My aunt has got her female cat, Catie, a few years ago. When she rescued her, the poor girl was abandonned and pregnant. Well, I'm not quite sure what happenned, but they had to get her aborted...wich is sad already, then she was nutered (spayed?) but since then she has been gaining pound after pound, even on the diet prescribed by the vet. She is now quite overweigh even if she eat very little dry diet food.
She had never had any problem going in the litter box, even if she's fat, the only problem is poo would stick to her long-haired bottom and my aunt has to wipe it up for her everytime cause she has some trouble cleaning herself there, even when she gets a trim.
Now...she is 6 years old, wich is not that old for a kitty, right? Well, the vet has seen no medical problem with her, but she poos quite often on the ground, not too far from her litter box. She does pee in there, so she has no problem to get to it, but half of the time, the poo ends up on the floor (and it's not diarrhea, so I don't think it's a get there in time problem..she has very hard little stools), and my uncle can't stand it anymore and says he wants to have her put to sleep each time it happens, wich breaks my aunt's heart...
Any advice?
She had never had any problem going in the litter box, even if she's fat, the only problem is poo would stick to her long-haired bottom and my aunt has to wipe it up for her everytime cause she has some trouble cleaning herself there, even when she gets a trim.
Now...she is 6 years old, wich is not that old for a kitty, right? Well, the vet has seen no medical problem with her, but she poos quite often on the ground, not too far from her litter box. She does pee in there, so she has no problem to get to it, but half of the time, the poo ends up on the floor (and it's not diarrhea, so I don't think it's a get there in time problem..she has very hard little stools), and my uncle can't stand it anymore and says he wants to have her put to sleep each time it happens, wich breaks my aunt's heart...
Any advice?