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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2005Update on Rutherford the Brave, and a new upcoming situation
Hello all that helped me once on this newsgroup with a certain kitty enjoying a pee on the floor a day... He's had his litterbox moved, and he never peed there again. I recently went away on a business trip (about 8 days) and Rutherford was being looked in on once a day; when I returned home, he peed across the room on a wall going outside, but it looks like he did this once, and for attention. Now I have a special situation for you cat-superheroes... My girlfriend and I have broken up. I will be moving from this house into a apartment and Rutherford will be alone there from time to time... HOW IN THE WORLD do I make it so that Rutherford doesn't come into the new place and say, "OH YEAH! I can pee EVERYWHERE here!" Yours sincerely, Jim Hutchison and Rutherford the Brave  Signature"...that simple light may rise out of complex darkness." and don't forget to run like an antelope. http://www.jimhutchison.com http://music.jimhutchison.com > Hello all that helped me once on this newsgroup with a certain kitty > enjoying a pee on the floor a day... He's had his litterbox moved, and he [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Yours sincerely, > Jim Hutchison and Rutherford the Brave Well first off, I would buy a couple of Feliway diffusers and put them in even before you move your stuff in. Try to keep the box in a similar location to where it was before. I would even add another in a different room. I also, when moving tried to keep everything in a same orientation. Cats sense direction. My cats were really out of whack until I moved my bed to the same direction (headboard to the east) as the old apartment. Boom, a LOT of things went back to normal. You can eventually change furniture arrangements, but keeping things similar really helps. The main thing is to keep him comfortable and a lot of "sameness". I would even bag up some litter that has been used but scooped to put in the box again when you get to the new place. Good luck! ["Followup-To:" header set to rec.pets.cats.health+behav.] On 2005-01-16, Karen Chuplis penned: > Well first off, I would buy a couple of Feliway diffusers and put them in > even before you move your stuff in. Try to keep the box in a similar [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > litter that has been used but scooped to put in the box again when you get > to the new place. Good luck! I wonder if there's such a thing as kitty feng shui. Oscar was never comfortable anywhere she lived, until we moved into our current house. All of a sudden, she seemed a lot more willing to explore and "make the place her own." I was astounded at the rapid transition. Maybe she could sense that, unlike the previous apartments and the townhouse I'd shared with my brother, this house will be "home" for the forseeable future. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Hello all that helped me once on this newsgroup with a certain kitty > enjoying a pee on the floor a day... He's had his litterbox moved Hey Jimmy, a bit more detail, please! This is a common and terrible problem, so we want to know where the box was moved to, etc. , in previous posts, I had a problem with Rutherford peeing both in the litterbox (which was in a shower in the guest bathroom) and we solved that problem. Everything is okay there now. > in previous posts, I had a problem with Rutherford peeing both in the > litterbox (which was in a shower in the guest bathroom) and we solved that > problem. Everything is okay there now. peeing both on the floor and the litterbox, that is... > in previous posts, I had a problem with Rutherford peeing both in the > litterbox (which was in a shower in the guest bathroom) and we solved that > problem. Everything is okay there now. When you said you moved the litterbox, I was curious, did you move it to the place where he peed, another room, or what? to the place he peed > to the place he peed Ahh, okay. That makes sense. | > to the place he peed | | Ahh, okay. That makes sense. Erm, if I was you I would not take *that* carpet with me or anything he peed on ... Carola | Hello all that helped me once on this newsgroup with a certain kitty | enjoying a pee on the floor a day... He's had his litterbox moved, and he [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] | Yours sincerely, | Jim Hutchison and Rutherford the Brave How about spraying a bottle of 'no no don't pee here'-spray around the place before he moves in? (Available in pet shops.) And how about seriously considering getting a companion for him? I forgot: Is he neutered? If not - do it ASAP. Carola Jimmy, I'm sorry about your girlfriend. I hope you are alright. Rutherford might actually benefit - who knows, maybe he was jealous. I've witnessed plenty of cats behave naughtily because of the presence of a gf/bf. -- ___________________ Jodie jodie75@sympatico.ca |
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