I have 4 cats now, 3 were fostered from a friend when he lost his home, none are fixed (not even mine--student budget.) They're all females from the same mother, 2 different litters so 2 are 3 years old and the other 2 are 2. Ever since I picked up a stray one night because it was injured and took it to the humane society (it was a male i think--no idea on the fixed issue) i walked back into my house and the cats went nuts...like for 2 weeks...Abby had a complete personality change and forgot she's lived with the other 2/3 cats her entire life...it really scared me.
Since then, there have been poops in front of the litter box, even immediately after it has been scooped and deodorized and since I've moved and gotten a new roommate who (THANK GOD) loves cats, there have been "accidents" on her bed, our bathtub (#1 and #2), her chair, relatively the same spot in front of the litter box (even though it's an different apt.) and finally on MY bed and then on my Binder of extremely important information! This has been getting worse over the last 2 weeks, not better.
I finally sent Abby to a friend, and since of course, Ace has been going nuts (same litter sisters) as they have NEVER been apart. As soon as she was gone, one or all of the other cats proceeded to pee on all the spots i thought had been solely Abby's fault (she was sent away because I caught her a few times and my friend has vet connections....) Now I'm bringing her back and i've gotten new "cat-attracting" litter, i've started wet food to combat little rock-hard bullets of poo, and locking and covering all materials in the house when the cats are unattended, which with our completely different schedules with work and school was not much time....
I am at my wits end and I am really concerned about these cats and how to get 4 of them to be retrained at the same time, while still keeping my job....the only confined space i have is our tiny bathroom or our living room/kitchen (which is actually the largest space, but has the fewest matierial items.)
ANY ideas would be a huge help...
Since then, there have been poops in front of the litter box, even immediately after it has been scooped and deodorized and since I've moved and gotten a new roommate who (THANK GOD) loves cats, there have been "accidents" on her bed, our bathtub (#1 and #2), her chair, relatively the same spot in front of the litter box (even though it's an different apt.) and finally on MY bed and then on my Binder of extremely important information! This has been getting worse over the last 2 weeks, not better.
I finally sent Abby to a friend, and since of course, Ace has been going nuts (same litter sisters) as they have NEVER been apart. As soon as she was gone, one or all of the other cats proceeded to pee on all the spots i thought had been solely Abby's fault (she was sent away because I caught her a few times and my friend has vet connections....) Now I'm bringing her back and i've gotten new "cat-attracting" litter, i've started wet food to combat little rock-hard bullets of poo, and locking and covering all materials in the house when the cats are unattended, which with our completely different schedules with work and school was not much time....
I am at my wits end and I am really concerned about these cats and how to get 4 of them to be retrained at the same time, while still keeping my job....the only confined space i have is our tiny bathroom or our living room/kitchen (which is actually the largest space, but has the fewest matierial items.)
ANY ideas would be a huge help...