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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2004FluffySP
Since coming home I have had a bad problem with FSP. She must have started urinating on the floor while I was away and my continual attempts to clean it up has resulted in a huge big stain right in the doorway. Yesterday I got in the carpet shampoo people (at great cost) and they did the house and managed to get rid of the stain. I watched Fluff like a hawk but you guessed it, I turned my back for a second and she rushed back and urinated on the patch where the stain had been. It's enough to make you cry. I have been to the vet and got pet Odorex, sprinkled pepper etc. tried a heap of solutions. The carpet cleaning man said the way to handle urine was to soak it up slowly with a clean towel and to leave the cloth on the patch to keep soaking it up until it stops being damp. This stops it soaking into the carpet. You then put a damp clean cloth on it and keep changing that. A neighbour called in while I was meditating on all this and said "oh, there is only one solution, you will have to 'put her down!" You could have heard me shriek a mile away. I don't know how anyone could even suggest that as a solution!!!! I just adore the little monster. I guess the only thing I can do at the moment is leave her outside as much as possible and watch her every minute she is indoors. Sigh. Bev  SignatureThe email of the species is more deadly than the mail. Could you try keeping an extra litter box really close to where she has chosen to go? At least for a while? Jo > Since coming home I have had a bad problem with FSP. She must have > started urinating on the floor while I was away and my continual [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Bev > Could you try keeping an extra litter box really close to where she has > chosen to go? At least for a while? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > -- > > The email of the species is more deadly than the mail. Jo, She refuses to use a litter box. There is one just near the carpet. I have tossed her into litter boxes and she often uses them then but won't get in one herself. Bev -- > > Could you try keeping an extra litter box really close to where she has > > chosen to go? At least for a while? [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Bev > -- Now there is an idea. Put her on a schedule of putting her in the boxes. That's how I trained the kittens. Would she like it better if you mixed dirt in it so it is like the big out? You could make her own special box. > Jo, She refuses to use a litter box. There is one just near the > carpet. I have tossed her into litter boxes and she often uses them > then but won't get in one herself. Could the sides of the box be too high for her liking? SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Jo, She refuses to use a litter box. There is one just near the >> carpet. I have tossed her into litter boxes and she often uses them >> then but won't get in one herself. > > Could the sides of the box be too high for her liking? Start from the first: Place her in the litter box -- take a paw and show her how to scratch - then press her down into a sitting position. It may take a few tries (if she is a slow learner) but it just might convey the thought that this is what you want her to do. I did this with my two strays the first time -- they were fast learners. MLB OK I think I get the picture. Fluffy wants to go in the out. And usually does. But she spends time in as well. So how to get out when she wants to? Go stand by the door. If that doesn't work, a girl can get desperate. Wait, if she pees on the floor by the door, it definite gets her into the out ASAP. If she even goes there and stands it usually works. (Now she likely learned this while you were away and she was training another slave) So in her mind, peeing near the door is working just fine. It gets her out faster. (Wouldn't hurt to have her checked out to see if she has something wrong that makes it hard for her to hold it.) Jo > OK I think I get the picture. Fluffy wants to go in the out. And usually > does. But she spends time in as well. So how to get out when she wants to? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jo You could put an emergency box filled with dirt by the door she usually goes out. You could even disguise it as a real "out" thing buy glueing bark or somehting on on it. Tricksey :) > Since coming home I have had a bad problem with FSP. She must have > started urinating on the floor while I was away and my continual [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Bev Can you temporarily put a catlitter box in that spot for a while? Or do you even do litterboxes?(I can't remember). I would put one there for some time, and maybe add a box elsewhere. Maybe she is objecting to going where B & C do. > The carpet cleaning man said the way to handle urine was to soak it up > slowly with a clean towel and to leave the cloth on the patch to keep > soaking it up until it stops being damp. This stops it soaking into the > carpet. You then put a damp clean cloth on it and keep changing that. Also, you might try putting down aluminum foil on the area where she pees. I've never tried this myself, but I've heard that cats hate the stuff and won't walk on it. It's used to discourage cats from scratching furniture, but maybe it'll also discourage her from using that spot as her personal toilet. > A neighbour called in while I was meditating on all this and said "oh, > there is only one solution, you will have to 'put her down!" You could > have heard me shriek a mile away. I don't know how anyone could even > suggest that as a solution!!!! I just adore the little monster. I guess > the only thing I can do at the moment is leave her outside as much as > possible and watch her every minute she is indoors. Sigh. Just tell her to stay away from the Stupid Neighbor! :) Hope you can figure out how to get her to stop this behavior! It is not a very pleasant situation to live with - I've been there. Joyce > > The carpet cleaning man said the way to handle urine was to soak it up > > slowly with a clean towel and to leave the cloth on the patch to keep [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Joyce Joyce, I like the tinfoil idea. Think I will try it. I'll let you know how it goes :) Bev -- Hi Bev I had similar trouble right by my front door with Pericles. An 18" wide by 4ft strip of Alu foil right across the hallway in front of it has stopped him dead in his tracks for the last 3 weeks. Not pretty for visitors, ut I expect they appreciate the freedom from smell. I hope it works for you too. Purrs Gordon & the TT SignatureFeline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat > Joyce, I like the tinfoil idea. Think I will try it. > I'll let you know how it goes :) > > Bev >I don't know how anyone could even >suggest that as a solution!!!! I just adore the little monster. I guess >the only thing I can do at the moment is leave her outside as much as >possible and watch her every minute she is indoors. Sigh. > >Bev I'm sorry, Bev. It's a frustrating problem. Biskit went through a phase of that and I thought I was going to pull out my hair trying to watch her every second. She quit after she got fixed. I'd start giving you all kinds of tips that I tried, but I suspect you already know them and have run the gamut yourself. Purrs forFSP to brush up on this major housekitty manners infraction. Sherry |
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