kellyannallen
Lairian
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We have a 16 year old house cat Lio ( more about him in the get well Forum) whom we have a problem with beyond his many health issues.
He had very bad diarrhea to the point of it being like a lake and we thought we would lose him. He’s stable now and For now.
But, in the time he had major cow flops to the “lake” he couldn’t control himself enough to get to the litter box and pooped on the floor wherever he was. Thankfully on the floor and tile floor and not the couch or our bed. Or the cat beds!
With him at the moment being stable on the meds he normally takes and the pre and probiotics paste from the vet, he’s back to normally formed poop. But NOT in the litter box. On the floor sometimes close to the litter box and other times not.
I clean up right away and use a special cleaner like simple solution for the poop spot. And it’s never in the same spot.
How can we retrain him or encourage him to poop in the litter box again. He pees every single time in the litter box without fail.
I’m happy he’s stable but I would like him to both pee and poop in the box again.
We have one box for both cats. Lio never had a box to himself, we never had room for two that was quiet enough or where he wouldn’t be upset with it being there. And before this diarrhea he was perfect in his habits.
The litter box is set up for him! The litter he likes and uses ( wood soft pellet type cats best original) it’s huge and the door is low. Yes it’s covered and yes it gets cleaned almost like it’s an automatic one by us because he doesn’t like it otherwise. And that’s from kitten until now.
Any suggestions? We still do not have a suitable place for extra litter boxes. Lio is very sound and motion sensitive and the litter box is in the optimal place.
And has anyone used a stainless steel litter box? Plastic ones don’t last long with the cleaning I do
Will take in all suggestions!
Kelly
He had very bad diarrhea to the point of it being like a lake and we thought we would lose him. He’s stable now and For now.
But, in the time he had major cow flops to the “lake” he couldn’t control himself enough to get to the litter box and pooped on the floor wherever he was. Thankfully on the floor and tile floor and not the couch or our bed. Or the cat beds!
With him at the moment being stable on the meds he normally takes and the pre and probiotics paste from the vet, he’s back to normally formed poop. But NOT in the litter box. On the floor sometimes close to the litter box and other times not.
I clean up right away and use a special cleaner like simple solution for the poop spot. And it’s never in the same spot.
How can we retrain him or encourage him to poop in the litter box again. He pees every single time in the litter box without fail.
I’m happy he’s stable but I would like him to both pee and poop in the box again.
We have one box for both cats. Lio never had a box to himself, we never had room for two that was quiet enough or where he wouldn’t be upset with it being there. And before this diarrhea he was perfect in his habits.
The litter box is set up for him! The litter he likes and uses ( wood soft pellet type cats best original) it’s huge and the door is low. Yes it’s covered and yes it gets cleaned almost like it’s an automatic one by us because he doesn’t like it otherwise. And that’s from kitten until now.
Any suggestions? We still do not have a suitable place for extra litter boxes. Lio is very sound and motion sensitive and the litter box is in the optimal place.
And has anyone used a stainless steel litter box? Plastic ones don’t last long with the cleaning I do
Will take in all suggestions!
Kelly