Have any of you ever heard of training your kitties to throw up on certain surfaces?
A friend of mine asks me:
"We have 4 cats, one of whom has epilepsy, and one of whom has a 'sensitive tummy,' and a third of which is a long-hair, and gets hairballs, and HATES/will not lick the hairball remedy stuff. (All are strictly-indoor cats.)
The ones I've specifcally mentioned have a habit of vomiting on the rug...the epileptic one will sometimes wolf her food after a seizure, and have it bounce right back up...often into the food dish. But the other ones....hairball, or whatever...
Is there any way to teach them that if they are going to "urp," to do it in the litter box, or at least on a hard surface floor, instead of the carpet???? The problem is trying to catch them at it! It will happen when we are not home, or overnight,....seldom right in front of us. If we DO see them, we snatch them up and toss them into the bathroom & shut the door...
We "inherited" this carpet when we bought the house, and it needs to last a few more years before we can afford to get new flooring, probably hardwood instead...for just this reason!"
Do any of you have any suggestions, or ideas that might help her?
I'm curious to know if any of you have done this, or whatever advice you may have for her. I'm home most of the time, so I'm able to catch them with a piece of paper under their nose, or some such.
Thanks guys!!
A friend of mine asks me:
"We have 4 cats, one of whom has epilepsy, and one of whom has a 'sensitive tummy,' and a third of which is a long-hair, and gets hairballs, and HATES/will not lick the hairball remedy stuff. (All are strictly-indoor cats.)
The ones I've specifcally mentioned have a habit of vomiting on the rug...the epileptic one will sometimes wolf her food after a seizure, and have it bounce right back up...often into the food dish. But the other ones....hairball, or whatever...
Is there any way to teach them that if they are going to "urp," to do it in the litter box, or at least on a hard surface floor, instead of the carpet???? The problem is trying to catch them at it! It will happen when we are not home, or overnight,....seldom right in front of us. If we DO see them, we snatch them up and toss them into the bathroom & shut the door...
We "inherited" this carpet when we bought the house, and it needs to last a few more years before we can afford to get new flooring, probably hardwood instead...for just this reason!"
Do any of you have any suggestions, or ideas that might help her?
I'm curious to know if any of you have done this, or whatever advice you may have for her. I'm home most of the time, so I'm able to catch them with a piece of paper under their nose, or some such.
Thanks guys!!