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The culprit may have been discovered...
During one of my road trips last week, my wife discovered two times that one
of the cats had taken a dump outside the litter box. She mentioned it to me, but there wasn't any way to determine the culprit - 4 cats have access to these boxes. The trip I just came back from has proved to be enlightening. My boy Spot, the dominant male, is very close to me. He's always quite happy to see me when I get home. When I was preparing to leave Thursday morning, Spot sat on the sofa, next cushion over from me with his back towards me. I had already taken most of my gear to the van, so he knew I was leaving. I called him by name and he ignored me. When I reached over and scratched his back between the shoulders, he drew forward away from my hand and looked over his shoulder as if to say 'Don't!' Spot was very obviously pouting. He pretty much snubbed me as I prepared to leave and walked away when I bent to give him a head scritch on the way out. That afternoon there was a turd pile beside the litter box. Same thing again on Friday. Today, I'm home and no turd pile. Spot was his usual attentive, loving self. I'm curious to see if this persists on my next road trip. Perhaps I'll get some local runs and be home every day for a while. If it IS Spot, I wouldn't have a clue how to modify what is obviously a reaction to me being gone. I suppose a daily crap in an inappropriate place is less damaging than some of the stuff he could do.... Anybody else ever have a cat react badly to their number one human being gone? |
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I have a cat who misses sometimes and one who gets mad if I don't clean the
box quick enough (apparently twice a day isn't enough on some days) and he will mess outside the box. My solution was to sit the litter box inside of an old dog carrier that I have. This catches any messes they kick out and any messes they leave outside the box either unintentional or intentional. It all can be dragged outside and scrubbed out and rinsed. It was the best thing I ever did. Celeste "RobZip" no wrote in message ... During one of my road trips last week, my wife discovered two times that one of the cats had taken a dump outside the litter box. She mentioned it to me, but there wasn't any way to determine the culprit - 4 cats have access to these boxes. The trip I just came back from has proved to be enlightening. My boy Spot, the dominant male, is very close to me. He's always quite happy to see me when I get home. When I was preparing to leave Thursday morning, Spot sat on the sofa, next cushion over from me with his back towards me. I had already taken most of my gear to the van, so he knew I was leaving. I called him by name and he ignored me. When I reached over and scratched his back between the shoulders, he drew forward away from my hand and looked over his shoulder as if to say 'Don't!' Spot was very obviously pouting. He pretty much snubbed me as I prepared to leave and walked away when I bent to give him a head scritch on the way out. That afternoon there was a turd pile beside the litter box. Same thing again on Friday. Today, I'm home and no turd pile. Spot was his usual attentive, loving self. I'm curious to see if this persists on my next road trip. Perhaps I'll get some local runs and be home every day for a while. If it IS Spot, I wouldn't have a clue how to modify what is obviously a reaction to me being gone. I suppose a daily crap in an inappropriate place is less damaging than some of the stuff he could do.... Anybody else ever have a cat react badly to their number one human being gone? |
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"Lynne" wrote in message m... on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:23:06 GMT, "RobZip" no wrote: Since you already have other cats, I haven't got the first clue about how to go about making Spot happier in your absence. All I can say is that thankfully his protests involve poo and not pee! Thankful indeed and fortunately in a spare room. Looking back to 2005, Spot used to insist on sparring with me upon my return from a regular 4 1/2 day trip. He would stalk me as I brought my gear into the house and insist on wrassling with me, slap boxing, biting (gently), and being grappled with to earn back my place in the pack each week. When it finally got intense enough to start leaving bloody spots, I would give him a light body slam and he was okay from that point on. Hopefully this too will be a short lived expression of his thoughts. |
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says... "Lynne" wrote in message m... on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:23:06 GMT, "RobZip" no wrote: Since you already have other cats, I haven't got the first clue about how to go about making Spot happier in your absence. All I can say is that thankfully his protests involve poo and not pee! Thankful indeed and fortunately in a spare room. Looking back to 2005, Spot used to insist on sparring with me upon my return from a regular 4 1/2 day trip. He would stalk me as I brought my gear into the house and insist on wrassling with me, slap boxing, biting (gently), and being grappled with to earn back my place in the pack each week. When it finally got intense enough to start leaving bloody spots, I would give him a light body slam and he was okay from that point on. Hopefully this too will be a short lived expression of his thoughts. I'm finding out that Evangeline is a play biter too. I completely forgot what it was like to have a young cat in the house. |
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on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:17:25 GMT, T wrote:
I'm finding out that Evangeline is a play biter too. I completely forgot what it was like to have a young cat in the house. My kitten, Levi play bites. At first they were much too hard, but a few well timed OUCHes and he learned to ease up. Now he bites very gently and then starts licking. Who says cats can't be trained? -- Lynne |
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On Mar 3, 7:23 pm, "RobZip" no wrote:
During one of my road trips last week, my wife discovered two times that one of the cats had taken a dump outside the litter box. She mentioned it to me, but there wasn't any way to determine the culprit - 4 cats have access to these boxes. The trip I just came back from has proved to be enlightening. My boy Spot, the dominant male, is very close to me. He's always quite happy to see me when I get home. When I was preparing to leave Thursday morning, Spot sat on the sofa, next cushion over from me with his back towards me. I had already taken most of my gear to the van, so he knew I was leaving. I called him by name and he ignored me. When I reached over and scratched his back between the shoulders, he drew forward away from my hand and looked over his shoulder as if to say 'Don't!' Spot was very obviously pouting. He pretty much snubbed me as I prepared to leave and walked away when I bent to give him a head scritch on the way out. That afternoon there was a turd pile beside the litter box. Same thing again on Friday. Today, I'm home and no turd pile. Spot was his usual attentive, loving self. I'm curious to see if this persists on my next road trip. Perhaps I'll get some local runs and be home every day for a while. If it IS Spot, I wouldn't have a clue how to modify what is obviously a reaction to me being gone. I suppose a daily crap in an inappropriate place is less damaging than some of the stuff he could do.... Anybody else ever have a cat react badly to their number one human being gone? My cat loves when I sweep, but is terrified of my hairdryer and vacuum! Recently I took a vacation to California and when I came back I went to vacuum my rugs. I realized he must have gotten up on my radiator (we live in NYC) and sprayed the vacuum cleaner! Better plastic than the rugs, I guess! And better the vacuum clean than my hairdryer!! |
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