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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2007New Cat
We just got a new cat...a 5 month old (or so) female that was abandoned. Though still a bit shy...she seems happy and healthy but a bit shy. Anyway ...we showed her the litter box in the basement and she has been using it just fine for urination... However for defecation she insists on "going" in the corner of my study. Since she always "goes" in the same place...I decided to put her litter box there...then little by little start moving it down into the basement . Well the first night...she went in it just fine...So I decided to just move it a small distance at first...(just a couple of feet). Today my fiance called me at work to tell me the cat was trying to push the box back into the corner !!!!! She decided that she better put it back there for now... and maybe in a few days try to move it again. Anyway I thought there would be a few here who would get a laugh from this... but if anyone has any better suggestions I'd be willing to listen! Thanks > We just got a new cat...a 5 month old (or so) female that was abandoned. > Though still a bit shy...she seems happy and healthy but a bit shy. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Thanks You are doing it right. Just go slow. Let her use it in her corner for a couple of weeks.....Then, when she has associated with the box rather that the place, you will be able to get away with moving it slowly toward your preferred location....... <snip> > > Today my fiance called me at work to tell me the cat was trying to push > > the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > the place, you will be able to get away with moving it slowly toward your > preferred location....... OK I will not try to rush things. Cat's are so amazing...and no two are at all alike it seems! > <snip> >> > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > at > all alike it seems! Yeah....And they are very conservative. You can't rush a cat......You can't even hurry it up a little...:^) > <snip> [snip] > > You are doing it right. Just go slow. Let her use it in > > her corner for a couple of weeks.....Then, when she has [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > OK I will not try to rush things. Cat's are so > amazing...and no two are at all alike it seems! Welcome to the wonderful world of being owned by a cat :-) Ivor > > <snip> > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Ivor Yep I've been owned by various cats for over 40 years now :) Can't escape! FWIW... Your study is quite and easier to get to, that's why she's going there instead. Keep the door to the study closed, or try replacing the box with her bowl of food. She won't poop where she eats. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19859148/ By Kim Campbell Thornton MSNBC contributor Cats have the same real-estate priorities as people: location, location, location. They don't want the litter box anywhere near where they eat, they want it in a quiet area and they don't want to be interrupted. Place it in a room away from the food bowl with easy access and few interruptions. Make sure it's where no dogs or people are running in and out, no dryer buzzers are going off. Ideally, put it in a place near an escape, such as a door or a tall cat tree, so if something does scare them, they can exit. > FWIW... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with her bowl of food. > She won't poop where she eats. Hey I made good progress...the box has been moved a few feet closer to the basement... Every few days I'll move it just a bit more... anyway she's earning her keep now...tracking down an eating insects in the house! >> FWIW... >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > anyway she's earning her keep now...tracking down an eating insects in the > house! I have one (Junie) that loves to do that......Junie, the killer of moths.....She wakes us up leaping on the bed going after a moth in the middle of the night....:^) > >> Your study is quite and easier to get to, that's why she's going there > >> instead. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > moths.....She wakes us up leaping on the bed going after a moth in the > middle of the night....:^) That's one good cat...I know it may be silly but I hate the way moths flitter ... I like a cat that can get rid of them... and of course the mice too!!!! Without a cat around...this house would fill up with mice~ >> >> Your study is quite and easier to get to, that's why she's going there >> >> instead. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Without a cat around...this house would fill up with mice~ Also did you really clean the area that the furball used. If there is carpet or wood it got down into the floor below use a black light to tell if you can. there are products at he local pet store to help out And yes slavehood is wonderful you just wonder what is next and how can I stay one step ahead of them ;-) Some cats are like yours ain't it wonderful <snip> > > That's one good cat...I know it may be silly but I hate the way moths > > flitter ... [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Some cats are like yours ain't it wonderful Well she seems to be learning pretty fast... she is now using the litter box that's in the basement *most* of the time... and only using the one upstairs occasionally... I may be able to soon do without it [snip] > That's one good cat...I know it may be silly but I hate > the way moths flitter ... > I like a cat that can get rid of them... > and of course the mice too!!!! > > Without a cat around...this house would fill up with mice~ You've obviously never met my Missy..! Until she arrived, we never *had* mice, now she brings them in and looses them in the kitchen, causing us (well me, really) to spend ages running around trying to catch them..! Aaaarrrggggggghhhhhhh......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ivor > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Ivor BK releases them in my wife's bathroom....And snakes, too......... > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Ivor Well, our old cat that died was too old to catch mice... he was missing his fangs. The worst part was that the mice were eating the cat food! >> >> Your study is quite and easier to get to, that's why she's going there >> >> instead. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Without a cat around...this house would fill up with mice~ Well, our other cats catch mice.....Unfortunately, they catch them outside, and bring them inside!
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