I need advice and wasn't sure where to which forum to post it on. Please be kind to me as I have struggled with this for a while now.
Tornado is 11 years old and has been healthy his entire life. About 3 months ago he decided to stop using the litter box for pooping; as he only went ever 2 days or so and the stool was semi hard, it wasn't a big deal to just pick it up and flush it. He always went very close to the litter box, just not in the box.
About 5 weeks ago I notice the carpet by the litter box was wet and stained. It seems that Tornado was also peeing outside the litter box. Turns out he had a UTI and a stone in his bladder. We had the stone removed by surgery and he did great. First course of the antibiotics did clear the UTI so we started on a second course. He hated the pills and fought like crazy so we changed to an injection antibiotic for 2 weeks. Just check his urine and there is a bit of residual UTI, but the vet feels he is on the mend.
Tornado is still peeing and pooping on the floor which by the way is wall to wall carpet. I have cleaned the carpet, added more litter boxes with and without lids, cleaned all the boxes, scoop them twice a day; nothing has worked, he still is using the floor. My house smells like a toilet and I am at my wits end. I need to pull the carpet and replace it but I don't want to do that only to have him pee on the new carpet.
I love Tornado and his sister Phoebe, but I can not handle this any more. I really don't know what else to do and my husband wants me to put Tornado to sleep. I can not imagine anyone will want an 11 year old cat that doesn't use a litter box, otherwise I would look into rehoming him. I never thought I would consider putting him to sleep, but this has me not knowing what else to do. I don' mind given him meds if he is sick and have been doing so for 4 weeks. Phoebe has asthma so she get an inhaler every night. Cleaning up pee and poop everyday is just too much for me.
Now that everyone hate me, any suggestions as to what I can do? Am I just a horrible person to be thinking about putting him to sleep? The vet has also suggested that we try giving his Paxel as she has found it to work for behavior problem with cats. I am leavign town for a week so I can not start these meds until I come back if I decided to try them. He is hard as hell to pill so I don't even know if this is an option.
Tornado is 11 years old and has been healthy his entire life. About 3 months ago he decided to stop using the litter box for pooping; as he only went ever 2 days or so and the stool was semi hard, it wasn't a big deal to just pick it up and flush it. He always went very close to the litter box, just not in the box.
About 5 weeks ago I notice the carpet by the litter box was wet and stained. It seems that Tornado was also peeing outside the litter box. Turns out he had a UTI and a stone in his bladder. We had the stone removed by surgery and he did great. First course of the antibiotics did clear the UTI so we started on a second course. He hated the pills and fought like crazy so we changed to an injection antibiotic for 2 weeks. Just check his urine and there is a bit of residual UTI, but the vet feels he is on the mend.
Tornado is still peeing and pooping on the floor which by the way is wall to wall carpet. I have cleaned the carpet, added more litter boxes with and without lids, cleaned all the boxes, scoop them twice a day; nothing has worked, he still is using the floor. My house smells like a toilet and I am at my wits end. I need to pull the carpet and replace it but I don't want to do that only to have him pee on the new carpet.
I love Tornado and his sister Phoebe, but I can not handle this any more. I really don't know what else to do and my husband wants me to put Tornado to sleep. I can not imagine anyone will want an 11 year old cat that doesn't use a litter box, otherwise I would look into rehoming him. I never thought I would consider putting him to sleep, but this has me not knowing what else to do. I don' mind given him meds if he is sick and have been doing so for 4 weeks. Phoebe has asthma so she get an inhaler every night. Cleaning up pee and poop everyday is just too much for me.
Now that everyone hate me, any suggestions as to what I can do? Am I just a horrible person to be thinking about putting him to sleep? The vet has also suggested that we try giving his Paxel as she has found it to work for behavior problem with cats. I am leavign town for a week so I can not start these meds until I come back if I decided to try them. He is hard as hell to pill so I don't even know if this is an option.