Baronage-Phase
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Any amateur cat psychologists in here? Our Sylvester has suddenly taken to taking a shit on the floor. He’s 15 and throughout his life he’d always shat outside, the only exceptions being when he had a doggy tummy or as revenge for us going on holiday.
I know when they become ancient they don’t want to go outside much, but he uses the litter tray only sporadically, and seems to prefer the floor, and on any room in the house. He has a kind of feline IBS but not permanently by any means. His brother dying a few months ago has undoubtedly affected him a bit and made him very clingy, but I don’t buy he’d still be shitting on the floor because of it, if he did at all.
We all know cats won’t be disciplined like one can with a dog, and other than shouting at him whenever I catch him curling one out, I cannot think of anything else to show our displeasure. Any tips on how to encourage him to use the tray only? I change and clean it constantly so it’s not that...
I know when they become ancient they don’t want to go outside much, but he uses the litter tray only sporadically, and seems to prefer the floor, and on any room in the house. He has a kind of feline IBS but not permanently by any means. His brother dying a few months ago has undoubtedly affected him a bit and made him very clingy, but I don’t buy he’d still be shitting on the floor because of it, if he did at all.
We all know cats won’t be disciplined like one can with a dog, and other than shouting at him whenever I catch him curling one out, I cannot think of anything else to show our displeasure. Any tips on how to encourage him to use the tray only? I change and clean it constantly so it’s not that...
Baronage-Phase
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Maybe get him a completely new litter tray? Maybe he still smells his brother's scent around the house or in the old tray?
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We bought him last month a bigger one, complete with lid. The bastard won’t use it at all, with or without lid.
His brother was an outside shitter as well. But you could be onto something with the scent bit around the house, as I guess he must keep smelling Simba and be reminded of him.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Cartoon face down at the colony appeared for head bumps and a stroke.
Numbers
an ting!
Stunning cat Orang Utan, sorry for your loss.
souljacker
innit
Quick question. Stan is really panting in this heat. He has water out in a bowl indoors and a bowl outside he likes to drink from. I don't think I've ever seen a cat pant. Is it normal?
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Only if they're feeling quite hot, or they've been really exerting themselves. If they're panting without exercise in this fairly mild weather, I'd perhaps worry a bit. Remember housecats are desert animals.
souljacker
innit
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Indeed, I have an entire fucking 2 bed flat full of soft surfaces and potential cat beds. I bring in a cardboard box and the fuckers fight over who gets to sit in it.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Orang Utan - so sorry to hear about Leeloo, I think you have been posting about her at least as long as I have had cats myself. Bless both of you. xx
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Milly has found a shady bit of garden.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Molly sure is a beauty!
I made my dinner between the two football matches today, to eat after the second one (5:30pm kick-offs are shit). This made young Missy expectant as I was preparing it that she'd get something, as is the norm when I serve dinner. I had to briefly shut her in the lounge so that my ankles remained intact.
Me76
Not very good lurker
When you look close at that belly it's like another cat's face. Your cat has cat jebus in the belly.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
So, homecheck was successful and in about 6 weeks' time we get to pick two of these little beasties:
Mr K is furious because they're quite long haired kittens and his only stipulations after living with Beaker and her nightmare hair for so long were "not white cats, and not long haired cats". But hey, we'll live. Different coats have different properties anyway - Beaker wasn't even a proper long haired cat, she just had a super fluffy under layer like a Turkish Van that shed and clung to EVERYTHING. I'm sure these will be different
Mr K is furious because they're quite long haired kittens and his only stipulations after living with Beaker and her nightmare hair for so long were "not white cats, and not long haired cats". But hey, we'll live. Different coats have different properties anyway - Beaker wasn't even a proper long haired cat, she just had a super fluffy under layer like a Turkish Van that shed and clung to EVERYTHING. I'm sure these will be different
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
The one at the very back looks like Wookey.
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trabuquera
Modesty Bag
aAAAaaargh! Head-exploding levels of cute. I would go for that little goggle-eyed one at the back + one other black one - ideally with some tiny distinguishing mark so you can tell them apart (? for weighing purposes, or figuring out how many cats are actually at home)
