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My cat has had 2 serious back leg injuries one after the other & was
confined to a play pen for a number of weeks. He has since been gradually allowed a bit more freedom as the weeks pass. I now let him go into the garden whilst I am there to watch him. Once he used to urinate/defecate in certain spots in the garden (as does his brother), however now he refuses to go in the garden & once back inside uses the litter tray. I use Natty Cat litter which is pelletised grass. I would like to try a get him to use the outside when I'm around but I'm getting nowhere. I've tried emptying the remains of the litter tray in the garden & put him on it, but to no avail, as summer is nearly here I really don't want to come home to these odours, we live in a house were it is almost impossible to hide away the litter tray, BTW it's one of those ones with a lid etc., but still gives off bad odours! He has also developed some other strange behaviour..he hisses at buckets! ANY bucket! He wags his tail a lot of the time & miaouws all the time for no reason. He has a limp but the vet says that this is now permanent but he shouldn't be experiencing a lot of pain. Other wise he is, as always, a really happy cat & a purr box. Many thanks for any advice in advance Pat |
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"Patc" wrote in message ps.com... My cat has had 2 serious back leg injuries one after the other & was confined to a play pen for a number of weeks. He has since been gradually allowed a bit more freedom as the weeks pass. I now let him go into the garden whilst I am there to watch him. Once he used to urinate/defecate in certain spots in the garden (as does his brother), however now he refuses to go in the garden & once back inside uses the litter tray. I use Natty Cat litter which is pelletised grass. I would like to try a get him to use the outside when I'm around but I'm getting nowhere. I've tried emptying the remains of the litter tray in the garden & put him on it, but to no avail, as summer is nearly here I really don't want to come home to these odours, we live in a house were it is almost impossible to hide away the litter tray, BTW it's one of those ones with a lid etc., but still gives off bad odours! He has also developed some other strange behaviour..he hisses at buckets! ANY bucket! He wags his tail a lot of the time & miaouws all the time for no reason. He has a limp but the vet says that this is now permanent but he shouldn't be experiencing a lot of pain. Other wise he is, as always, a really happy cat & a purr box. What happened to him that injured his legs so seriously? |
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On Sep 27, 9:35 pm, "cybercat" wrote:
"Patc" wrote in message ps.com... My cat has had 2 serious back leg injuries one after the other & was confined to a play pen for a number of weeks. He has since been gradually allowed a bit more freedom as the weeks pass. I now let him go into the garden whilst I am there to watch him. Once he used to urinate/defecate in certain spots in the garden (as does his brother), however now he refuses to go in the garden & once back inside uses the litter tray. I use Natty Cat litter which is pelletised grass. I would like to try a get him to use the outside when I'm around but I'm getting nowhere. I've tried emptying the remains of the litter tray in the garden & put him on it, but to no avail, as summer is nearly here I really don't want to come home to these odours, we live in a house were it is almost impossible to hide away the litter tray, BTW it's one of those ones with a lid etc., but still gives off bad odours! He has also developed some other strange behaviour..he hisses at buckets! ANY bucket! He wags his tail a lot of the time & miaouws all the time for no reason. He has a limp but the vet says that this is now permanent but he shouldn't be experiencing a lot of pain. Other wise he is, as always, a really happy cat & a purr box. What happened to him that injured his legs so seriously?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text His knee joint was totally displaced/the joint had no ligaments left - they were all ripped apart, the vet said it may have been caught when he was trying to leap over a fence & got his foot caught, luckily my partner found him under the car on the coldest night in July. The vet said that it was the worst knee injury he had ever seen. He had surgery & had an exertnal fixation device in place & all was well until we had to get the stitches out & dressing changed 2 weeks later. Another vet changed the dressing & I expressed my concerns that it wasn't as thick as the previous dressing but was assured all was OK, within an hour after getting him home he started crying a lot & I thought he was just whinging to get let out for a while as we had let him out for an hour or so previously I felt SO bad a couple of hours later when I noticed that the exernal fixation was dislodged & bleeding. I went straight back to the Vet (it was a Weekend) but was told that he may have fractured his femur now as when fixation devices come adrift this can often happen. After a phone call I was advised that Xray confirmed he had a fractured femur but the vet that had orignally operated was overseas & not available & there was no-one to look after him in regards to pain relief. He was then transferred to specialist Vet where he was put on pain relief. He had pins and plates inserted to his femur one day later, & I have doubts as to why he coped OK fore 2 weeks but after getting the dreesing changed was in a bad state so sonn after, BTW has cost me thousands $. Thanks for your interest. |
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"Patc" wrote What happened to him that injured his legs so seriously?- His knee joint was totally displaced/the joint had no ligaments left - they were all ripped apart, the vet said it may have been caught when he was trying to leap over a fence & got his foot caught, luckily my partner found him under the car on the coldest night in July. The vet said that it was the worst knee injury he had ever seen. He had surgery & had an exertnal fixation device in place & all was well until we had to get the stitches out & dressing changed 2 weeks later. Another vet changed the dressing & I expressed my concerns that it wasn't as thick as the previous dressing but was assured all was OK, within an hour after getting him home he started crying a lot & I thought he was just whinging to get let out for a while as we had let him out for an hour or so previously I felt SO bad a couple of hours later when I noticed that the exernal fixation was dislodged & bleeding. I went straight back to the Vet (it was a Weekend) but was told that he may have fractured his femur now as when fixation devices come adrift this can often happen. After a phone call I was advised that Xray confirmed he had a fractured femur but the vet that had orignally operated was overseas & not available & there was no-one to look after him in regards to pain relief. He was then transferred to specialist Vet where he was put on pain relief. He had pins and plates inserted to his femur one day later, & I have doubts as to why he coped OK fore 2 weeks but after getting the dreesing changed was in a bad state so sonn after, BTW has cost me thousands $. I wonder if he now associates the outside with danger? And so does not want to eliminate out there, as it leaves him kind of vulnerable while he is in the process? I think he might deserve to just go in the house in the box after all he has been through, don't you? After all, what is the reason for wanting him to go outside? : |
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Considering all this guy has been through, it's no wonder he wants
nothing to do with eliminating outdoors. He probably associates that with pain or trauma. Please keep him indoors and let him use the litterbox inside. Do you have a closet or area where you can put the box? I lived in a small apartment and devoted one closet to the box. As for the smell, if you scoop or change the box often there really shouldn't be much of a smell. I am not familiar with Natty Cat litter, but am guessing it's not scoopable. You can still scoop the solids daily and keep odors to a minimum. You can also switch to another litter that might control odors better. If you do this, switch gradually or he might get upset and not use the box at all! Also, make sure the box has low sides he can get into easily. I'm sure he isn't as mobile as he used to be! I'm sure this guy has had a rough time. Please don't force him to do anything he's not comfortable with. I hope he makes a full recovery. |
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