Cat ****s on floor! Help!

Male cat born 1/10/04 (so he's five months old now.) I got him about 6
weeks ago from a shelter. He had been an indoor cat and had lived with
his mother and siblings.

From the very first day he would go into one particular corner of our
downstairs powderroom and **** on the floor. With two exceptions, he
has **** on that same place every single day since.

He is our only cat. Our former cat (a female) never used that bathroom.
The construction is new. It's an inside corner. He was not
constipated when we first got him - on the contrary, his first few poops
on that floor were runny.

Here's what I've done to try to stop this.

I wiped everything down with the enzyme solution. (I do this every time.)

He had a litterbox upstairs, but I put added a litter box in that room.
It doesn't fit in the corner he prefers, but it's about three feet
away. He pees in it, but still goes to his favorite corner to ****.

I bought a little litter box and put it in that corner. He **** in it
once but then started ****ting in front of it.

Figuring it was too little, I squeezed the big litter box into that
corner (it really doesn't fit there) and the cat went in there once but
then the next day went behind the toilet to **** as close to that corner
(outside the box) as he could.

I blocked it with a waste basket. He ****s in front of the waste basket.

I got him neutered.

I locked him in a room upstairs (with food, water & a litter box while
he recovered from his neutering.) He whined piteously to come out.
When a kid gave in and opened the door he made a beeline downstairs to
**** in that corner. He didn't even use the litter box in his room
because we had taken out the clumping litter while he recovered from his
surgery and he won't use any other kind.

I clean all three litter boxes at least once a day, often times more
(following along behind him picking up his excrement where-ever it lands.)

We've tried three different kinds of kitty litter besides clay:
Yesterday's News, a cedar type and a wood pellet type. He will only use
the horrible toxic clumping clay kind. (I'm getting these fumes in my
pores from cleaning three boxes or more a day.) He'll use the other
kinds only if we cover them with the horrible toxic clumping kind.

He is the sort of indoors cat that makes a bee-line for the door
when-ever it's open, then stops just outside and makes us fetch him
back. (I hate that.) But thinking maybe he wanted to **** outside, we
let him outside for a supervised visit to the shrubs. No actual
****ting was observed, but he was out of sight and we assumed he did.
Later that day he found enough in him to manage a small **** in that
same corner.

I've got three small children and making our downstairs powder-room
inaccessible to a cat isn't very feasible. Frankly, I'd rather give up
the cat than the bathroom (which is new construction to the tune of
$20,000 and desired long before the cat was thought of.)

Can anyone tell me something else to try?

Would I be a horrible person for returning this cat to the shelter? I
run a business from my home and the constant waifing of cat **** from my
powder-room is making me sick.

Dally

Would I be a horrible person for returning this cat to the shelter? I
run a business from my home and the constant waifing of cat **** from my
powder-room is making me sick.

Dally

What I think is, if you can't tolerate his behavior, nobody else probably will
either, and he'll eventually be turned outside, abused or put to sleep. You've
already tried about everything I know to suggest. I hope someone else has some
suggestions for you.

Sherry

Would I be a horrible person for returning this cat to the shelter? I
run a business from my home and the constant waifing of cat **** from my
powder-room is making me sick.

Dally

What I think is, if you can't tolerate his behavior, nobody else probably will
either, and he'll eventually be turned outside, abused or put to sleep. You've
already tried about everything I know to suggest. I hope someone else has some
suggestions for you.

Sherry

Would I be a horrible person for returning this cat to the shelter? I
run a business from my home and the constant waifing of cat **** from my
powder-room is making me sick.

Dally

What I think is, if you can't tolerate his behavior, nobody else probably will
either, and he'll eventually be turned outside, abused or put to sleep. You've
already tried about everything I know to suggest. I hope someone else has some
suggestions for you.

Sherry

When we got our first 2 kittens - (rescue so I don't know if they had
been litter trained they were only 6 weeks old) they both liked to go
in the corner behind the TV. I placed a small tray of water there and
that ended that problem. I left the water there for about 2 months to
make sure they had gotten the knowledge that there was a litter box
for that use.

Karryl

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:10:08 -0400, Dally wrote:

Male cat born 1/10/04 (so he's five months old now.) I got him about 6
weeks ago from a shelter. He had been an indoor cat and had lived with
his mother and siblings.

From the very first day he would go into one particular corner of our
downstairs powderroom and **** on the floor. With two exceptions, he
has **** on that same place every single day since.

He is our only cat. Our former cat (a female) never used that bathroom.
The construction is new. It's an inside corner. He was not
constipated when we first got him - on the contrary, his first few poops
on that floor were runny.

Here's what I've done to try to stop this.

I wiped everything down with the enzyme solution. (I do this every time.)

He had a litterbox upstairs, but I put added a litter box in that room.
It doesn't fit in the corner he prefers, but it's about three feet
away. He pees in it, but still goes to his favorite corner to ****.

I bought a little litter box and put it in that corner. He **** in it
once but then started ****ting in front of it.

Figuring it was too little, I squeezed the big litter box into that
corner (it really doesn't fit there) and the cat went in there once but
then the next day went behind the toilet to **** as close to that corner
(outside the box) as he could.

I blocked it with a waste basket. He ****s in front of the waste basket.

I got him neutered.

I locked him in a room upstairs (with food, water & a litter box while
he recovered from his neutering.) He whined piteously to come out.
When a kid gave in and opened the door he made a beeline downstairs to
**** in that corner. He didn't even use the litter box in his room
because we had taken out the clumping litter while he recovered from his
surgery and he won't use any other kind.

I clean all three litter boxes at least once a day, often times more
(following along behind him picking up his excrement where-ever it lands.)

We've tried three different kinds of kitty litter besides clay:
Yesterday's News, a cedar type and a wood pellet type. He will only use
the horrible toxic clumping clay kind. (I'm getting these fumes in my
pores from cleaning three boxes or more a day.) He'll use the other
kinds only if we cover them with the horrible toxic clumping kind.

He is the sort of indoors cat that makes a bee-line for the door
when-ever it's open, then stops just outside and makes us fetch him
back. (I hate that.) But thinking maybe he wanted to **** outside, we
let him outside for a supervised visit to the shrubs. No actual
****ting was observed, but he was out of sight and we assumed he did.
Later that day he found enough in him to manage a small **** in that
same corner.

I've got three small children and making our downstairs powder-room
inaccessible to a cat isn't very feasible. Frankly, I'd rather give up
the cat than the bathroom (which is new construction to the tune of
$20,000 and desired long before the cat was thought of.)

Can anyone tell me something else to try?

Would I be a horrible person for returning this cat to the shelter? I
run a business from my home and the constant waifing of cat **** from my
powder-room is making me sick.

Dally

When we got our first 2 kittens - (rescue so I don't know if they had
been litter trained they were only 6 weeks old) they both liked to go
in the corner behind the TV. I placed a small tray of water there and
that ended that problem. I left the water there for about 2 months to
make sure they had gotten the knowledge that there was a litter box
for that use.

Karryl

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:10:08 -0400, Dally wrote:

Male cat born 1/10/04 (so he's five months old now.) I got him about 6
weeks ago from a shelter. He had been an indoor cat and had lived with
his mother and siblings.

From the very first day he would go into one particular corner of our
downstairs powderroom and **** on the floor. With two exceptions, he
has **** on that same place every single day since.

He is our only cat. Our former cat (a female) never used that bathroom.
The construction is new. It's an inside corner. He was not
constipated when we first got him - on the contrary, his first few poops
on that floor were runny.

Here's what I've done to try to stop this.

I wiped everything down with the enzyme solution. (I do this every time.)

He had a litterbox upstairs, but I put added a litter box in that room.
It doesn't fit in the corner he prefers, but it's about three feet
away. He pees in it, but still goes to his favorite corner to ****.

I bought a little litter box and put it in that corner. He **** in it
once but then started ****ting in front of it.

Figuring it was too little, I squeezed the big litter box into that
corner (it really doesn't fit there) and the cat went in there once but
then the next day went behind the toilet to **** as close to that corner
(outside the box) as he could.

I blocked it with a waste basket. He ****s in front of the waste basket.

I got him neutered.

I locked him in a room upstairs (with food, water & a litter box while
he recovered from his neutering.) He whined piteously to come out.
When a kid gave in and opened the door he made a beeline downstairs to
**** in that corner. He didn't even use the litter box in his room
because we had taken out the clumping litter while he recovered from his
surgery and he won't use any other kind.

I clean all three litter boxes at least once a day, often times more
(following along behind him picking up his excrement where-ever it lands.)

We've tried three different kinds of kitty litter besides clay:
Yesterday's News, a cedar type and a wood pellet type. He will only use
the horrible toxic clumping clay kind. (I'm getting these fumes in my
pores from cleaning three boxes or more a day.) He'll use the other
kinds only if we cover them with the horrible toxic clumping kind.

He is the sort of indoors cat that makes a bee-line for the door
when-ever it's open, then stops just outside and makes us fetch him
back. (I hate that.) But thinking maybe he wanted to **** outside, we
let him outside for a supervised visit to the shrubs. No actual
****ting was observed, but he was out of sight and we assumed he did.
Later that day he found enough in him to manage a small **** in that
same corner.

I've got three small children and making our downstairs powder-room
inaccessible to a cat isn't very feasible. Frankly, I'd rather give up
the cat than the bathroom (which is new construction to the tune of
$20,000 and desired long before the cat was thought of.)

Can anyone tell me something else to try?

Would I be a horrible person for returning this cat to the shelter? I
run a business from my home and the constant waifing of cat **** from my
powder-room is making me sick.

Dally

When we got our first 2 kittens - (rescue so I don't know if they had
been litter trained they were only 6 weeks old) they both liked to go
in the corner behind the TV. I placed a small tray of water there and
that ended that problem. I left the water there for about 2 months to
make sure they had gotten the knowledge that there was a litter box
for that use.

Karryl

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:10:08 -0400, Dally wrote:

Male cat born 1/10/04 (so he's five months old now.) I got him about 6
weeks ago from a shelter. He had been an indoor cat and had lived with
his mother and siblings.

From the very first day he would go into one particular corner of our
downstairs powderroom and **** on the floor. With two exceptions, he
has **** on that same place every single day since.

He is our only cat. Our former cat (a female) never used that bathroom.
The construction is new. It's an inside corner. He was not
constipated when we first got him - on the contrary, his first few poops
on that floor were runny.

Here's what I've done to try to stop this.

I wiped everything down with the enzyme solution. (I do this every time.)

He had a litterbox upstairs, but I put added a litter box in that room.
It doesn't fit in the corner he prefers, but it's about three feet
away. He pees in it, but still goes to his favorite corner to ****.

I bought a little litter box and put it in that corner. He **** in it
once but then started ****ting in front of it.

Figuring it was too little, I squeezed the big litter box into that
corner (it really doesn't fit there) and the cat went in there once but
then the next day went behind the toilet to **** as close to that corner
(outside the box) as he could.

I blocked it with a waste basket. He ****s in front of the waste basket.

I got him neutered.

I locked him in a room upstairs (with food, water & a litter box while
he recovered from his neutering.) He whined piteously to come out.
When a kid gave in and opened the door he made a beeline downstairs to
**** in that corner. He didn't even use the litter box in his room
because we had taken out the clumping litter while he recovered from his
surgery and he won't use any other kind.

I clean all three litter boxes at least once a day, often times more
(following along behind him picking up his excrement where-ever it lands.)

We've tried three different kinds of kitty litter besides clay:
Yesterday's News, a cedar type and a wood pellet type. He will only use
the horrible toxic clumping clay kind. (I'm getting these fumes in my
pores from cleaning three boxes or more a day.) He'll use the other
kinds only if we cover them with the horrible toxic clumping kind.

He is the sort of indoors cat that makes a bee-line for the door
when-ever it's open, then stops just outside and makes us fetch him
back. (I hate that.) But thinking maybe he wanted to **** outside, we
let him outside for a supervised visit to the shrubs. No actual
****ting was observed, but he was out of sight and we assumed he did.
Later that day he found enough in him to manage a small **** in that
same corner.

I've got three small children and making our downstairs powder-room
inaccessible to a cat isn't very feasible. Frankly, I'd rather give up
the cat than the bathroom (which is new construction to the tune of
$20,000 and desired long before the cat was thought of.)

Can anyone tell me something else to try?

Would I be a horrible person for returning this cat to the shelter? I
run a business from my home and the constant waifing of cat **** from my
powder-room is making me sick.

Dally

"Dally" wrote in message
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Male cat born 1/10/04 (so he's five months old now.)

I think I would have him live in the bathroom for a while. I would place a
kitty bed right next to where he poops and water and food in the spot where
he poops. Catnip toys close by. As for his howling, you just have to ignore
it. He will calm down eventually. Although confining him to this small room
for several weeks might seem cruel, it isn't when you consider that his
behavior is endangering his life by making him pretty unadoptable. The lady
at the shelter where I got Cheeks does this with cats with similar problems
and with ferals, and she says it works like a charm. They will not poop
where they sleep and eat. Try it before you give him up, and keep the kids
out of there. (Clearly this will not work if you don't have enough
bathrooms.) Good luck.

"Dally" wrote in message
...
Male cat born 1/10/04 (so he's five months old now.)

I think I would have him live in the bathroom for a while. I would place a
kitty bed right next to where he poops and water and food in the spot where
he poops. Catnip toys close by. As for his howling, you just have to ignore
it. He will calm down eventually. Although confining him to this small room
for several weeks might seem cruel, it isn't when you consider that his
behavior is endangering his life by making him pretty unadoptable. The lady
at the shelter where I got Cheeks does this with cats with similar problems
and with ferals, and she says it works like a charm. They will not poop
where they sleep and eat. Try it before you give him up, and keep the kids
out of there. (Clearly this will not work if you don't have enough
bathrooms.) Good luck.

"Dally" wrote in message
...
Male cat born 1/10/04 (so he's five months old now.)

I think I would have him live in the bathroom for a while. I would place a
kitty bed right next to where he poops and water and food in the spot where
he poops. Catnip toys close by. As for his howling, you just have to ignore
it. He will calm down eventually. Although confining him to this small room
for several weeks might seem cruel, it isn't when you consider that his
behavior is endangering his life by making him pretty unadoptable. The lady
at the shelter where I got Cheeks does this with cats with similar problems
and with ferals, and she says it works like a charm. They will not poop
where they sleep and eat. Try it before you give him up, and keep the kids
out of there. (Clearly this will not work if you don't have enough
bathrooms.) Good luck.