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kittylady - 06 Apr 2005 19:55 GMT

My outdoor cat has chosen to use the flower bed under my son's window as
her "litter box". The problem is that the smell is seeping through the
walls/window and causing my son's room to smell horrible. The flower bed
is empty and I thought maybe if I planted something there she might go
somewhere else. Anyone have any words of wisdom?

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bethmeryle@yahoo.com - 06 Apr 2005 20:00 GMT

> My outdoor cat has chosen to use the flower bed under my son's window as
> her "litter box". The problem is that the smell is seeping through the
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Not sure about planting, but how about laying down some orange peels in
that area? Cats hate the citrus smell and it might repel her.
Beth

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Phil P. - 06 Apr 2005 23:55 GMT

> My outdoor cat has chosen to use the flower bed under my son's window as
> her "litter box". The problem is that the smell is seeping through the
> walls/window and causing my son's room to smell horrible. The flower bed
> is empty and I thought maybe if I planted something there she might go
> somewhere else. Anyone have any words of wisdom?

Train your cat to use a litter box indoors - where you can monitor your
cat's elimination behavior for potential medical problems.

If your cat urinates and defecate outdoors, how do know if your cat is
constipated, or has diarrhea, or melena (a sign of gastrointestinal
bleeding), or has difficulty urinating, or has blood in the urine, - or a
potentially fatal urinary tract obstruction.....

Phil

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sriddles@aol.com - 07 Apr 2005 04:12 GMT

> > My outdoor cat has chosen to use the flower bed under my son's window as
> > her "litter box". The problem is that the smell is seeping through the
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> Phil

Absolutely. Besides, if the area stinks that bad, you'll have a hard
time getting anything to grow there, because the urine has probably
made the soil pretty acidic. You can try covering the area with rocks,
sea shells, chicken wire. Don't use mothballs--invariably somebody is
going to suggest this--they are extremely toxic to your cat.
Provide your kitty a litterbox. After all, you don't really want to use
your hands to work soil that's been a kitty-bathroom. You can not only
monitor your cat's health better, but you can control and dispose of
the waste properly.

Sherry

Sherry

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