Hey guys...posted a couple weeks ago about my cat soiling my bed. I read that it was separation anxiety--solo cat and is really only attached to me.
To make sure it was nothing medical--I paid for a blood exam for her...and all came back negative. The doc said to give her cat prozac for her anxiety--but now I think that it has become habitual as she is doing it while I am in the room (vs only when I was gone).
I've done the following to help alleviate the problem:
I made her a screen door on my window and a step that she uses--she knows how to step in and out so she can amuse herself while I am gone.
I cover my bed in a shower curtain and put her food on top of it. This worked for a little bit--but not anymore, she now poops/pees on the edges that will then fall off the edges of the bed.
I changed her kitty litter box back to the old traditional side-flapped ones (vs the top open one I just got).
I would make no fuss when I leave--and give her less attention when I am here--I try to encourage her to explore other parts of the house.
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I am now running out of options--and I don't know how to get cats to break out of bad habits. The last resort is--giving her away to another home that will have multiple cats so she isn't so dependent on her new owner--or a new home in general so she won't have these bad habits.
Please let me know what you guys think--I feel like I am at the edge of my thread. She soiled my bed and I reprimanded her and put her on the outside ledge for now. She's just sitting there clawing at the door to get in.
To make sure it was nothing medical--I paid for a blood exam for her...and all came back negative. The doc said to give her cat prozac for her anxiety--but now I think that it has become habitual as she is doing it while I am in the room (vs only when I was gone).
I've done the following to help alleviate the problem:
I made her a screen door on my window and a step that she uses--she knows how to step in and out so she can amuse herself while I am gone.
I cover my bed in a shower curtain and put her food on top of it. This worked for a little bit--but not anymore, she now poops/pees on the edges that will then fall off the edges of the bed.
I changed her kitty litter box back to the old traditional side-flapped ones (vs the top open one I just got).
I would make no fuss when I leave--and give her less attention when I am here--I try to encourage her to explore other parts of the house.
--
I am now running out of options--and I don't know how to get cats to break out of bad habits. The last resort is--giving her away to another home that will have multiple cats so she isn't so dependent on her new owner--or a new home in general so she won't have these bad habits.
Please let me know what you guys think--I feel like I am at the edge of my thread. She soiled my bed and I reprimanded her and put her on the outside ledge for now. She's just sitting there clawing at the door to get in.