General Chat

Well, Betty's starting to use the litter tray again :-| :-| :-|
I may try your idea, Joy - in the hope it will deter her! :-D

Two of my cats go outside
But Steve the thick one
Doesn't go out I have a Catio for him to play In

I sprinkle his litter box with Shake and vac

and when he covers up his poop
We get a nice scenty smell Rather thank a stinky poop :-D :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Yes, she's becoming 'of an age' :-D :-D :-D

Maybe she just 'forgot' for 9 months, glad she has remembered again though.

So glad to help, Island! :-D

Ann, Betty's 13 - up until 9 months ago, she always did her business outside.

I can only think she was 'jumped' by another cat whilst doing her business.
I know next door's cat is trying to take over the garden - he attacks George, and poos ON the grass.

Strange things cats!! If only they could talk, she might tell you she had suddenly had the realisation that she was meant to poo outside!!! :-D :-D

That's reminded me - I need to get the dogs bedding out of the washing machine. Thanks! :-D

About 9 months ago, Betty (cat) started peeing on my bed :-(
Actually, she rarely moved from my bed (apart, from, to poo), but otherwise, she stayed on my bed.
This was very unusual, as Betty never came on my bed - she hid UNDER it if she was scared (fireworks etc) but she preferred downstairs.
She was one extremely stressed cat.
I covered the bed with an old shower curtain - still she stayed there, and still she peed.
I realised my 10.5tog duvet would be unusable, if she ever moved, but, fortunately, there was a rubber protector over the mattress (I thought it was fine towelling - it was - with a rubber backing :-S)
George (the other cat, who usually sleeps on my bed) and I removed ourselves to the spare room.

After a couple of nights, I knew I'd have to get out the litter tray in an effort to break Betty's compulsion :-|
This I did - and Betty slowly became less stressed - even happy.
I removed the sodden bedding.
Initially she would stay on my bed, but go downstairs to do her business. After a while, she would go outside to sit on the doorstep - and come in to do her business.
Once I was back in my own bed - having bought a new duvet - she even came and slept on it (without peeing) a few times. This could have been just for comfort/security, but it was sweet.
So, the litter tray has been part of the kitchen since.


Now, my sister has a solely indoor cat - who poos once a day.
Betty poos at least 3 times a day :-| :-| :-| :-|
I'd come down in the morning to the 'odour', clean it out - go to work, come back the the distinct smell, clean it up - then just before I went to bed - yes! Another one.

Well, as the weather got hotter it got worse.
Last week, I realised there was nothing to clean out - just wee (which was unusual as Betty had started weeing up the wall, rather than in the box.)
I obviously became concerned for Betty's health, in between really appreciating an odourless house.
I knew she drank a lot of water, she was still eating, but was spending her days on the printer, pulling her fur out (but it's the fur pulling time of year for her - it's definitely not fleas, I think it's, midges).
Could she be bunged up with fur? Should I take her to the vet?

I was watching TV early Thursday evening, when Betty suddenly shot out of the cat flap - and was back in, in a few minutes. The next time she did this, I opened the back door - and there she was, doing her 'business' on the wood bark, on the bank 'where nothing grows' (apart from weeds).

She's going outside! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
She didn't need to see a vet!

Perhaps even she had got fed up with the horrendous pong from her own poo! :-| :-| ;-)