They have all been to the vet recently to get their shots and received clean bills of health. The oldest one is overweight with cataracts developing. We've tried diet food and everything to try to have him lose weight, but to no avail. We know he's old and eventually the day will come that he will have to be euthanized, but he's healthy otherwise and a very happy cat, so we just let him be content.
Our problem is that one of the cats keeps pooping on the floor outside the litterbox. No urine, just poo. The boxes are getting used, but there is still someone going on the floor. This started about 3 or 4 months ago. We've asked the vet about it and were told that whoever is doing it is probably upset about the addition of the new cats in the home. They suggested adding another litterbox or watching to see who is doing it and spraying him/her with water when they go outside the box. We have added two more litterboxes, so there are three total, and it hasn't changed. We've moved the boxes around to where the stool is, sprayed the floor, and it hasn't helped. The boxes are in the basement, so thankfully it is just cement floors and not carpeting, but it's getting really irritating having to clean up poo off the floor every day. We all work, I have two jobs myself, and it is just too difficult to sit and wait and watch to see who is doing it.
I have seen both Mooch and Bella use the boxes, so I know that it is not them doing it. And the oldest cat, Shadow, just peed on the dirty laundry TODAY, upstairs, not in the basement.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to stop this? Any help would be really appreciated.
