"paramont" <paramont2@shaw.ca> wrote in message

Phew!
You never know how someone is going to react around here <g>.

Thank you for your advice. I too figured that the painful constipation
gave him negative feelings about the litter box. If I'm around when he
needs to go I do confine him to the bathroom. But it still doesn't
explain why he does the job normally sometimes and on other days breaks
out like this.
 By the way he has no trouble urinating in the box. It's the stools
that he deposits in favourite places. He has had a urinary problem,
some kind of blockage when he was quite a young cat, when it hurt him
to go. He used to cry and only manage a few drops. Since that was
cured, he's been okay, drinks water and pees normally. Also I did speak
to my vet who keeps saying he's fine, only a little plump.
  Small animal practice in Bombay where I'm from is mostly confined to
dogs. Few people keep cats. In some houses they just feed the feral
ones that drop in . So I've found most vets here haven't much
experience with cats. I've had the best tips from a lady who runs a cat
shelter (herbs and natural cures). She too feels it's a behavioural
problem, a bad habit that grew because somehow it worked for him the
first few times. I will give the vet one more shot though, but I don't
want him unnecessarily drugged.  because as far as I can see, he eats
very well, drinks water, has normal, regular, bowel movements and isn't
in any distress. But he's a complicated fellow(I've had cats all my
life but he's different.)Maybe he needs to be psychoanalyzed!