Thanks, Caroline. We tried a covered box at one point, actually a couple of years ago, but she tended to poop on the lip of that too, so we switched to a regular box with a snap-on lip and that seemed to do it *for a while.* We will certainly look into the Booda Dome, although I'm sure all our other goofs would want to go in it too. And I'll try moistening some crunchies and see if she goes for them. Diane R.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Caroline Kaufmann Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: OT: Moist but not wet food, like Tender Vittles? Diane: Poor thing! That sounds so horrible! Can you get a bigger box? Monkee had the Booda Dome and he loved it. He was very private about his bathroom- he didn't want anyone to ever see him go and he was sensitive about his big size when in the litter box, so I could tell he wanted a really large one because he didn't like if his body touched the sides and he loathed a dirty litter box (god love him, he was such a little clean-freak...now you see why I worshiped him so much! He had so many "human" tendencies!). The Booda Dome is big and has a ramp that leads into it, curving back to where the kidney-shaped "depository" is. Maybe a built-in ramp like that would help? Then she wouldn't have to step up and into a box? As for food, can you try wetting down crunchies? Since I sprinkle Brewer's Yeast on crunchies for my neighborhood outdoor cats, I also add some warm water to wet down the Brewer's Yeast. The little monsters love this! It does make the crunchies softer and soggy after a while, but not as soft as actual wet food, so you would still get some tarter-scraping benefits. -Caroline ________________________________ From: "Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Subject: OT: Moist but not wet food, like Tender Vittles? Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:01:06 -0500 We have an elderly little girl who's got a tartar problem, but is too delicate to put under for cleaning. As a result, we don't think she's been eating the crunchies we let everybody free-feed on all day. She gets whatever part of the 2 wet food cans (the little ones) that we put out every suppertime (and we even think *that* kind of sticks to her teeth, poor thing). We've been looking for something between the crunchies and the wet, the way Tender Vittles used to be, so we can leave them out for her and they won't be too hard to chew. She's so, so skinny -- hyperthyroid -- and we can't seem to put any weight on her little bones. Also, recently she's been missing the litterbox -- she'll climb in, but not far enough not to pee over the edge. We've already tried removing the snap-on lid and repositioning the box, but that doesn't seem to help. Next step is a rubber mat in consideration of our carpet, but I was wondering if anybody had any more useful advice. (I don't know if this is a factor, but a few weeks ago she was at the kitty ER with a big infection from a bite we hadn't even noticed through her long hair. I picked her up one Sunday morning, she said "YOW" and it felt like she'd peed in my lap. Put her down, it smelled like she'd poo'ed in my lap, but it was thin and light colored. Then while I was changing, my housemate went to clean her up, and there was no mess on her bottom, it was coming out of her back. I had never seen so much stinky pus in my life, and from this tiny girl! ER doc shaved her, cleaned up the bite wounds and gave us some Clav. That wound healed up pretty well, but then last weekend there was another big hole, where we think she bit off a big clump of matted fur we hadn't been able to figure out how to trim off her. Now that one is starting to scab over pretty cleanly. We were wondering if maybe her little rump hurts her when she climbs in, or what. Once I tried just scootching her up when she went in there, and she got mortally offended and ran away. Diane R. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. 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