enough water and also eats more, she likes the cans I give her, so she has been eating quite a lot since Friday.
Now what I did tonight was giving her some cat treats and I usually lore her on the couch which is covered with a fleece blanket, so that I can pet her and make her feel good. She was there for a while, purring and rubbing against me and the treat bag. I scratched her and also rubbed her belly to stimulate bowl movement. All of a sudden I noticed she was making a round back and I know what was coming, and rightly so, she pooped on the blanket and me
Oh well, I am a pragmatist, so I did not do anything, because I found it more important that she got rid of the poop than to safe the blanket or my shirt. So she did quite a lot, consistency was not hard as I expected, but well formed, yet wet on the outside and slimey, so not the typical hard constipated poop.
Well, I cleaned up and threw the blanket and the shirt in the washer, but I am now wondering.
Was this an accident, that happened because she all of a sudden had it coming and couldn't spend the intellectual capacity to associate the toilet she used for peeing as a better solution, or should I be worried now that this is some behavioral problem and she might repeat it? I did not get angry at her because I did not want her to get scared of pooping per se. She was a bit aggravated later, because I had to shoo her away from the garden door to get back inside after I took the blanket outside, but I reassured her and gave her treats and she calmed down.
So any idea what I should make out of this?
Thanks in advance
Now she had a bad eye infection as described here and I had to take her in last Thursday night and then took her to the vet on Friday. The treatment is working well and her eyes are much better.
Now, I got her a separate toilet in case she does not want to share with my other cat and she started to pee in there the next night after peeing on a blanket once before, but I put catnip on it and she got excited. She has been using the toilet to pee 3 times since.
She is sitting on a chair under the table most of the day, but come out to eat and I get her on the sofa as well and pet her, she purrs and likes it, but still spends most of the day on the chair where she can see the living room but is somewhat protected by the backrest and the table.
I have been worried about her pooping, because she didn't do any so far and I was worried about a constipation. When she was outside she mostly had dry food, but when I got her inside I switched to wet food so that she gets enough water and also eats more, she likes the cans I give her, so she has been eating quite a lot since Friday.
Now what I did tonight was giving her some cat treats and I usually lore her on the couch which is covered with a fleece blanket, so that I can pet her and make her feel good. She was there for a while, purring and rubbing against me and the treat bag. I scratched her and also rubbed her belly to stimulate bowl movement. All of a sudden I noticed she was making a round back and I know what was coming, and rightly so, she pooped on the blanket and me
Oh well, I am a pragmatist, so I did not do anything, because I found it more important that she got rid of the poop than to safe the blanket or my shirt. So she did quite a lot, consistency was not hard as I expected, but well formed, yet wet on the outside and slimey, so not the typical hard constipated poop.
Well, I cleaned up and threw the blanket and the shirt in the washer, but I am now wondering.
Was this an accident, that happened because she all of a sudden had it coming and couldn't spend the intellectual capacity to associate the toilet she used for peeing as a better solution, or should I be worried now that this is some behavioral problem and she might repeat it? I did not get angry at her because I did not want her to get scared of pooping per se. She was a bit aggravated later, because I had to shoo her away from the garden door to get back inside after I took the blanket outside, but I reassured her and gave her treats and she calmed down.
So any idea what I should make out of this?
Thanks in advance