Nefertiti has long had "litterbox issues", with both urine and poop. We're at our wit's end here and any advice would be appreciated.
We had her fully vet-checked less than a year ago when she stopped using the litterbox. Everything came up fine. We tried adding more and more litterboxes, especially in the places she seemed to favor. We changed litter brands. We tried crating her, which seems to drive her nuts. She will use the box when she is in the crate, but will sometimes go on the towel or bed we'll put in there for her, too. It just seems that she gets the urge and goes wherever she is at the moment. As soon as she is out, reverts to her "old ways". We've covered every surface in her usual "turf" with doggy incontinence pads, which were a godsend.
But it's gotten worse in the last month or so. Now she is going midway up the cat tree and pooping off the edge, down the wall. It has happened now four days running, and I don't know how much more of this I can take.
Some background: Titi will be 15 in October, we got her and her brother Osiris about 1 1/2 yrs ago via the National Abyssinian Rescue. She is spayed and front declawed
She and Osiris were both successfully treated about 4 months ago for Coccidia, and her current poop (sorry to be so graphic, folks) is nothing at all in appearance or smell like the coccidia poop was. (The vet told me, once you've experienced coccidia, you'll never forget, and boy I bet she is right!
Tybalt wants to try crating her again. She is in the crate right now in the room with me and is howling nonstop. My heart is breaking for her. Is there anything that we can do? As I said, she had a full vet workup and it was fine, in fact the vet had commented that she was better than she'd expected for her age.
We had her fully vet-checked less than a year ago when she stopped using the litterbox. Everything came up fine. We tried adding more and more litterboxes, especially in the places she seemed to favor. We changed litter brands. We tried crating her, which seems to drive her nuts. She will use the box when she is in the crate, but will sometimes go on the towel or bed we'll put in there for her, too. It just seems that she gets the urge and goes wherever she is at the moment. As soon as she is out, reverts to her "old ways". We've covered every surface in her usual "turf" with doggy incontinence pads, which were a godsend.
But it's gotten worse in the last month or so. Now she is going midway up the cat tree and pooping off the edge, down the wall. It has happened now four days running, and I don't know how much more of this I can take.
Some background: Titi will be 15 in October, we got her and her brother Osiris about 1 1/2 yrs ago via the National Abyssinian Rescue. She is spayed and front declawed
Tybalt wants to try crating her again. She is in the crate right now in the room with me and is howling nonstop. My heart is breaking for her. Is there anything that we can do? As I said, she had a full vet workup and it was fine, in fact the vet had commented that she was better than she'd expected for her age.