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Hi all,
Not sure if this goes under health or behavior, so please let me know if I've posted in the wrong area. My 6 year old shorthair Snoopy (indoor only) practically developed litter box issues overnight. I was out for a few days last week, while my wife was with him at home to take care of him. While I was gone, he all of a sudden stopped using the litter box and instead began to run around wildly while dropping feces wherever he would run. We figured at first it was him unhappy about me being gone, but even after I've come home (since last Thursday) he's still doing this.
We took him to the vet and the vet found nothing physically wrong with him (no blockages, bladder felt fine), and his feces tested negative for anything. So we figured we'd just confine him for a while in the room where his litter box is, leave food and water for him and let him be for a bit one afternoon. Came home to find one turd in the box with 3 others outside. So it almost seemed like he was trying to poop there but then decided not to?
This morning we confined him to our bedroom and the room where his litter box is (short hallway distance) and he just got angry with us. Ran around the bedroom leaving turds everywhere. I'm really at a loss for words since he's never exhibited any of this kind of behavior before in all the years I've had him. Even with the introduction of a puppy a few years ago, or two big moves, he's always used his litter box consistently. Any thoughts? Is it worthwhile to go back to the vet again?
Sorry for the giant block of text, just wanted to get out all the info.
Thanks
Not sure if this goes under health or behavior, so please let me know if I've posted in the wrong area. My 6 year old shorthair Snoopy (indoor only) practically developed litter box issues overnight. I was out for a few days last week, while my wife was with him at home to take care of him. While I was gone, he all of a sudden stopped using the litter box and instead began to run around wildly while dropping feces wherever he would run. We figured at first it was him unhappy about me being gone, but even after I've come home (since last Thursday) he's still doing this.
We took him to the vet and the vet found nothing physically wrong with him (no blockages, bladder felt fine), and his feces tested negative for anything. So we figured we'd just confine him for a while in the room where his litter box is, leave food and water for him and let him be for a bit one afternoon. Came home to find one turd in the box with 3 others outside. So it almost seemed like he was trying to poop there but then decided not to?
This morning we confined him to our bedroom and the room where his litter box is (short hallway distance) and he just got angry with us. Ran around the bedroom leaving turds everywhere. I'm really at a loss for words since he's never exhibited any of this kind of behavior before in all the years I've had him. Even with the introduction of a puppy a few years ago, or two big moves, he's always used his litter box consistently. Any thoughts? Is it worthwhile to go back to the vet again?
Sorry for the giant block of text, just wanted to get out all the info.
Thanks