Potty problems
Potty problems
HI group, my brother has an aged cat. He is like 11 I think. Any ways he is going potty in their tub. Just out of the blue he started to pee and poo in the tub. His kitty litter is cleaned out regularly, he has never had a problem with it before. What could be causing him to do this. I thought maybe a change in his life, so it has caused him to stress out. But from what my brother says, their hasn't been any changes. He spends most of the day alone with my brother. They have two kids, 2 and 3. But the girls are almost always gone during the day. And they haven't been chasing him around or anything to cause him to be stressed out. They feed him cat hairball food, and he hasn't shown any signs of hacking up any hairballs, or problems like that. What else could be the problem? He isn't showing any signs of illness either.
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Don't know what causes the behaviour but our cat Ringo started using our tub as a urinal... we countered by leaving an inch or so of water in the tub for awhile which changed his mind.
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Do you know for certain they didn't try and go some where else after you stopped them with putting water in the tub?
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Get kitty to a vet for a fulll exam, urinalysis and bloodwork, this should be done on any cat over the age of 7, yearly.
Sudden and unusual litterbox habits demand a veterinary visit promptly!
Sudden and unusual litterbox habits demand a veterinary visit promptly!
..........Traci
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They had him checked out, and came back with no problems. I just thought others might have seen or heard of this sort of thing.
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Was full bloodwork done? Including urinalysis and thyroid function testing? Was a second opinion sought?
Can't stress this enough, any sudden or unusual urinating habits need to be addressed with a vet visit, to rule out numerous health problems, which may or may not be related to a urinary tract issue. If full and complete bloodwork hasn't been done, it should be done.
What is or has been going on in the environment? Cats usually don't just develop strange litterbox habits without either 1) a stressful environment or stressful event/changes...or 2) a developing health problem.
Can't stress this enough, any sudden or unusual urinating habits need to be addressed with a vet visit, to rule out numerous health problems, which may or may not be related to a urinary tract issue. If full and complete bloodwork hasn't been done, it should be done.
What is or has been going on in the environment? Cats usually don't just develop strange litterbox habits without either 1) a stressful environment or stressful event/changes...or 2) a developing health problem.
..........Traci