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| 951.1 | wild-born cat? | GENIE::SCHMIDTI | | Wed Nov 15 1995 11:03 | 5 |
| Was the cat a wild-born one? I remember one wild-born cat (female,
neutered) who avoided to use a closed litterbox.
Ilona
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| 951.2 | | USCTR1::MERRITT_S | Kitty City | Wed Nov 15 1995 11:37 | 9 |
| Many times a cat who poops out of the box has
a medical problem. By doing this...it's there
way of telling you they have a problem. My Van
Gogh did this to me which was the first sign
of his megacolon problem.
Maybe a vet visit is in order.
Sandy
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| 951.3 | Not a wild one. | SCAMP::ROBBINS | | Wed Nov 15 1995 11:37 | 2 |
| He acts like he has been a spoiled indoor cat. I don't think he was
born in the wild.
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| 951.4 | Healthy cat | SCAMP::ROBBINS | | Wed Nov 15 1995 11:38 | 1 |
| I took him to the vet already.. healthy cat.
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| 951.5 | psychological? | GENIE::SCHMIDTI | | Wed Nov 15 1995 11:55 | 6 |
| Maybe he does not like the kind of litter. Or, which is much more
difficult, he has a psychological problem due to a worse part. Do you
know where he lived before and under which circumstances?
Ilona
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| 951.6 | | PADC::KOLLING | Karen | Wed Nov 15 1995 11:55 | 6 |
| Some cats will not poop in the litterbox they urinate in, so getting
a second litter box a bit aways from the first one may help.
Also, some cats require the boxes to be scrupulously(sp?) clean
or they will go elsewhere. My cats are of the two-box variety, so
I'd try that.
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| 951.7 | | PADC::KOLLING | Karen | Wed Nov 15 1995 11:56 | 4 |
| p.s. It may be worth a second vet visit, unles syou specifically
mentioned the litter box problem the first time -- the vet may need
to look more closely to detect any medical problem.
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| 951.8 | | JULIET::CORDES_JA | Eight Tigers on My Couch | Wed Nov 15 1995 18:20 | 7 |
| I have a cat who poops outside the box as a territorial response
to my having so many cats in the house. He has checked out healthy
but continues to do this periodically. This is an extreme territory
reaction. Most cats won't go this far (Onyx stops at spraying) but
it is a possibility.
Jan
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| 951.9 | | PADC::KOLLING | Karen | Wed Nov 15 1995 18:23 | 5 |
| As an additional thought, where does he poop? If it's near the
litterbox, putting an inexpensive bathroom rug under the box will
protect the floor and you can throw the rug into the washing machine
periodically.
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| 951.10 | y | BRAT::ROBBINS | | Thu Nov 16 1995 09:14 | 11 |
| Well the cat is back in my cellar. I spoke with the vet about his
problem and he thinks its a very bad behaviour problem and actually
recommended putting the cat down. I won't do that, but I'm gonna have
to find somewhere for him to go. The vet also said he make it so my
other cat will stop using her box.
Anyone know of anyone who needs a barn cat???? The stupid cat had it
made in a nice home w/that lady, got to sleep on the bed and
everything!
Foster mom of the BAD cat....
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| 951.11 | Ovaban? | HELIX::SKALTSIS | Deb | Thu Nov 16 1995 10:17 | 5 |
| Before doing anything drastic, have you spoken to the vet about hormone
therapy, i.e., Ovaban? If it is a territirial problem, that can
sometimes fix the problem.
Deb
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| 951.12 | | PADC::KOLLING | Karen | Thu Nov 16 1995 12:04 | 6 |
| I would consider finding another vet. Any vet who would recommend
"putting a cat down" because of a litter box problem is not a vet
I would trust to treat my animals. I wonder if that vet is even
knowledgable about remedies for such problems, medical or in
terms of additional litterboxes, etc.
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| 951.13 | Not always stupid | GENIE::SCHMIDTI | | Fri Nov 17 1995 03:02 | 9 |
| What I learned: the stupiest cats are more"clean" than the more
intelligent ones (like chlidren). When they are intelligent and
sensibel they are much more affected by a bad environment.
Another trick recommended by my vets: put the dip with food into the
"malheur": cats hate this a lot.
Ilona
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| 951.14 | Roundworm | SCAMP::ROBBINS | | Wed Jan 03 1996 11:51 | 4 |
| Hi,
Mr. Cat was just diagnosed w/roundworm. Maybe this has something to do
with it. Still in the basement!
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