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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2006Cat Pooping in Bathtub!
For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I recently filled up the litterbox with more litter - the pile is kinda high, maybe more than the three inches the instructions dictate. He's getting excellent food. I'm drawing a blank. Feeback, anyone? - Ruby Tuesday > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I > recently filled up the litterbox with more litter - the pile is kinda high, > maybe more than the three inches the instructions dictate. You mean, you added clean litter to dirty? > > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's > poop [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > You mean, you added clean litter to dirty? Um, I scooped out what I could to the first layer of litter, then I poured the rest of the bag on top. > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > - Ruby Tuesday Do you have only one cat? If not, are the other cats harrassing Mico? He could be using the bathtub because he feels like it's a "safe place"--high sides, privacy, etc. Is your litterbox in a busy or noisy place? If so, try moving it. Also, if the litterbox isn't impeccably clean, some cats will avoid it. Sherry >> For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's >> poop [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Sherry Try adding another box. Some cats won't poop in the same box they pee in. With an extra box and regular scooping (at least once a day if not twice) one of them is more likely to be up to the cat's standards. I had a cat years ago who peed in the toilet with no encouragement from me. My cat used to do her business in the bathtub. She also liked to pee on rubber backed rugs. Wish I knew why. >I had a cat years ago who peed in the toilet with no encouragement from > me. > My cat used to do her business in the bathtub. She also liked to pee on > rubber backed rugs. Wish I knew why. I've heard the rubber backed rugs tend to attract cats - an odor maybe? My Tigger used to use mine (rubber backed bathmat) until I added a litterbox in the bathroom. Then she was happy to use that. W > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's > poop [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Feeback, anyone? Have him checked by the vet. Inappropriate pooping is usually as a result of a medical or behavioural problem. It's best to rule out a medical problem first. > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Feeback, anyone? Think learning curve: > - Ruby Tuesday From: "Ruby Tuesday" <willo...@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:26:50 -0400 Subject: I Don't Believe it!!!!!!!! Something unusual was happening. Usually when Mico goes to pee in the litterbox, it makes a certain sound. But today I heard the tinkle of water, and went to see what was happening. I was hoping he wasn't peeing into the sink. Well lo and behold, he was perched on the toilet seat with his rear end over the toilet! I NEVER trained him to do anything like that, I always thought that kind of stuff was just not natural. Who woulda thunk?????? Anybody else have a cat that has taught itself to pee in the toilet? - Ruby Tuesday I had a cat, Minstrel, that would pee in the toilet. What a sight! I swear she learned how to do it by watching me and thinking about it. One day, she came into the bathroom to watch while I went. She was watching me closely. When I was done she jumped up on the toilet and went herself. Sometimes I would get startled because I was home alone and then would hear someone else in the house peeing--it would be Minstrel. god--how I miss her. > I had a cat, Minstrel, that would pee in the toilet. What a sight! I > swear she learned how to do it by watching me and thinking about it. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > and then would hear someone else in the house peeing--it would be > Minstrel. god--how I miss her. Complex activities are LEARNED MORE QUICKLY through OBSERVATION (copying, if you will) than by trial and error with reinforcemet (Luchins,). Observers of subjects making a first trial of a multiple choice bolt head maze made fewer errors than the practiced subjects in the second run, while subjects who have been shocked for error on a first trial made more errors than either (Rosenbaum & Hewitt, 1966). Students will modify their beliefs more when rewarded for the way in which they carried out arguing for a disagreeable position (role reward), than when rewarded for the content of the argument (Wallace, 1966). > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > - Ruby Tuesday set the litter box in the bathtub (send your message to him) My litter boxes are in an unused closet. If your litter boxes arena.t in the bathroom you could shut the bathroom door. I took care of a neighbor's 6 cats once and one of them always "used" the tub. The family used the other tub. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Feeback, anyone? He may not know what a litter box is. Some cats get confused. Try putting a fresh box of litter in or near the bathtub for a few days. Let him find it. Then gradually relocate the litter box a bit each day after he gets used to using it. Paul >For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop >in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I >recently filled up the litterbox with more litter - the pile is kinda high, >maybe more than the three inches the instructions dictate. He's getting >excellent food. I'm drawing a blank. >Feeback, anyone? I once had a cat who insisted that I replace the litter no less than every other day. If I went longer than that, he'd poop in the tub. He was the boss and I complied. > >For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > >in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > every other day. If I went longer than that, he'd poop in the tub. > He was the boss and I complied. I change the litter every other day, if not every day, or it stinks. I wouldn't like to use a toilet that hadn't been flushed for 2 days, why should they? My cat pees on leather though, which is OK, cos being a veggie I don't have any leather possessions, not much fun for my friends though, if I remember I lift their bags out of harms way, but sometimes I forget! > >For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > >in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > every other day. If I went longer than that, he'd poop in the tub. > He was the boss and I complied. The nice thing about clumping litter is you don't replace it, you just keep adding more. I use a mix of clumping and regular, about half and half (slightly more than half clumping actually). Ron 18 cats with 13 litter pans. >The nice thing about clumping litter is you don't replace it, you just keep >adding more. I use a mix of clumping and regular, about half and half >(slightly more than half clumping actually). >Ron 18 cats with 13 litter pans. I've found that clumping litter gets just as stinky as regular litter and loses the ability to clump. We curently have two litterboxes in the house used by two cats and one is clumping and the other not. We're not sure which is less work. >>The nice thing about clumping litter is you don't replace it, you just keep >>adding more. I use a mix of clumping and regular, about half and half [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I've found that clumping litter gets just as stinky as regular litter and > loses the ability to clump. Try Scoop Away. It's the best scooping litter I've ever tried. > We curently have two litterboxes in the house used by two cats and one > is clumping and the other not. We're not sure which is less work. > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's poop > in the bathtub. I take it he's angry at me, but for what I cannot tell. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > - Ruby Tuesday Close the drain. Fill the bathtub with clumping kitty litter. Scoop daily. > For me, 3 is the magic number. Tonight was the 3rd time I found Mico's > poop [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > - Ruby Tuesday Keep the tub filled with water??! ;>  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
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