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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2005scratching..
Background: my girlfriend's cat hates all men, girlfriend is a deep sleeper. The problem: The cat is put into our laundry room at night, where it has fresh water, food, and her litter box, etc. The problem is that she occasionally/frequently gets lonely during the night, scratches at the door, and ruins my sleep (while my girlfriend is oblivious). Until now I have resorted to "shushing" the cat, and have tried spraying it lightly with a spray bottle. This works fine, but it involves me getting up, going to the door, and it doesn't help the cat's dislike for me. After doing some googling, I came up with two options: a remote controlled shock collar, or a remote controlled squirt gun. Obviously a shock collar isn't my first choice, but there doesn't seem to be any remote controlled squirt guns (I googled all the following words and combinations: water gun, cannon, shoot, remote, radio, etc) Does anyone else have any other ideas? I also considered a ScatMat, but they are pretty expensive. Why does the cat have to be in the laundry room at night? Alison:) > Background: my girlfriend's cat hates all men, girlfriend is a deep > sleeper. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Does anyone else have any other ideas? I also considered a ScatMat, but > they are pretty expensive. we have two cats mine: quiet at night, can open laundry room door from the inside hers: quiet some nights, pees on rugs and furniture when she's moody when they are both loose in the house they are prone to racing around the appt and playing, which means loud noises as they screech around the corners on the hardwood floors. > Why does the cat have to be in the laundry room at night? > Alison:) [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > but > > they are pretty expensive. > we have two cats > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Why does the cat have to be in the laundry room at night? >> Alison:) Have you had the cat who 'pees on rugs and furniture when she's moody' checked for a urinary tract infection? She's recently been given a clean bill of health from the Vet, I'm not sure if she was specifically checked for a urinary tract infection or not.. would a urinary tract infection cause her to not use her litter box but pee on the rug instead? > > we have two cats > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Have you had the cat who 'pees on rugs and furniture when she's moody' > checked for a urinary tract infection? so it can.. Cats may not be using the litterpan because they are ill. Cystitis (a bladder infection or inflammation) is a common problem that can lead to litterpan aversion. One theory is that the cat associates the litterpan with the painful sensation or urinating with this disease and avoids it. Some anatomical defects can lead to an increased need to urinate frequently. Diseases that increase the need to urinate, like diabetes and hyperthyroidism should be ruled out if that seems appropriate. Disorders that might affect a cat's ability to get to the litterpan, like low potassium levels in the bloodstream or arthritis need to be considered. If there are no medical problems and good litterpan maintenance is in place, then the problem is more likely to be behavioral . I had never thought of this, but will get it checked out for sure > She's recently been given a clean bill of health from the Vet, I'm not > sure if she was specifically checked for a urinary tract infection or [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Have you had the cat who 'pees on rugs and furniture when she's moody' > > checked for a urinary tract infection? > so it can.. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> not.. would a urinary tract infection cause her to not use her litter >> box but pee on the rug instead? It's a place to start. If the cat does have an infection you'll never get it to stop peeing on the rug etc. until it's cleared up. If that possibility is eliminated then you can start looking at behavior modification.
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