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My mom and I have nearly reached out wit's end with this cat. We've had him for at least 11 years. He's an older cat.
Anyways. This cat has developed a habit of pooping all over the house. Our house has a main floor, upstairs, and basement. Some of his favorite spots include but are not limited to:
◘ In front of the front door (especially if there's a rug there during winter)
◘ Behind either one of the couches
◘ In front of the toilet
◘ At the base of the basement stairs
◘ Next to the central heating unit in the basement, which vents the smell through the whole house on top of heating it up for added flavor
◘ On the far side of my mom's room
◘ In the corner of my room (I keep my door shut now. mom can't because temperature)
◘ Any area rug he can squat over (all of our rugs are ruined, along with an entire staircase of carpet I had to rip up)
◘ Under the living room table
This has been going on for like the past 8 months. He never pees outside the litter box though. Only poo.
We can tell that it's him and not the other cat because I've caught him in the act several times. And his turds are MUCH larger and looser than our other cat's. We've tried every method of discipline we can think of. Punishing the bad behavior, rewarding the good behavior (the occasional times he DOES use the litter box properly). The only thing that works is physically blocking access to his spots. Like stuffing a bunch of boxes there so he can't get in. If he has recently dumped, he can tell when I smell it / start searching for the pile and will run and hide because he seemingly knows he did something wrong. We have 2 cats and 3 litter boxes in the basement. Hell, there was one I saw him shopping around for a spot, and he squatted down and took a crap on the floor while I was standing there telling him NO. He ignored me, pretty as can be, then tried to run past me to avoid punishment after crapping on the floor while I watched him do it.
The only thing left we can think of is shutting him in the laundry room (where the litter boxes are) with a bed, water and food and just having him live there from now on. I really don't want to go to such extreme lengths. Being mean to him breaks my heart, but we cannot have him crapping all over the house, and he's still spry enough to have a few good years left in him.
Does anyone have any idea how we can get this lil POS to stop without resorting to drastic measures?
Anyways. This cat has developed a habit of pooping all over the house. Our house has a main floor, upstairs, and basement. Some of his favorite spots include but are not limited to:
◘ In front of the front door (especially if there's a rug there during winter)
◘ Behind either one of the couches
◘ In front of the toilet
◘ At the base of the basement stairs
◘ Next to the central heating unit in the basement, which vents the smell through the whole house on top of heating it up for added flavor
◘ On the far side of my mom's room
◘ In the corner of my room (I keep my door shut now. mom can't because temperature)
◘ Any area rug he can squat over (all of our rugs are ruined, along with an entire staircase of carpet I had to rip up)
◘ Under the living room table
This has been going on for like the past 8 months. He never pees outside the litter box though. Only poo.
We can tell that it's him and not the other cat because I've caught him in the act several times. And his turds are MUCH larger and looser than our other cat's. We've tried every method of discipline we can think of. Punishing the bad behavior, rewarding the good behavior (the occasional times he DOES use the litter box properly). The only thing that works is physically blocking access to his spots. Like stuffing a bunch of boxes there so he can't get in. If he has recently dumped, he can tell when I smell it / start searching for the pile and will run and hide because he seemingly knows he did something wrong. We have 2 cats and 3 litter boxes in the basement. Hell, there was one I saw him shopping around for a spot, and he squatted down and took a crap on the floor while I was standing there telling him NO. He ignored me, pretty as can be, then tried to run past me to avoid punishment after crapping on the floor while I watched him do it.
The only thing left we can think of is shutting him in the laundry room (where the litter boxes are) with a bed, water and food and just having him live there from now on. I really don't want to go to such extreme lengths. Being mean to him breaks my heart, but we cannot have him crapping all over the house, and he's still spry enough to have a few good years left in him.
Does anyone have any idea how we can get this lil POS to stop without resorting to drastic measures?