My cat is declawed so he cannot go outside. The vet has told us that he is too "difficult" to examine because he bites the vet when we take him but my cat appears to be in very good health for his age. Please help because we don't know where else to turn.
2007-03-21 04:30:16 · 14 answers · asked by tt g 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
you can't he is set in his ways this should have been done when he was a kitten to old to learn new tricks now
thank you
2007-03-21 04:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by cooks delight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's classic declawed cat behavior, sadly. Declawed cats often bite and don't use the litterbox. They also can suffer from arthritis.
Contact a cat behaviorist right away. Sometimes the vet and behaviorist can work together to find a medication that will calm the cat down and the behaviroist can work with you.
I do not recommend declawing again if you get another cat.
2007-03-21 04:48:55 · answer #2 · answered by kary e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Working in a practice this is not uncommon, many people put down their pets for urinating outside of the littler box. In some cases it may be a urinary tract infection which would have to be treated by you Vet. In other cases that cat may have become picky of the place of the litter box, the type of litter, or the size of the box. You can also buy a medium/large dog crate and put a litter box and his food inside and crate him when you are not home to kind of retrain him to use his litter box, most cats would rather then go in the litter box than where they are sleeping. But I would recommend changing the litter first and try a new brand.
2007-03-21 04:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by klgteen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he's never had this problem before he could have a UTI. Health problems are the most common reason for cats to stop using the litter box.
My male cat has been antibiotics for UTI a lot in the past, they never worked. I changed his food and it cleared up on its own. I don't know what you feed him now, but you might want to try that. I use Nutience Holistic which is available in Canada (don't know where you are). Also make sure he always has fresh water to help flush out infection (if he has one).
You could also try another vet. Maybe he just doesn't like your current one.
2007-03-21 04:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by RanaBanana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can. My cat is 17 yrs, I have had her since kittenhood. About a year ago, I switched litter from Feline Pine to one with consistency of sand because her paws are tender and she did not like to stand on the Feline Pine in the litterbox. No problem. About 6 months ago, she decides that she will defecate in the litterbox, but she will now urinate on a towel next to the litterbox. I bought a huge set of "pee-pee" towels and that is what she does now. She pees on the towel and then proceeds to "bury it" by digging around in the towel. Cats are hard enough to change, at this age, getting them to change something is not really an option :)
2007-03-21 05:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by HeatherDel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he has developed incontinence at this age, there probably is a medical reason. Your vet shouldn't have just said 'can't examine him, can't help' - there are always ways with difficult cats! Take him to a different vet who is willing to perservere! It doesn't sound like it's behavioural so you won't be able to train him out of it as he probably can't help himself.
Chalice
2007-03-21 04:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your cat is suffering from old age. He doesn't really know what he is doing and will need a lot of love and support. He mostly will continue these behavior changes as he gets older. 18 years is very old for a cat.
2007-03-21 04:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by upallniteowl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he throw up very much? My cat started defacating and urinating in my home and then I found out he had kidney failure and was sick to his stomach a lot. As soon as I got medicine to help the nausea he stopped going to the bathroom in the house.
2007-03-21 04:50:25 · answer #8 · answered by katsz71 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really think it's because of the age...for a cat, 18yr is getting up there....I think they become a little senile...I had the same problem...I finally had to put mine down due to her age and illness...I had put an additional litter box around though to make things easier...it helped. Good Luck!
2007-03-21 04:38:35 · answer #9 · answered by 2179 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His internal organs are probably shutting down, have him checked out ASAP. the vet can sedate him. My cat acts up at the vet's too. Next, I would get another vet--one who cares!!
2007-03-21 04:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by jcaldw405 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very difficult, he's doing this probably because of his old age. Maybe you can get some more litterboxes for around the house, so he can always find one when in need?
2007-03-21 04:37:44 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋