Hey guys. I am at my wit's end. I'm an old poster who's had cats all my life, but here I am stumped by this...
Pia has never been a perfect litter box user. She can't be allowed on anything with carpet or she will poop on it. That's how it is. She has 2 boxes, both of which I scoop every day, and I use cat attractant clumping litter, with boxes that are several times bigger than she is, but occasional litter issues are still just a reality of living with this cat.
But now, after a course of antibiotics for a dental infection, she has completely 100% stopped using her litter box. She has crapped and peed on everything from my couch to the top of my desk to the side of my wall. I have done nothing for the past 48 hours but sit on my knees trying to scrub her waste out of everything I own.
She does have runny stool, I'm guessing from the antibiotic. I skipped one meal and am now mixing her food with rice. It is slowly improving. But I don't think she's just not making it to the box. She has time to run across the house to decide to poop on top of my desk. She's not using her litter box for peeing either. She's just choosing not to use it, period.
I don't know what to do. I currently have her in my office with her food, litter, and cat bed, because I am sick myself and I can't handle this right now. I need 6 hours of her not peeing all over everything and being covered in her poop. I don't know what to do. I'm desperate, honestly.
Pia has never been a perfect litter box user. She can't be allowed on anything with carpet or she will poop on it. That's how it is. She has 2 boxes, both of which I scoop every day, and I use cat attractant clumping litter, with boxes that are several times bigger than she is, but occasional litter issues are still just a reality of living with this cat.
But now, after a course of antibiotics for a dental infection, she has completely 100% stopped using her litter box. She has crapped and peed on everything from my couch to the top of my desk to the side of my wall. I have done nothing for the past 48 hours but sit on my knees trying to scrub her waste out of everything I own.
She does have runny stool, I'm guessing from the antibiotic. I skipped one meal and am now mixing her food with rice. It is slowly improving. But I don't think she's just not making it to the box. She has time to run across the house to decide to poop on top of my desk. She's not using her litter box for peeing either. She's just choosing not to use it, period.
I don't know what to do. I currently have her in my office with her food, litter, and cat bed, because I am sick myself and I can't handle this right now. I need 6 hours of her not peeing all over everything and being covered in her poop. I don't know what to do. I'm desperate, honestly.
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