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Adopted world's most frightened cat

Cribynkle said:
Yup, but it's also when they're more likely to get run over or attacked by foxes so it's best to keep them in a night if you can. It's not every cat that'll let you do that mind :)
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I have always tried to encourage my cats to go out at night and, in fact, for many years didn't even have a cat flap so that they were locked out at night time! Traditionally, that's what people do with their cats - remember the Flintstones? :)

Mind you, my current trio hardly go out at all, so times have changed a bit, there...
 
Erm, any ideas why the cat did a shit in the corner of the conservatory rather than in the nearby litter tray?

Looking in the tray, there was a dump already in there, so perhaps he didn't want to go in there because the litter needs changing? It's one of those covered-over indoor trays.

Still seems a bit weird though because up till now he's been perfectly toilet-trained.

We should scoop out the crap every day, right? Then what do you do with it - bag in wheelie bin?

We're using the Sophisticat wood pellets as recommended earlier in this thread. I also got a tub of Bob Martin Litter Freshener to sprinkle on the top that apparently deodorizes. Though confusingly it says you should only use this just on new litter, when I would have thought you'd use it after scooping.
 
Yeah clean the crap daily.

He might just want new kitteh litter...... tbf mine went through a period of crapping in the house when it was wet and cold outside when I first got her.... I rearranged the furniture to get rid of her crapping place, and she's not done it since.
 
i'mnotsofast said:
Erm, any ideas why the cat did a shit in the corner of the conservatory rather than in the nearby litter tray?

Looking in the tray, there was a dump already in there, so perhaps he didn't want to go in there because the litter needs changing? It's one of those covered-over indoor trays.

Still seems a bit weird though because up till now he's been perfectly toilet-trained.

We should scoop out the crap every day, right? Then what do you do with it - bag in wheelie bin?

We're using the Sophisticat wood pellets as recommended earlier in this thread. I also got a tub of Bob Martin Litter Freshener to sprinkle on the top that apparently deodorizes. Though confusingly it says you should only use this just on new litter, when I would have thought you'd use it after scooping.
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... aaaand it begins! :D
 
Yeah it needs cleaning out every day. Our cat likes to have a lot of litter to dig in; try topping up what's in there by a fair bit so the cat can dig down.

If I recall right the posh woodchip ones can be flushed down the loo; check the back of the litter packet. Or as you said, bag it and chuck it with the rubbish.
 
Also, try cleaning it out at the same time of day. With our cat at least she seems to go at a regular time of day, and if the litter hasn't been cleaned out she'll just hold it in and get more and more shouty until it's cleaned out.

Usually mine goes outside, I've only discovered this over the past week as we've had to keep her in because she got into a fight and hurt herself. What I am saying could well be bollocks tbh, I think people who keep house cats are probably better clued up on this.
 
Our cat could go outdoors during the daytime when the window's open, but I think has got the habit of using the tray.

Thanks for the advice about cleaning it out at a regular time. That makes sense.

And I can see that we definitely need to be scooping every day. Otherwise the longer we leave it, the worse it will be....
 
i'mnotsofast said:
Erm, any ideas why the cat did a shit in the corner of the conservatory rather than in the nearby litter tray?
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Would you like to go to the loo in a cubicle filled with crap? :hmm:

Cats are fussy like that you know, and if their servants don't do their job, they'll make it known to them ;)
 
And it can't be the 'world's most frightened cat', my mum had those - they didn't come out from under the sofa for nearly a year! :eek:
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Cats are fussy like that you know, and if their servants don't do their job, they'll make it known to them ;)
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My cats occasionally shit in the house when the litter tray is smelly. It drives me insane when they do it, not least because they try to dig up the carpet to bury it!

The only way to stop it is to keep cleaning out the litter tray.

I always expected my cats to be outdoor ones, but one of them is too scared to go or stay out, despite my best attempts. When I moved the litter tray, as part of the process of persuading them to shit outside, she just shat where it had been! This happened so many times that I moved it back, and all three of them still shit it in, even though two of them seem happy to go out.

I hate having a litter tray!
 
We shampooed the cat last night!

I know it's not a particularly necessary thing to do, but he did smell a bit. And, okay, we thought it would be funny.

We were going to do it in the kitchen sink, but it would be too easy for him to escape so we put him in the bath instead.

This is what we used: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003BOHP6E/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details

We put a towel down in the bath so he wouldn't slip around too much. We had the water in a bowl so we knew the temperature was okay. The first splash of water was the one he hated the most. He tried to jump out of the bath, clinging helplessly to my arm and shoulder. But he didn't actually scratch me, and he was good about letting us rub in the shampoo.

After rinsing him we picked him up in a towel and dried him. He hid behind the armchair when he was back in the lounge, something he hadn't done in weeks.

But by the end of the evening he was back to his usual social self, only fluffier and more fragrant.
 
i'mnotsofast said:
We shampooed the cat last night!

I know it's not a particularly necessary thing to do, but he did smell a bit. And, okay, we thought it would be funny.

We were going to do it in the kitchen sink, but it would be too easy for him to escape so we put him in the bath instead.

This is what we used: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003BOHP6E/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details

We put a towel down in the bath so he wouldn't slip around too much. We had the water in a bowl so we knew the temperature was okay. The first splash of water was the one he hated the most. He tried to jump out of the bath, clinging helplessly to my arm and shoulder. But he didn't actually scratch me, and he was good about letting us rub in the shampoo.

After rinsing him we picked him up in a towel and dried him. He hid behind the armchair when he was back in the lounge, something he hadn't done in weeks.

But by the end of the evening he was back to his usual social self, only fluffier and more fragrant.
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Next time he sees the bath, he'll probably do a runner
 
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