on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:11:05 GMT, Deborah Trujillo
wrote:

In early September my husband and I adopted an 11-month old gray tabby
neutered male from the local shelter. At first he wouldn't eat (he
had a brother at the shelter who was the same way at that time) so I
took him to the vets and learned he had diarrhea so he was on Flagyl
for a week.

He was also on antibiotics in case of any intestional problems. A
couple weeks ago I took him in because of a bald spot above his paw. A
skin scrape revealed some bacteria - however, no ringworm turned up in
the fungal culture. He was on antibiotic medication for this for 2
weeks until Friday. Saturday he pooped right outside of his litterbox
which I attributed to confusion as I had just purchased a pad to put
under it. We have stone tile floors in our house and had a rug under
the coffee table until yesterday when he pooped on it 3 times. I
thought at first he didn't like the different cat litter so I replaced
it with Jonny Cat (I used that for our last 2 cats with no problem).

He again last night pooped on that rug and also pooped in the bathroom
my husband uses as well as the day bed in our back bedroom. He has
had diarrhea which I attribute to the antibiotics and we've never had
this problem with him before. The box is scooped every day and dumped
out and cleaned once a week.

I'm at my wits end and my husband is ready to get rid of the cat (if
that happens we'll take him back to the shelter which is no-kill).

I have a call in to the vet but does anyone have any suggestions?

I would suggest taking up the rugs he is pooping on, assuming that you
are able to take them up, until you get this problem under control.
Also, if he is pooping the the same area(s) consistently, move the litter
boxes to those areas and then, as he uses them, gradually move them to
where you want them to be. As another poster mentioned, you definitely
need more than 1 box, and get rid of the hood if it has one. My mother
had this same problem with her kitten and the above worked for her. Good
luck!

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Lynne