From: "Whitney Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Take her to a vet, SOON! She may have FUS (feline urinary syndrome) or
| diabetes. Try keeping the boxes VERY clean, and make sure that there
are
| enough "to go around" and they are separated by some distance. Treats
in
| the litter box is not a good idea--I doubt the cat would eat out of its
| toilet, and may associate the box with food/play and not urination.
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Molly Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 12:02 PM
| Subject: OT: Cat Pee
|
|
| > I have this cat who pees on anything. She will dig first though. My
pants
| ,
A vet is a good idea.
But you say she's been doing this for years? And no other symptoms of
illness? Here's an offbeat possibility and solution. Try changing the
litter to something more soft and fine. Or if it is scented, try
unscented because cats are very smell-conscious.
Cocoa was a rescuee with a reputation as a "bad kitty", including bad
toilet habits. We never saw that. We speculated that when her owners had
her declawed, she found the litter to be plain painful. But a few weeks
ago Cocoa stopped using her box when I had bought a coarse brand of
litter. (She went outside, most of the time.) I got a more fine litter
and we're happy again. If your cat hasn't been using the box for a long
time, you'll need to help her understand that you've made it nicer for
her.
You also might try giving that cat her own personal box, in her own
personal space. Maybe she doesn't like to share.
Another unlikely possibility: Has she had possible brain damage? We once
had a (male) cat who was mauled by dive-bombing mockingbirds and needed
brain surgery. He never was quite the same. One symptom was spraying in
closets. At the time we didn't need litter boxes so I can't say exactly
what that was about.
Good luck.
