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Hello All -
I'm new here but thought I'd see if y'all had any suggestions.
My darling blind Tillie (Facebook.com/MyTillieGirl) has always had this weird habit of spurts of not pooping in the litterbox. She always pees in it, just fine. And then she'll poop in it just fine, but she never buries it, which is weird.
Here's the facts:
-I have 4 cats, including Tillie. I have 2 huge litter boxes, one in basement and one in the top floor of my home. Then one large one on my main level. They're all kept clean and scooped.
-Tillie will only poop on the floor in the basement. The area varies. Sometimes right outside the box. Sometimes on a rug near it. Sometimes on this "Ripple Rug" that's on the floor. Once on top of her toy box. Also just on the carpeted floor. There is no same spot she does it.
-The last time it was chronic, it seemed the poop was harder, so I thought maybe she was constipated. So I got the cats another water fountain, so they have 3 -- one on each floor, and she seemed to improve then. But then a couple weeks ago, when it was chronic again, the poop was normal with bits of loose on it and bloody. That's when I figured something was off, so I took a sample into the vet. They found Clostridia in her stool and put her on a med for it. She was on it for a week, ended this past Tuesday and Tillie went poop in the litterbox shortly after and I thought we were good to go and found the solution.
Now she's pooped twice more on this rug, neither has blood or is loose. I called the vet and they're now going to put her on a probiotic for a couple days to see if that helps. They were going to do an anti-diarrhea med until I clarified that it's not diarrhea this time.
ANY ideas?! It's so weird because it's always been an ongoing issue with her since I adopted her. But it'll be like a week or less of pooping on floor, then goes away for a while. Then comes back. Do I need to get her on a constant probiotic? Any recommendations?
I'm new here but thought I'd see if y'all had any suggestions.
My darling blind Tillie (Facebook.com/MyTillieGirl) has always had this weird habit of spurts of not pooping in the litterbox. She always pees in it, just fine. And then she'll poop in it just fine, but she never buries it, which is weird.
Here's the facts:
-I have 4 cats, including Tillie. I have 2 huge litter boxes, one in basement and one in the top floor of my home. Then one large one on my main level. They're all kept clean and scooped.
-Tillie will only poop on the floor in the basement. The area varies. Sometimes right outside the box. Sometimes on a rug near it. Sometimes on this "Ripple Rug" that's on the floor. Once on top of her toy box. Also just on the carpeted floor. There is no same spot she does it.
-The last time it was chronic, it seemed the poop was harder, so I thought maybe she was constipated. So I got the cats another water fountain, so they have 3 -- one on each floor, and she seemed to improve then. But then a couple weeks ago, when it was chronic again, the poop was normal with bits of loose on it and bloody. That's when I figured something was off, so I took a sample into the vet. They found Clostridia in her stool and put her on a med for it. She was on it for a week, ended this past Tuesday and Tillie went poop in the litterbox shortly after and I thought we were good to go and found the solution.
Now she's pooped twice more on this rug, neither has blood or is loose. I called the vet and they're now going to put her on a probiotic for a couple days to see if that helps. They were going to do an anti-diarrhea med until I clarified that it's not diarrhea this time.
ANY ideas?! It's so weird because it's always been an ongoing issue with her since I adopted her. But it'll be like a week or less of pooping on floor, then goes away for a while. Then comes back. Do I need to get her on a constant probiotic? Any recommendations?
. The one that I use for my cats (and US) is Natural Factors Acidophilus and Bifidus Double Strength. I give them 1/2 capsule in the morning and 1/2 in the evening mixed into their wet food.
