My cat started going number 1 on the carpet. This is a change because it used to be only #2 and only once every 7-9 days. This is what we have already done:
1. Moved the cat litter.
2. Added a cat litter box.
3. Changed cat litter to every kind imaginable including this one kind that is "guarenteed to work."
4. We have had a covered litterbox.
5. We have had an open litterbox.
6. The litterbox has been in the open.
7. The litterbox has been in a privite area.
8. We went to the vet and got a clean bill of health.
9. She is affectionate to both of us (my husband and I)
10. She used to live in a dump with tons of other cats.
11. The house she lives in now is VERY clean.
12. It always happens when are NOT in the room.
What can we do!?
2006-06-20 01:43:47 · 17 answers · asked by Rev Mel 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
This cat is not a stray. Her old owners had her from a kitten.
2006-06-20 01:58:37 · update #1
She will go to the restroom by her food if her food is moved where she makes "messes"
2006-06-20 02:18:36 · update #2
You just adopted her? She might be marking her new home as hers. Or she might just be stressed. (Mine throws an honest hissy fit!) If she's doing it when you go out, try putting her in an easily cleaned room, with the litterbox nearby - like the bathroom or a section of the basement.
2006-06-20 01:49:07 · answer #1 · answered by zippythejessi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats don't like changes unless they are the one making the choices. Firstly, if this problem has been occuring since Day 1 with this stray, then your problem is that the cat has not been 'housebroken' and toilet-trained. Such things don't happen overnight, especially with street-cats whom you did not pickup when they are still kittens.
What I typically do is lock them up with regularly refreshed food, water and the kitty-litter in a well-ventilated designated room for at least a week or more until the poor cat is acclimatized to your house.
You would want to choose a room which preferable could be the permanent kitty-litter room for the cat, otherwise you could move the kitty litter to a covered yard after the cat has started using the litter for all toilet activities. Wherever it may be located, make sure that its well ventilated and that you clear the litter sand and the kitty waste at least 2 times a day. Cats are fussy and clean animals. Good luck and have a wonderful life with the cat.
2006-06-20 08:52:03 · answer #2 · answered by Son of Gap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy, talk about being at your wit's end!! Well, I hate to say so but now that she has used the carpet and the smell has permeated it, she will most likely continue to do so until you get the odor out. It will not only be in the carpet itself, but in the carpet pad and most likely have gotten through to the floor below as well. You are in for a lot of work, I'm sorry to say. You not only need to have the carpet cleaned, you need to get rid of the pad and have the flooring below it cleaned as well, although depending on what it is made of you may be able to do that yourself. You also need to retrain the cat. I believe I would call the vet back and ask them to recommend someone who can advise you on training; if they don't know of anyone, go to the nearest pet store such as PetSmart, where they have puppy training classes and ask if they can recommend someone; or, you could try your local SPCA or humane society. They may have some suggestions. You should also try not to leave the cat alone in a room with carpeting; if you have a laundry room, or good sized bathroom with linoleum on the floor, where you can close the door to keep her away from the rest of the house you could try keeping her there when you cannot be around to watch her. Put plenty of newspaper or lots of old towels down on the floor to protect it and be sure her litterbox is in there with her. Good luck!
2006-06-20 08:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by gone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw pepper all over and when she does this again move the litter box to where ever the cat is messing if she does not stop, put her in a cage with her litter box, the problem is she is doing like males do marking, but it could be the previous owners had cats and she is uninating where that cat/s were. She can still smell them. If that does not work put the sand box in the toilet and close her in there for short periods after she has urinated in the room she will soon learn that is her punishment.
2006-06-20 08:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your cat probably doesnt dislike the litter. It just likes the feel of the carpet better. Carpet feels alot like grass to cats. First of all clean the offended areas well and spray with a product that removes all traces of urine and feces odors. Make sure you give the room time to dry and then when you cant be supervising your cat put aluminum foil around the room in the spots the cat likes to relieve itselp. Cats do not like the feel, sound or smell of aluminum foil and will avoid being on or around it if at all possible. Do not put a litter box in that room unless you intend to leave it there for good because that will only re-enforce the behavior of relieving itself in there. best of luck.
2006-06-20 09:03:08 · answer #5 · answered by tw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes very frustrating you know I hear so many people complain about their cats & the litter box I used to have a cat who also went pee outside the box she was the only cat I kept it clean etc but still no I think some cats just won;t use the litter box not sure why so you may be stuck with this for the rest of her life
I kept my cat as she lived to be 20.. I just kept cleaning the spots up..so you may have to make a decision....as to keeping her or getting her to an other home..
good luck...
2006-06-20 09:09:03 · answer #6 · answered by muffett1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your cat was just adopted, she is probably marking her territory. other than that, cats are very clean. make sure that the litterbox is not next to the food/water dish, because i have read in a book that cats dont like to eat where they remove waste. wood shavings could be another idea, and you could try dirt too. just keep in mind that she is probably not used to the litter, so you might have to use the same materials that she is used to.
2006-06-20 09:13:15 · answer #7 · answered by Nina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long do you have her? It might take her a while to get used to a new routine. Anyway, the cause is for sure her previous lifestyle. She probably got used to seeing #1s and #2 around and lost her natural instinct.
Maybe your last resort would be to seclude her into a very confined area for a few weeks. She will still have a clean instinct, and will hopefully recover her lost instincts.
Cats can also play up nasty, when they feel lonely.
2006-06-20 09:00:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how old is the cat? and how long have you had the cat? sometimes if you cahinge the litter to much they get confused. find a litter that is average nothing high tech and have patience. show the cat what he/she did wrong and then take them to the litter box there is not much else you can do that i know of good luck.
2006-06-20 08:51:09 · answer #9 · answered by benny619 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put kitty in litter box
tell kitty to go potty
or if there is some doodoo where kitty went get that and put that into the litter box to show kitty what the litter box is for
a clean litter box is good but still a few ounces of used litter tells kitty what the box is for...
2006-06-20 10:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by Linnie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋