NapsAndDreams
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I adopted Glomptar and Fuzzbutt about 10 days ago. They're both 4 years old, and a healthy weight.
Glomptar is an adventurous eater, and tries to stick anything in his mouth that might be food. And I mean anything! He saw me taking my medications, and tried to eat the pill box. The first morning of my new family, Glomptar saw the jar of powdered milk I use for my morning tea. That night, he knocked the jar off the counter and feasted on powdered milk.
That was 7 days ago. He's been having vomit and diarrhea issues ever since, although the vomit has gotten better -- much less frequent, and mostly just fluid now. (He also seems to have figured out that I prefer him to puke on moppable surfaces, which is considerate, but a tangent). The diarrhea has gone from puddle-like to, using the chart located elsewhere in this forum, mushy but formed.
However, the location he's pooping in has me overly-analytical. I got 2 brand foam new bathroom mats just the week before he arrived, and every morning I have woken up to diarrhea on one of the new mats, usually the white one (closer to the sink than the shower). I have seen his stool in the litter box (they have two, and each seem to exclusively use their preferred one)
I know that sometimes cats will leave stool in high trafficked areas as some kind of message to their parents, whether over concern for their own health, an expression of anxiety, or something else.
I thought maybe the issue was that it was time to change the litter (I have no idea how long their current litter has been in use), or maybe not deep enough (I was warned that Glomptar, in particular, is a digger and needs deep litter), so last night I switched out Glomp's litterbox for a roomier one. This morning, woke up to another present. Glomptar walked up to it, gave it a sniff, meowed at me*, didn't even bother trying to bury it, and then went to use his new litter box.
* in fairness, Glomptar is pretty much always complaining about something, if he can't see me, or I'm in the kitchen
I saw the vet the day after the dry milk incident, for an introduction visit, and will be seeing them again on the 22nd (Fuzzbutt has an ear infection).
Any advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.
Glomptar is an adventurous eater, and tries to stick anything in his mouth that might be food. And I mean anything! He saw me taking my medications, and tried to eat the pill box. The first morning of my new family, Glomptar saw the jar of powdered milk I use for my morning tea. That night, he knocked the jar off the counter and feasted on powdered milk.
That was 7 days ago. He's been having vomit and diarrhea issues ever since, although the vomit has gotten better -- much less frequent, and mostly just fluid now. (He also seems to have figured out that I prefer him to puke on moppable surfaces, which is considerate, but a tangent). The diarrhea has gone from puddle-like to, using the chart located elsewhere in this forum, mushy but formed.
However, the location he's pooping in has me overly-analytical. I got 2 brand foam new bathroom mats just the week before he arrived, and every morning I have woken up to diarrhea on one of the new mats, usually the white one (closer to the sink than the shower). I have seen his stool in the litter box (they have two, and each seem to exclusively use their preferred one)
I know that sometimes cats will leave stool in high trafficked areas as some kind of message to their parents, whether over concern for their own health, an expression of anxiety, or something else.
I thought maybe the issue was that it was time to change the litter (I have no idea how long their current litter has been in use), or maybe not deep enough (I was warned that Glomptar, in particular, is a digger and needs deep litter), so last night I switched out Glomp's litterbox for a roomier one. This morning, woke up to another present. Glomptar walked up to it, gave it a sniff, meowed at me*, didn't even bother trying to bury it, and then went to use his new litter box.
* in fairness, Glomptar is pretty much always complaining about something, if he can't see me, or I'm in the kitchen
I saw the vet the day after the dry milk incident, for an introduction visit, and will be seeing them again on the 22nd (Fuzzbutt has an ear infection).
Any advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.