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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2003Eccentric behavior in litter box
For the last couple of weeks, our 5 month old male has been piling up his litter in one end of the box. Within minutes of changing the box, he's in there digging away until he's eventually got one end of the box completely bare. I don't think it is a sanitory issue, as I change his box every other day. And he still uses the box as normal (thank god!). Other than making a bit of a mess on the outside with the kicked up litter, it isn't a problem. I'm just purely curious at this point! Anyone seen this before, or have any ideas as to why? Bruce > For the last couple of weeks, our 5 month old > male has been piling up his litter in one end of the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Maybe he just likes digging around in the kitty litter (because he thinks it's fun). I've got one calico who just loves to slide her paws across a shiny catalog or magazine. It's like she's "digging" and she'll keep up the activity for minutes at a time. (You can read the story of how I acquired the calico here: http://www.ruralroute2.com/kitten.html) I've got a couple of other cats who seem to enjoy digging in the litter box. I keep thinking to myself, "It's covered up already. You can stop now." I guess they just want to be thorough! LeAnn Author of the book Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm) Click here to sign up for Rural Route 2 Updates and to read sample chapters and other Rural Route 2 stories http://ruralroute2.com Yea it's for fun. My black cat loved to slide her paw on the tile floor. :P > > For the last couple of weeks, our 5 month old > > male has been piling up his litter in one end of the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > http://ruralroute2.com One of my mate's cats used to sleep in the fresh litter in the littler box ! :) They had to buy new litter box for the others :) Gee > For the last couple of weeks, our 5 month old > male has been piling up his litter in one end of the > box. Perhaps it's a game, or a habbit now for whatever reason, but it clearly likes it that way and obviously, you are not doing it right! :) Try and do it one time for him, and see what he thinks :) My Shadow tends to dig through untill she finds a paper underneath, then does a wee. I assume it feels better on her privates. Gee Maybe the litter level was too low and he was trying to fix that? seems like an abstract thought, but our cat will throw a piece of food that is too hot (stolen, of course) into her water dish, then eat it to cool it off... kr > For the last couple of weeks, our 5 month old > male has been piling up his litter in one end of the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Bruce well Bruce, my cat only does that if he wants to leave a little parcel your cat isn't constipated is it ? by the way I have to clean my cats litter box out after each use as I did with my last cat which isn't as bad as it sounds as he mostly uses it1st part of a.m and early evening. maybe your baby just likes to play, like a kid in a sand box. good luckin finding the reason jp > For the last couple of weeks, our 5 month old > male has been piling up his litter in one end of the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Bruce |
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