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Posted by Michelle C. on October 3, 2009, 2:34 pm
It doesn't, which is why she labeled OT (off topic).
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
M Enneking wrote:
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> I'm not quite sure how this relates to quilting. I don't share your love for
> cats, having been raised on a farm, where people are inside and animals are
> outside. I would not have patience to clean up these messes.
> Good luck to you.
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Posted by Supernet news groups on October 3, 2009, 7:21 pm
I had a similar problem a few years ago. I bought a second litter box and
put it on the "poop" spot. left it there for 2 week vacation. When i came
home---everyday i would move the box about a foot. It took a long time but
finially got the box where it belonged. Patience is a plus.
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> I'm not quite sure how this relates to quilting. I don't share your love
> for cats, having been raised on a farm, where people are inside and
> animals are outside. I would not have patience to clean up these messes.
> Good luck to you.
>> I am really in a quandary with these pussycats! Cassie (Old Lady Cat)
>> has turned into as 24 Kt. witch with a capital "B". She has been
>> terrorizing poor Ivy Jane who is the world's most wimpy cat. Ever since
>> Cassie and I returned from Lizard Land things have gone from bad to
>> worse. It's gotten Ivy Jane so traumatized that she is afraid to come
>> upstairs for any length of time. Upstairs is where the litter boxes are
>> so Ivy Jane will come up long enough to take a leak but NOT long enough
>> to go poop. She has taken to going poop on the oriental carpet in the
>> dining room and it is ALWAYS almost liquid. Cleaning that up every day
>> is NOT fun.
>> So, we have -- for the second time in the last three weeks --
>> isolated Cassie from the rest of the cats. The first time she was kept
>> in the guest bathroom for three days. During that time, there was no
>> poop in the dining room and Ivy Jane was running around playing with
>> Bunnie Sue & Cheeto. We let Cassie out and the next day the poop in the
>> dining room started again :-(. We will be gone on a cruise for the next
>> week and have decided to isolate Cassie again but will give her the run
>> of the guest bedroom, bathroom and the computer room. She started a
>> horrible fight last night about midnight and ended up in the bathroom but
>> today I opened the doors to the other rooms and have spent several hours
>> with her while on the 'puter. Ivy Jane has again been playing and
>> hanging out upstairs and in the kitchen.
>> Unfortunately, Ivy Jane pooped in the dining room again this evening
>> and I'm not sure what is going on. I really don't look forward to coming
>> home in seven days to at least seven piles of dried poop stuck to the
>> wool carpet! I'm starting to wonder if she might have something
>> physically wrong so if we come home to lots of poop, I'll be taking her
>> to the Baby Dr. If the Dr. finds nothing physically wrong with her and
>> she continues to use the dining room as her litter box, then I'll try
>> putting a litter box downstairs. If she *still* poops in the dining
>> room, then she will likely be the one to end up being isolated!
>> Ivy Jane was already traumatized when we adopted her and I hate to
>> think of having to put her back into some sort of cage. If that is the
>> case, I'm going to see about getting a very large dog kennel so that she
>> has room to move around and be a bit active. I've already decided that
>> we will have to make room for the kennel in the 'puter room so that she
>> gets to have some safe interaction with the rest of the family.
>> I know that if cats aren't well and have very loose stool, they will
>> often avoid using the litter box (just when they *should* be using the
>> box, too)! If Ivy Jane keeps pooping in the dining room and it's very
>> loose stool, I need to find out if it's a physical problem or just
>> emotional. If she quits then we know for sure that it's an emotional
>> thing that was eliminated once Cassie was removed from the equation.
>> After spending the previous 4 years or so in a smallish cage, I'm not
>> sure but that Ivy Jane might prefer spending her time in a much larger
>> cage so that she feels safer. She's still not letting us get close to
>> her and only allows a little scratching on top of her head while she
>> waits for her canned food. I'm fine with that as I never expected her to
>> get really friendly. I'm just concerned that, after being with us since
>> early January and using the cat box properly from the very first, she has
>> started having such loose bowels AND making her deposits in the dining
>> room.
>> VBS -- seems like I am going to feel like a not so good cat mom no
>> matter what I do. I'll be saying prayers to St. Frank and want to ask
>> again for everyone to send "good stuff" our way in the hopes that we can
>> find a happy solution to this very vexing problem. Thanks & CiaoMeow
>> >^;;^<
>> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
>> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
>> their whiskers!
>> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
>
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Posted by Jennifer in Ottawa on October 3, 2009, 12:36 am
I had a similar problem a couple of years ago with Katie who had
chosen a corner of the bathroom carpet or the bathtub mat...the vet
couldn't find anything physically wrong with her and suggested a low
residue diet food for her (she didn't care for it too much, either the
kibble or the canned) - eventually, I realized that the problem
persisted more often after a certain brand and flavour of canned food
had been put out (all of them loved their chicken gumbo) plus the fact
that the oldest cat was also 'terrorizing' her whenever she had made
her way to the litter boxes. Katie also loves toast crumbs and will
wait anxiously for any that I might leave on my plate - the vet warned
against this....occasionally, Katie has done the 'bad' thing again but
it has been associated more with her stealing food from the
others....she no longer gets the low residue foods - she just would
not eat it. All my cats now eat Whiskas or Friskies brands of canned
food and either Iams or Whiskas dried - the accidents have been almost
nonexistent during the past year.
I believe that the problem was caused by an allergy to some ingredient
in the once-favourite food - possibly wheat related?? no toast crumbs
either. Things are much improved around here with the exception of
the bad language from Jessie which is directed towards Katie whenever
she is displeased about something - even at her old age , Jessie can
still chase down any of the other cats and demand her rightful place
in the hierarchy. Katie is the quiet timid one who will search me out
for a shoulder cuddle - if Sammie is 'in trouble' again, Katie is the
one who will take off and hide until things are quiet again.
Its also possible that Cassie is jealous of the friendship that
developed between the other cats while she was away and is acting out
against the weakest link?
Hope that you find a solution that works for all of you, jennellh
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> =A0 =A0I am really in a quandary with these pussycats! =A0Cassie (Old Lad=
y
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> Cat) has turned into as 24 Kt. witch with a capital "B". =A0She has been
> terrorizing poor Ivy Jane who is the world's most wimpy cat. =A0Ever sinc=
e
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> Cassie and I returned from Lizard Land things have gone from bad to
> worse. =A0It's gotten Ivy Jane so traumatized that she is afraid to come
> upstairs for any length of time. =A0Upstairs is where the litter boxes ar=
e
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> so Ivy Jane will come up long enough to take a leak but NOT long enough
> to go poop. =A0She has taken to going poop on the oriental carpet in the
> dining room and it is ALWAYS almost liquid. =A0Cleaning that up every day
> is NOT fun.
> =A0 =A0 So, we have -- for the second time in the last three weeks --
> isolated Cassie from the rest of the cats. =A0The first time she was kept
> in the guest bathroom for three days. =A0During that time, there was no
> poop in the dining room and Ivy Jane was running around playing with
> Bunnie Sue & Cheeto. =A0We let Cassie out and the next day the poop in th=
e
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> dining room started again :-(. =A0We will be gone on a cruise for the nex=
t
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> week and have decided to isolate Cassie again but will give her the run
> of the guest bedroom, bathroom and the computer room. =A0She started a
> horrible fight last night about midnight and ended up in the bathroom
> but today I opened the doors to the other rooms and have spent several
> hours with her while on the 'puter. =A0Ivy Jane has again been playing an=
d
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> hanging out upstairs and in the kitchen.
> =A0 =A0Unfortunately, Ivy Jane pooped in the dining room again this eveni=
ng
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> and I'm not sure what is going on. =A0I really don't look forward to
> coming home in seven days to at least seven piles of dried poop stuck to
> the wool carpet! =A0I'm starting to wonder if she might have something
> physically wrong so if we come home to lots of poop, I'll be taking her
> to the Baby Dr. =A0If the Dr. finds nothing physically wrong with her and
> she continues to use the dining room as her litter box, then I'll try
> putting a litter box downstairs. =A0If she *still* poops in the dining
> room, then she will likely be the one to end up being isolated!
> =A0 =A0 Ivy Jane was already traumatized when we adopted her and I hate t=
o
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> think of having to put her back into some sort of cage. =A0If that is the
> case, I'm going to see about getting a very large dog kennel so that she
> has room to move around and be a bit active. =A0I've already decided that
> we will have to make room for the kennel in the 'puter room so that she
> gets to have some safe interaction with the rest of the family.
> =A0 =A0 I know that if cats aren't well and have very loose stool, they w=
ill
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> often avoid using the litter box (just when they *should* be using the
> box, too)! =A0If Ivy Jane keeps pooping in the dining room and it's very
> loose stool, I need to find out if it's a physical problem or just
> emotional. =A0If she quits then we know for sure that it's an emotional
> thing that was eliminated once Cassie was removed from the equation.
> After spending the previous 4 years or so in a smallish cage, I'm not
> sure but that Ivy Jane might prefer spending her time in a much larger
> cage so that she feels safer. =A0She's still not letting us get close to
> her and only allows a little scratching on top of her head while she
> waits for her canned food. =A0I'm fine with that as I never expected her
> to get really friendly. =A0I'm just concerned that, after being with us
> since early January and using the cat box properly from the very first,
> she has started having such loose bowels AND making her deposits in the
> dining room.
> =A0 =A0VBS -- seems like I am going to feel like a not so good cat mom no
> matter what I do. =A0I'll be saying prayers to St. Frank and want to ask
> again for everyone to send "good stuff" our way in the hopes that we can
> find a happy solution to this very vexing problem. =A0Thanks & CiaoMeow >=
^;;^<
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> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< =A0 (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at =A0http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Michelle C. on October 3, 2009, 2:32 pm
Mary,
So sorry to hear about your cat problems. I'd be willing to bet Ivy
Jane's toilet problems are due to the stress of dealing with Cassie. I
can't count the number of times I've read in the professional pet
columns that if a cat feels terrorized when she is trying to do her
business, she'll soon be doing it elsewhere.
Unfortunately, I have no good advice. :-(
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
Tia Mary wrote:
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> I am really in a quandary with these pussycats! Cassie (Old Lady Cat)
> has turned into as 24 Kt. witch with a capital "B". She has been
> terrorizing poor Ivy Jane who is the world's most wimpy cat. Ever since
> Cassie and I returned from Lizard Land things have gone from bad to
> worse. It's gotten Ivy Jane so traumatized that she is afraid to come
> upstairs for any length of time. Upstairs is where the litter boxes are
> so Ivy Jane will come up long enough to take a leak but NOT long enough
> to go poop. She has taken to going poop on the oriental carpet in the
> dining room and it is ALWAYS almost liquid. Cleaning that up every day
> is NOT fun.
> So, we have -- for the second time in the last three weeks --
> isolated Cassie from the rest of the cats. The first time she was kept
> in the guest bathroom for three days. During that time, there was no
> poop in the dining room and Ivy Jane was running around playing with
> Bunnie Sue & Cheeto. We let Cassie out and the next day the poop in the
> dining room started again :-(. We will be gone on a cruise for the next
> week and have decided to isolate Cassie again but will give her the run
> of the guest bedroom, bathroom and the computer room. She started a
> horrible fight last night about midnight and ended up in the bathroom
> but today I opened the doors to the other rooms and have spent several
> hours with her while on the 'puter. Ivy Jane has again been playing and
> hanging out upstairs and in the kitchen.
> Unfortunately, Ivy Jane pooped in the dining room again this evening
> and I'm not sure what is going on. I really don't look forward to
> coming home in seven days to at least seven piles of dried poop stuck to
> the wool carpet! I'm starting to wonder if she might have something
> physically wrong so if we come home to lots of poop, I'll be taking her
> to the Baby Dr. If the Dr. finds nothing physically wrong with her and
> she continues to use the dining room as her litter box, then I'll try
> putting a litter box downstairs. If she *still* poops in the dining
> room, then she will likely be the one to end up being isolated!
> Ivy Jane was already traumatized when we adopted her and I hate to
> think of having to put her back into some sort of cage. If that is the
> case, I'm going to see about getting a very large dog kennel so that she
> has room to move around and be a bit active. I've already decided that
> we will have to make room for the kennel in the 'puter room so that she
> gets to have some safe interaction with the rest of the family.
> I know that if cats aren't well and have very loose stool, they will
> often avoid using the litter box (just when they *should* be using the
> box, too)! If Ivy Jane keeps pooping in the dining room and it's very
> loose stool, I need to find out if it's a physical problem or just
> emotional. If she quits then we know for sure that it's an emotional
> thing that was eliminated once Cassie was removed from the equation.
> After spending the previous 4 years or so in a smallish cage, I'm not
> sure but that Ivy Jane might prefer spending her time in a much larger
> cage so that she feels safer. She's still not letting us get close to
> her and only allows a little scratching on top of her head while she
> waits for her canned food. I'm fine with that as I never expected her
> to get really friendly. I'm just concerned that, after being with us
> since early January and using the cat box properly from the very first,
> she has started having such loose bowels AND making her deposits in the
> dining room.
> VBS -- seems like I am going to feel like a not so good cat mom no
> matter what I do. I'll be saying prayers to St. Frank and want to ask
> again for everyone to send "good stuff" our way in the hopes that we can
> find a happy solution to this very vexing problem. Thanks & CiaoMeow
> >^;;^<
>
>
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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> cats, having been raised on a farm, where people are inside and animals are
> outside. I would not have patience to clean up these messes.
> Good luck to you.