Beatrice went to sleep in a litterbox

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Pat - 03 Apr 2006 02:57 GMT

I found her in one of the litterboxes, asleep, in the meatloaf pose. None of
my owners has ever done that before.

What does it mean??? Is it some sort of message I am supposed to decipher?

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Karen - 03 Apr 2006 05:16 GMT

> I found her in one of the litterboxes, asleep, in the meatloaf pose. None of
> my owners has ever done that before.
>
> What does it mean??? Is it some sort of message I am supposed to decipher?

Hmm. It can mean she is having potty trouble or some other trouble. If
it were me, I'd want a blood test, but that is me. She is really young,
so I can't imagine it's renal failure or some of the other things Ive
heard about when they do this. Still, watch her and see if she is doing
anything else odd.

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glsummer@neptunelink.com - 03 Apr 2006 19:08 GMT

>> I found her in one of the litterboxes, asleep, in the meatloaf pose. None of
>> my owners has ever done that before.
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>heard about when they do this. Still, watch her and see if she is doing
>anything else odd.

I'd second this. Sometimes cats are just weird, as we all know
<grin>. But my beloved Mojo (RB) did this a number of times, and
shortly thereafter we discovered a urinary blockage which he did not
survive. It could just be a quirk, could be it felt warm and
comfortable in there, but it's always good to get odd behavior checked
out just in case.

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mlbriggs - 03 Apr 2006 06:00 GMT

> I found her in one of the litterboxes, asleep, in the meatloaf pose. None of
> my owners has ever done that before.
>
> What does it mean??? Is it some sort of message I am supposed to decipher?

Perhaps she has a tummy ache. Has she eaten anything strange?
If she isn't better by morning, perhaps you should take her to TED. Best
wishes, MLB

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Pat - 03 Apr 2006 06:15 GMT

> Perhaps she has a tummy ache. Has she eaten anything strange?
> If she isn't better by morning, perhaps you should take her to TED.

She has not been acting sick in any way. A few minutes after I saw her
laying in the box, I opened some canned food in the kitchen and she came
running, and ate heartily.

I had just finished setting up a new litterbox... Maybe she mistook it for a
bed?

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sriddles@aol.com - 03 Apr 2006 06:32 GMT

> > Perhaps she has a tummy ache. Has she eaten anything strange?
> > If she isn't better by morning, perhaps you should take her to TED.
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> I had just finished setting up a new litterbox... Maybe she mistook it for a
> bed?

Probably being new had something to do with it...maybe she was staking
her claim on it :-)
At the shelter, I have noticed that often the cats who are ill will
sleep in their litterbox. Bea doesn't sound sick though.

Sherry

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W. Leong - 03 Apr 2006 14:19 GMT

When I first saw Rusty, he was under an upturned litter box. Almost didn't
seen him,
and he won't have came to live with me.
Last time Rusty boarded at the vet, I was told he played in his litter box.
But he never did that at home.

Winnie

>> Perhaps she has a tummy ache. Has she eaten anything strange?
>> If she isn't better by morning, perhaps you should take her to TED.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> I had just finished setting up a new litterbox... Maybe she mistook it for
> a bed?

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Jane - 04 Apr 2006 15:37 GMT

>When I first saw Rusty, he was under an upturned litter box. Almost didn't
>seen him,
>and he won't have came to live with me.
>Last time Rusty boarded at the vet, I was told he played in his litter box.
>But he never did that at home.

The first time I moved to a new apartment with Fin(RB), he climbed into his
litterbox and wouldn't come out for a long while. I suspect that the box
was the best familiar smell in the new place. He eventually got over it.

Jane
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Monique Y. Mudama - 03 Apr 2006 17:01 GMT

>> Perhaps she has a tummy ache. Has she eaten anything strange? If
>> she isn't better by morning, perhaps you should take her to TED.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> I had just finished setting up a new litterbox... Maybe she mistook
> it for a bed?

Maybe she'd get a better idea of its purpose if you sprinkled a little
used litter from another box into it?

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Pat - 03 Apr 2006 18:34 GMT

> Maybe she'd get a better idea of its purpose if you sprinkled a little
> used litter from another box into it?

That was done before she ever saw the box.

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Monique Y. Mudama - 03 Apr 2006 18:42 GMT

>> Maybe she'd get a better idea of its purpose if you sprinkled a
>> little used litter from another box into it?
>
> That was done before she ever saw the box.

Oh. Guess she's just being weird, then. Kitty's perogative.

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Fulla Bulla - 11 Apr 2006 15:10 GMT

Ah, she was just pooped out.

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I found her in one of the litterboxes, asleep, in the meatloaf pose.
None of
my owners has ever done that before.

What does it mean??? Is it some sort of message I am supposed to
decipher?

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