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Why does she do this ?
My cat is about 7 months old & spayed.
Yesterday about 12 pm i cleaned her litter box. Went out for the day & came home about 7pm Her litter box was empty,which surprised me. When i got home i brought her a new treat which she smelled & walked away,not even tasting it. I also brought her a new toy which she loved & played with for a long time. While watching tv i saw her smelling the rug in the corner of the living room. Next she squated & started to pee. I grabbed her my the scruff of the neck ( like a mother cat would do ) & carried her down to the litter box & she peed there. Why did she do this & how can i correct the problem ? |
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Why does she do this ?
what did you use to clean the litter box? There could be a residual
odor that she doesn't like. desgnr wrote: My cat is about 7 months old & spayed. Yesterday about 12 pm i cleaned her litter box. Went out for the day & came home about 7pm Her litter box was empty,which surprised me. When i got home i brought her a new treat which she smelled & walked away,not even tasting it. I also brought her a new toy which she loved & played with for a long time. While watching tv i saw her smelling the rug in the corner of the living room. Next she squated & started to pee. I grabbed her my the scruff of the neck ( like a mother cat would do ) & carried her down to the litter box & she peed there. Why did she do this & how can i correct the problem ? |
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Why does she do this ?
You should pick up a cat by the scruff of the neck - you will injure
her. She was much lighter in weight when her mother did that. I agree - what did you use to clean the box? Is the litter different? Does she have an infection? If you didn't do anything different, I would take her to the vet for tests. desgnr wrote: My cat is about 7 months old & spayed. Yesterday about 12 pm i cleaned her litter box. Went out for the day & came home about 7pm Her litter box was empty,which surprised me. When i got home i brought her a new treat which she smelled & walked away,not even tasting it. I also brought her a new toy which she loved & played with for a long time. While watching tv i saw her smelling the rug in the corner of the living room. Next she squated & started to pee. I grabbed her my the scruff of the neck ( like a mother cat would do ) & carried her down to the litter box & she peed there. Why did she do this & how can i correct the problem ? |
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Why does she do this ?
Picking up an almost-grown cat bruises their skin -- it hurts them.
Mother cats only do that when the kittens are very tiny. If nothing else has obviously changed with the litter box, she needs to be seen by a vet. The first symptom of a urinary infection is peeing outside of the box. Good luck, Rhonda desgnr wrote: My cat is about 7 months old & spayed. Yesterday about 12 pm i cleaned her litter box. Went out for the day & came home about 7pm Her litter box was empty,which surprised me. When i got home i brought her a new treat which she smelled & walked away,not even tasting it. I also brought her a new toy which she loved & played with for a long time. While watching tv i saw her smelling the rug in the corner of the living room. Next she squated & started to pee. I grabbed her my the scruff of the neck ( like a mother cat would do ) & carried her down to the litter box & she peed there. Why did she do this & how can i correct the problem ? |
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Why does she do this ?
Woops - I meant to say that you should NOT pick up a cat by the scruff
of it's neck! Buddy's Mom wrote: You should pick up a cat by the scruff of the neck - you will injure her. She was much lighter in weight when her mother did that. I agree - what did you use to clean the box? Is the litter different? Does she have an infection? If you didn't do anything different, I would take her to the vet for tests. desgnr wrote: My cat is about 7 months old & spayed. Yesterday about 12 pm i cleaned her litter box. Went out for the day & came home about 7pm Her litter box was empty,which surprised me. When i got home i brought her a new treat which she smelled & walked away,not even tasting it. I also brought her a new toy which she loved & played with for a long time. While watching tv i saw her smelling the rug in the corner of the living room. Next she squated & started to pee. I grabbed her my the scruff of the neck ( like a mother cat would do ) & carried her down to the litter box & she peed there. Why did she do this & how can i correct the problem ? |
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Why does she do this ?
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Rhonda wrote:
Picking up an almost-grown cat bruises their skin -- it hurts them. Mother cats only do that when the kittens are very tiny. If nothing else has obviously changed with the litter box, she needs to be seen by a vet. The first symptom of a urinary infection is peeing outside of the box. Good luck, Rhonda Indeed, the first thing to be done is make sure she doesn't have a urinary tract infection. If it hurts when she pees, she will associate the pain with the litter box itself and try to find a soft place to pee. If that isn't the problem, the location of the box or the type of litter could be the problem. It's also not a good idea to yell at kitty and then take her to the litter box. If you do that, she may think the litter box is a bad place, and you don't want that. Good luck! Eva |
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Why does she do this ?
"desgnr" wrote in message news:78dNg.6518$xC3.6058@trnddc06... My cat is about 7 months old & spayed. Yesterday about 12 pm i cleaned her litter box. Went out for the day & came home about 7pm Her litter box was empty,which surprised me. When i got home i brought her a new treat which she smelled & walked away,not even tasting it. I also brought her a new toy which she loved & played with for a long time. While watching tv i saw her smelling the rug in the corner of the living room. Next she squated & started to pee. I grabbed her my the scruff of the neck ( like a mother cat would do ) & carried her down to the litter box & she peed there. Why did she do this & how can i correct the problem ? As the others mentioned, get her vet checked first. As she sniffed the rug first, could it be possible that she, or another cat, previously peed there? If a cat urinates somewhere, they will smell it and go back to it. Get an enzyme urine-remover from the vet or a pet store, or put something over the spot. Once a cat has peed somewhere, they are likely to go back and pee again. |
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