Help!! Apologies in advance for the long story...
We have 3 cats, all boys. 2 are close in age. They're 3 (Freddy) and 2.5 (Teddy), both rescued as kittens and raised here. They get along great and we had no issues. In May, our best friend passed away. Before he went, I promised I would take care of his cat. Horus is roughly 12 years and has been an only cat. We broght him home, and after a few rough days, he settled in.. mostly. He gets along with Freddy, but Teddy and he do not get along at all. He constantly tries to attack him. You can tell Teddy is fearfull of him, he's always on alert and spends a lot of the day hidden away.
After a couple months, we settled into a new routine. Everything seemed ok.
Recently though we've encountered an issue and nothing we try has helped and It seems to be getting worse. One, or more...we really do not know, have started going to the bathroom wherever they want. On the kitchen counter, rugs, clothes piles, wherever. We have 2 boxes (both clean and recently replaced). Both were upstairs, so we tried moving 1 downstairs. Seemed to work a couple days, then back to the counter. We've changed litter brands, put the lids on the box, left them off the box..everything we can think of.
We're out of ideas. I hoping someone has a solution?? I hate to have to, but my wife is starting to threaten rehoming Horus, if not all 3.
Thanks
We have 3 cats, all boys. 2 are close in age. They're 3 (Freddy) and 2.5 (Teddy), both rescued as kittens and raised here. They get along great and we had no issues. In May, our best friend passed away. Before he went, I promised I would take care of his cat. Horus is roughly 12 years and has been an only cat. We broght him home, and after a few rough days, he settled in.. mostly. He gets along with Freddy, but Teddy and he do not get along at all. He constantly tries to attack him. You can tell Teddy is fearfull of him, he's always on alert and spends a lot of the day hidden away.
After a couple months, we settled into a new routine. Everything seemed ok.
Recently though we've encountered an issue and nothing we try has helped and It seems to be getting worse. One, or more...we really do not know, have started going to the bathroom wherever they want. On the kitchen counter, rugs, clothes piles, wherever. We have 2 boxes (both clean and recently replaced). Both were upstairs, so we tried moving 1 downstairs. Seemed to work a couple days, then back to the counter. We've changed litter brands, put the lids on the box, left them off the box..everything we can think of.
We're out of ideas. I hoping someone has a solution?? I hate to have to, but my wife is starting to threaten rehoming Horus, if not all 3.
Thanks