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Hello,
I was wondering if there is any particular way to deal with a cat when you catch them in the middle of peeing outside the letter box?
I know you aren't supposed to punish them as cats apparently don't respond to that.
I yelled "no" at my cat and picked him up and put him in a separate room when I caught him, then thoroughly cleaned up his mess with a cat urine remove spray.
Side note for some background: My cat is in perfect health as I have taken him to the vets, his peeing outside the box I think is behavioural as there have been lots of changes happening and he isn't consistently doing it, once or twice every few weeks. When I first got him he was exactly the same until I changed his litter to clumping clay and he was fine. I changed his litter to clumping corn over a year ago and he has been fine with that too, but part of me thinks maybe he has changed has mind recently and wants the old stuff back, can cats suddenly decide they don't like their litter anymore?
Sorry this has turned into 2 questions now!
Any suggestions on the best way to handle it when I catch him urinating outside the box and if cats can suddenly dislike their litter after a year is much appreciated.
Thank you,
Thomas
I was wondering if there is any particular way to deal with a cat when you catch them in the middle of peeing outside the letter box?
I know you aren't supposed to punish them as cats apparently don't respond to that.
I yelled "no" at my cat and picked him up and put him in a separate room when I caught him, then thoroughly cleaned up his mess with a cat urine remove spray.
Side note for some background: My cat is in perfect health as I have taken him to the vets, his peeing outside the box I think is behavioural as there have been lots of changes happening and he isn't consistently doing it, once or twice every few weeks. When I first got him he was exactly the same until I changed his litter to clumping clay and he was fine. I changed his litter to clumping corn over a year ago and he has been fine with that too, but part of me thinks maybe he has changed has mind recently and wants the old stuff back, can cats suddenly decide they don't like their litter anymore?
Sorry this has turned into 2 questions now!
Any suggestions on the best way to handle it when I catch him urinating outside the box and if cats can suddenly dislike their litter after a year is much appreciated.
Thank you,
Thomas