cat advice wanted

[Dadaist]

Since coming home, "mummy and daddy's cutum little fluffy boy" (our 13 year old tabby, Chester) has decided that the whole house is his litter tray. He has settled in just fine and does not want for food or attention, but is leaving us little presents.

Can anyone help?

[mr magnolia]

[Dadaist]

[foxy]

[CatzVP]

D,

I phoned my Vet on this one, and he said the stress of moving house can cause this, and often does..... I also found a similar answer on a webpage which I've posted below

What Can I do if My Cat is not using its Litter Tray?

Firstly it would be best not to punish him/her (as tempting as this can be) as it only increases anxiety and does nothing to correct the behaviour. There are various things you could try. Firstly, more litter trays, ensuring they are spotlessly clean, placing newspaper under the tray to catch any spillage. If you have recently changed your cat litter it may be best to go back to the original brand of litter. Confining them to a small space where they have only the choice to go in a tray or their own bed. Any other space could be used up with food dishes. This could help to re-establish correct litter training. Try cleaning the area with some biological detergent followed by a spray of surgical spirit. This should help to get rid of the scent. Stress can also cause this behaviour, for example, a neighbor’s cat, a new cat in the household, a new baby or moving house. You could try feliway, a plug-in diffuser, which is used to reduce stress and can be purchased from the vet. Finally, in the case of incontinence or a urinary infection contact your vet for advice.




I hope this helps Chester!

[Dadaist]

Many thanks, Catz, I had brought home a second litter tray today with completely different litter in it.

There's no way I'd go as far as confining him in a space where he absolutely had to use his tray.

I definitely think it's the stress of moving house (plus being with a different person for 3 months, plus several trips to the vet).

What's more complicated is that he has renal failure as well!!

He has settled in very well otherwise to the new house. We'll see how he gets on with this new tray - but this cat is a creature of habit.....

[CatzVP]

Good Luck...hope all goes well

[Poppy]

[Epykat]

He's just trying to mark his new territory I reckon. Our little darling ( ) started peeing at the front door when our neighbour got a new kitten. It was like her saying 'come any further sunshine and I'll have you'

[scossie5]

If some of the 'presents' are being left in the same places, then you could try aluminium foil laid down as well. Cats don't like the feel of it on their paws (although rolled into a ball they love it!) and the food dish thing is pretty effective too.

See if he is being monstered by another neighbourhood cat - that tends to sends ours off on all sorts of unwelcome toilet habits.

[Dadaist]

Thanks everyone.

He is a house cat and always has been - when I got him as a rescue animal back in 1999 he had never been outside, and we were in a flat. He was 8 then and is 13 now.

It's not just pee-pees.

I really think that confining him to a small space so that he can only go in the tray or his bed would cause him a whole lot of stress - this all started when he had to go to the vets quite a few times over January & February.

[Jamesie]

[Sandra]

poor you lot!

As it has been said Chester will be marking his new territory - it will settle down, promise.

[Beach Babe]

[Bob Jefferson]

[Beach Babe]

[Lizzie]

[Dadaist]

[Jay]

[Mimpty]

[ecm]

[Beach Babe]

lol ecm

Bob beware!!!!!!!

[Dadaist]

Bottled Blessings to help with Taming your Tiger. Hmmm.