Cats pushing themselves off the cliff
Aug. 22nd, 2012 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennythereaderThe idiot twins have no idea how close we are to not being able to put up with them any more.
Last night they peed outside of the box two times. The first was on the floor between the bed and the box. I discovered it when I stepped in it while I was getting ready for bed. The second time was even more blatent. I woke up at 4:30am, and saw one of the boys peeing on the bed between Tom & I. Between the dark and my lack of glasses I have no idea which one it was.
The peeing has been a problem ever since we moved into this house, and we are out of ideas for dealing with it.
This is what we've done:
- Behavioral stuff:
-- they're on prozac
-- they stay in Tom's & my bedroom, so they don't have to deal with Kailey's cat Socks or the dogs that Kailey grooms at home
-- everything they hit gets cleaned with with Nature's Miracle and/or vinegar
-- recently started treating hit spots with No-Mark
-- the box gets scooped at least every other day
- Medical stuff (they've both been diagnosed with crystals in their urine at various times, Skif has been diagnosed with and treated for a urinary tract infection):
-- they only eat the special food the vet recommends to prevent crystals
-- they get fresh water every day
Does anybody have any ideas for other things to try? I'll be calling the vet today to make an appointment to check if the urinary tract problems are back. The two ideas I plan on asking the vet about are adding wet food to their diet and switching them to distilled water.
Last night they peed outside of the box two times. The first was on the floor between the bed and the box. I discovered it when I stepped in it while I was getting ready for bed. The second time was even more blatent. I woke up at 4:30am, and saw one of the boys peeing on the bed between Tom & I. Between the dark and my lack of glasses I have no idea which one it was.
The peeing has been a problem ever since we moved into this house, and we are out of ideas for dealing with it.
This is what we've done:
- Behavioral stuff:
-- they're on prozac
-- they stay in Tom's & my bedroom, so they don't have to deal with Kailey's cat Socks or the dogs that Kailey grooms at home
-- everything they hit gets cleaned with with Nature's Miracle and/or vinegar
-- recently started treating hit spots with No-Mark
-- the box gets scooped at least every other day
- Medical stuff (they've both been diagnosed with crystals in their urine at various times, Skif has been diagnosed with and treated for a urinary tract infection):
-- they only eat the special food the vet recommends to prevent crystals
-- they get fresh water every day
Does anybody have any ideas for other things to try? I'll be calling the vet today to make an appointment to check if the urinary tract problems are back. The two ideas I plan on asking the vet about are adding wet food to their diet and switching them to distilled water.
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Date: 2012-08-23 01:50 pm (UTC)They've both been indoor cats their whole lives.
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Date: 2012-08-23 05:30 pm (UTC)A recently cat sat for a friend. For years her cat loved the crystal litter. Suddenly he started acting out (urinating all over) and so while we cat sat we changed it to regular clay litter.
Boom. Acting out stopped. He still sometimes missed because his butt was too big for the box, but in those instances it was very clear they were accidents.
You never know it might be something like that. Also the location of the litter box can be an issue and with multiple cats they can suddenly decide they won't share a litter box even though they've been doing so fine for ages.
In short, cats can be quite finnicky. :)
I hope you figure it out soon!