Hello everybody!
This will be a long thread (I will try to summarize as much as I can) and I really hope to find a solution.
1. Around September 2020, my husband and I were looking for a house so, we were out a lot for the search and visits. Also, we were having lots of conversations due to this. I think my kittie felt our stress at this moment and started to poop in front of the litter box (he was still going in to pee though). We tried to work on it and played with him more and the behaviour did not change completely but he was going in the litter box one time in two, I would say.
(He is an inside cat and does not go outdoors)
2. When we moved out around October, the start was smooth and he was doing all his necessities inside the litter box. The litter box was placed in the living room where he had eyes on us if we were in the couch watching TV, for example. The living area is quite big and the litter box was in a corner so, it was not really bothering to have it there.
3. Around end of November - start of December, he started doing it again - pee in the litter box and poop around it
In December, we had some renovations going on in the house (incl. the living room) and we had to move the litter box into our bedroom. However there, he went to pee and poop inside, no problem. Of course, after the renovations, we had to put back the litter box to its "original spot" - the corner in the living room - and, the unusual routine started again
Around this period, I got the news that I was pregnant - Yay! More stress for my little furr-baby
4. Around February, we moved the litter box (I know, again) into the corridor close to the living room as it was not possible for me to stay around his litter (toxoplasmosis issues) + we had pretty old wooden planks in the living room and the poop + cleaning was making it worse.
Litter box in the corridor -> did not go so well. He went to pee once into and the next times, pooping and peeing around it. It was "better for us" there as there are tiles and it was easier to clean up but I am sure not for him...
5. My thoughts were: "OK, so the spot is not OK for him." So, we moved the litter box into a room that he really liked playing in and watching the birds and cars from the window but this did not change anything. He was still pooping in the corridor and peeing around the litter box in the room
6. Last week, we went to see a vet - hoping he had some health issues so that it could be easily "fixed" - but the vet just told me that it was a behavioural problem and nothing more. Since a few days, I installed calming diffusers for the kittie in the house and the litter box is still in the corridor.
I would love to have your insight, guys , I just have no patience anymore And, I am just too much in this to find any other solutions or see other things that might help.
This will be a long thread (I will try to summarize as much as I can) and I really hope to find a solution.
1. Around September 2020, my husband and I were looking for a house so, we were out a lot for the search and visits. Also, we were having lots of conversations due to this. I think my kittie felt our stress at this moment and started to poop in front of the litter box (he was still going in to pee though). We tried to work on it and played with him more and the behaviour did not change completely but he was going in the litter box one time in two, I would say.
(He is an inside cat and does not go outdoors)
2. When we moved out around October, the start was smooth and he was doing all his necessities inside the litter box. The litter box was placed in the living room where he had eyes on us if we were in the couch watching TV, for example. The living area is quite big and the litter box was in a corner so, it was not really bothering to have it there.
3. Around end of November - start of December, he started doing it again - pee in the litter box and poop around it
In December, we had some renovations going on in the house (incl. the living room) and we had to move the litter box into our bedroom. However there, he went to pee and poop inside, no problem. Of course, after the renovations, we had to put back the litter box to its "original spot" - the corner in the living room - and, the unusual routine started again
Around this period, I got the news that I was pregnant - Yay! More stress for my little furr-baby
4. Around February, we moved the litter box (I know, again) into the corridor close to the living room as it was not possible for me to stay around his litter (toxoplasmosis issues) + we had pretty old wooden planks in the living room and the poop + cleaning was making it worse.
Litter box in the corridor -> did not go so well. He went to pee once into and the next times, pooping and peeing around it. It was "better for us" there as there are tiles and it was easier to clean up but I am sure not for him...
5. My thoughts were: "OK, so the spot is not OK for him." So, we moved the litter box into a room that he really liked playing in and watching the birds and cars from the window but this did not change anything. He was still pooping in the corridor and peeing around the litter box in the room
6. Last week, we went to see a vet - hoping he had some health issues so that it could be easily "fixed" - but the vet just told me that it was a behavioural problem and nothing more. Since a few days, I installed calming diffusers for the kittie in the house and the litter box is still in the corridor.
I would love to have your insight, guys , I just have no patience anymore And, I am just too much in this to find any other solutions or see other things that might help.