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He's been a lot perkier since I reduced his gabapentin dose - got his energy back, can walk properly, spent a good portion of the late afternoon sitting up and mithering me for attention and food like he normally would
He's still weeing on the puppy pads/towels I put on my lap and in his sleeping places rather than in the litter trays, so I am starting to think that might be a behavioural issue to do with him associating the litter tray with pain.
I am thinking remove the usual litter and try them with puppy pads and old towels in the litter trays to see if he finds that a better option??
Any advice about retraining an elderly cat to use a litter tray after they might have developed fear due to UTI pain would be most welcome - any links to external resources or threads here.
(I should add, although I hope it would be obvious from the way I have talked about my cats past and present over the years that I would never ever so much as scold them for going in the wrong place, I'm encouragement and positive reinforcement only)
He's still weeing on the puppy pads/towels I put on my lap and in his sleeping places rather than in the litter trays, so I am starting to think that might be a behavioural issue to do with him associating the litter tray with pain.
I am thinking remove the usual litter and try them with puppy pads and old towels in the litter trays to see if he finds that a better option??
Any advice about retraining an elderly cat to use a litter tray after they might have developed fear due to UTI pain would be most welcome - any links to external resources or threads here.
(I should add, although I hope it would be obvious from the way I have talked about my cats past and present over the years that I would never ever so much as scold them for going in the wrong place, I'm encouragement and positive reinforcement only)