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SirDrums - 02 Oct 2006 19:00 GMT
I have two lovely cats. Jazzy and cleo.They are really good cats. Very
affectionate and playfull. They also have very stinky bathroom visits.
So bad that if your in the room when they use it you will soon find
your self running for your life. Actually, you evacuate the whole
upstairs.I have tried many things to get rid of the smell. Baking soda,
different litter, air freshners etc.. nothing seems to work. The room
in which the box resides either smells of cat leftovers (for about 5
min after they use it) or the litter that holds it. I wanted to fix it
that you could not smell either (within in reason). So I bought a
enclosed litter box. One with a charcoal filter and a flap over the
entrance. It works great!! except cleo has decided not to use it. I
didnt find out until it was to late. She has gone everywhere in the
house except the liter box. The master bath, the guest bath, living
room. When I walk in my house I am now greeted with a Cat urin smell.
Very upsetting to me. I am going to have to get a black light and
Natures Miracle now...

I have tried several times to show her that the litter box is ok. I
have picked her up and placed inside to let her see its ok. I have
baracaded off parts of the house that she has messed up in to hopes of
making her use the box.

The new box is not all that different from the old expect that is has a
filter and a 'door' on it. What is her problem? Am I doing something
wrong?
Matthew - 02 Oct 2006 19:08 GMT
>I have two lovely cats. Jazzy and cleo.They are really good cats. Very
> affectionate and playfull. They also have very stinky bathroom visits.
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> filter and a 'door' on it. What is her problem? Am I doing something
> wrong?

You may need to change the area where the box is in.   Change the type of
litter
Also a vet visit  she may have a UTI  inappropriate urination and defecation
is a sure sign of one.
Plus if there smell is that bad  have you changed their diet or added
anything to it.  If not tell the vet when you are there
---MIKE--- - 02 Oct 2006 20:55 GMT
Some cats refuse to use covered boxes.  Take the cover off.

                 ---MIKE---
>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> (44° 15'  N - Elevation 1580')
tension_on_the_wire - 02 Oct 2006 20:08 GMT
> I have two lovely cats. Jazzy and cleo.They are really good cats. Very
> affectionate and playfull. They also have very stinky bathroom visits.
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> filter and a 'door' on it. What is her problem? Am I doing something
> wrong?

Changing a cat's box can be a delicate matter.  When I changed to
a Booda Igloo covered box, I left the cover off for the first week,
just to give them time to use the box in the same way as the
old one.  Also, I put the sifted but old litter from the old box
directly into the new one, not using any fresh litter for the
first three days or so, so that there would be some transfer
of smell from the old box to the new one, hence some
familiarity.  This change took place when I had just the
one cat, Luthien.  Once I saw her comfortably using it,
then I put the lid on, and kept the box in a well-lighted
room so that there was less "dark" effect inside the
box.  After about two weeks, everything was on
auto-pilot.

If you need to, temporarily change back to the old box
or keep both out, side by side, and then start exchanging
litter between the two from time to time.

Just in case your cat has sensitive nosie....consider
that the smell of scented litter is even stronger for
the cat when it is inside a closed box....you
might want to start slowly diluting it more and
more with unscented litter, until you have
eliminated the smelly stuff altogether.

Just a few thoughts, hope it helps.

--tension
~*Connie*~ - 04 Oct 2006 23:57 GMT
>I have two lovely cats. Jazzy and cleo.They are really good cats. Very
> affectionate and playfull. They also have very stinky bathroom visits.
> So bad that if your in the room when they use it you will soon find
> your self running for your life.

Everyone else addressed the fact that you changed the box and it was not to
Cleo's liking, and suggested you switch back.  I agree with that.

But I want to address the "stinky bathroom visits"

The lower the quality of food you feed your cat often correlates to higher
poop production and stench.  You might find that if you switch to a high
quality canned food, then you'll probably find that the poo will be less in
volume and smell.  I feed my cats a raw food diet, and the poop is much
smaller in size, and there is absolutely no smell.
tension_on_the_wire - 05 Oct 2006 05:45 GMT
> The lower the quality of food you feed your cat often correlates to higher
> poop production and stench.  You might find that if you switch to a high
> quality canned food, then you'll probably find that the poo will be less in
> volume and smell.  I feed my cats a raw food diet, and the poop is much
> smaller in size, and there is absolutely no smell.

Just for the record, my cats have only had particularly
voluminous and smelly poops only after canned food,
and never when they eat dried food.  Even when it
is good canned food.  Luthien, in particular, is
prone to diarrhea with *any* canned food.

--tension
 
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