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Good luck and keep us updated ok? Pooping problems are another one of
those miserable things for them. :(  

I jinxed myself.  After writing the above and sending it last (Thursday)
night, I went into the bathroom to clean the litter box, in preparation for
putting Tiger in for her nightly pee.  I do that between 10pm-midnight.  In
the covered box, I saw what looked like a good sized quantity of pee.  It
was right on the bottom of the box, on the side.  Those are always annoying
to get out cleanly, since they're stuck to the box.  I figured Tiger had
gone in on her own when I wasn't paying attention, which she'll do
sometimes.  This morning, shortlay after 8:00am, I'm in bed and I'm awake
but not yet ready to get up.  All of a sudden I feel something warm & wet on
my leg.  TIGER!!!!  I must have been wrong about the box last night.  It was
probably Otto's work, but since it wasn't a clean clump and was spread out
it looked like it was a bigger volume than it was.

I jumped out of bed and found TIger, whose back end was soaked, and washed
her off in the sink.  Stripped the bed, jumped in the shower and then went
to the laundry to wash everything.  A year or two ago I took off the
waterproof mattress cover, since she had gone a long time with no accidents.
I think I'll call for an appointment for her next week.  I've got to find a
new vet, as I've hated the last two we've seen.  A few years ago I took Otto
somewhere else when he had an eye infection at Christmas, and the regular
vet at the time was on vacation.  I'll try that place again.  I don't drive,
so my choices are limited.

Tiger spent about a half hour in the bathroom drying off on a towel.  When I
went in she did her usual happy grunts and came over and started purring,
and wanting to know what time breakfast was being served.

I had a feeling I should have shut my bedroom door last night.

--
Liz

Yes, I don't mind it much at all. A simple paper towel or kleenex and
the mess is gone.

What I do mind is what Kira did today. She spent the whole day
downstairs with the door shut. I usually don't keep the door shut to
the basement, so, she usually isn't stuck with Chase all day. And he
has a tendency to harrass her at the litter box.

So, she peed on the top of the cat tree and pooped over the edge. It
doesn't happen often, but if she is harrassed or feels cornered, she
will pee on the spot. Why she had to pick the top of the cat tree, Ii
don't know. She then didn't have a place to hang out.

So, I came home, sat down at the computer, and caught the smell. It
took me awhile to find it. I cleaned and scrubbed, but it still
smells. It's a small cat tree that I keep on top of the table to make
it taller, so I may just shove it in the bathtub and hose it down. I
haven't figured out the best way to dry it if I do that.

I have been fortunate with Kira. She is the most active with hair
balls since she is long hair. But she is almost always in the walkway
when she does it, so I can just clean it off the rug. Not too bad.

When she was younger and would start to hack, I would gently pick her
up and move her to the floor. Quietly and calmly. So, she figured out
that was the best place to go. And she usually does it on her own.
She'll be on the bed, suddenly jump down to the floor, and then hack.

Maynard rarely barfed anything up, but he was dangerous when he did.
He even barfed on my phone bill once. Although one time, he was
sitting on my desk and managed to lean over the edge and send it into
the garbage can. Good boy!

But usually, it was on my bed. And Kira used to get separation anxiety
when I went out of town overnight.Nothing like geting home tired and
ready for bed, only to find you have 3 loads of laundry to do first. I
used to put a vinyl tablecloth on the bed, fuzzy side up, when leaving
town. Then I could peel off the mess and go to bed with no problem.