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| 3586.1 | | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Thu May 10 1990 12:25 | 8 |
| Maybe she has a urinary tract infection and is trying to yet you know
that something is wrong. Or maybe she was just so excited by playing
that she lost control.
Personally, I'd being her to the vet for a checkup.
Deb
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| 3586.2 | Easily stressed? Jealous? | BOOVX1::MANDILE | | Thu May 10 1990 14:39 | 11 |
| Vet visit first - in case of a medical problem
if everything's o.k.-
Sounds like the break in routine (sleeping on the floor)
disturbed your cat, just as it started to settle in.
Seems maybe it is easily stressed?
BTW, rubbing the cats nose in "it" doesn't do anything except
give you a smelly cat. They don't associate it with doing
wrong. (my vet told me this)
L-
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| 3586.3 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Fri May 11 1990 09:27 | 9 |
| I have a pamphlet on eliminative problems in cats and it stresses
that punishment does virtuallly NO GOOD in this type of situation.
I'll try to remember to bring it in on Monday and type some of it
into the file. I don't think it had anything new in it (for me) but
it was good sound advice and offered some suggestions.
Nancy DC
p.s. the book also said that vinegar & water is a good deodorizing
agent. do not use ammonia
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| 3586.4 | Something must have changed.... | IOSG::THOMPSONR | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be | Fri May 11 1990 11:21 | 16 |
| Sophie unrinated on our duvet after a visit to my mothers place, where the
litter she was using was different to normal and was not as effective, so the
tray was very dirty. It was before she'd learned to use outside, so she was
either desperate to pee, or reacting to the change in surroundings I guess.
It is strange that your cat was OK, and now all of a sudden has returned to its
old ways. Think very carefully about its recent surroundings and behaviour.
Cats put their environment above everything else - if anything changes that
upsets them it can have undesirable consequences. Has the only change been
sleeping downstairs? Has a neighborhood cat suddenly started giving her
trouble? Does she still like being outside?
Other than that, I can only think that she must find your sleeping downstairs
disturbing in some way....
[Ruth]
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| 3586.5 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Fri May 11 1990 14:24 | 6 |
| This reminds me that Holly has been fine about using the litter box
for quite a long time now, but every morning I have to remove the
pillows from the bed and put them elsewhere. Otherwise.... I guess
with some cats there are some things you just can't do. If only
they could talk....
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| 3586.6 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Mon May 14 1990 09:19 | 20 |
| re: .5 - We're doing some similar things. I've had to put a plastic
bag on top of the catbox-tent thing we got. You may have seen this
thing at catshows. Its a nylon box with plastic tubular frame and
its big enough for a jumbo catbox. The entry is on the side but
our guys haven't figured it out. We just leave the flap on the
front open. Over the weekend I threw it in the washingmachine and
then treated the area on which ?Bob? has pee'd with vinegar and water.
He's still showing interest in the area so now I'm keeping a plastic
bag on top. Whoever it is, was very cooperative and pee'd on the bag.
Easy cleanup.
Anyway, I'm at the point of covering some of the places that have been
used and we do seem to be making progress. In our case, the presence
of Halley (Scottish fold queen) may have alot to do with this. Tho
the problem started before she moved in.
I guess you just take it one day at a time and keep trying to
discourage them from using areas other than the catbox. sigh...
Nancy DC
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