I can't believe I'm writing this.
I've suspected this for awhile and considering I've had cats for 37 years and this is the first one I've had who has ever exhibited these obsessive-compulsive disorder type tendencies, I have to consider the possibility.
Either that or she is THE single most stubborn cat I have ever had in my life.
She is 3 years old and there are a few things about which she seems to show signs of ocd. Digging in the scoopable litter is one - she must dig until she hits the bottom or else she won't go. She refuses to use the litter box - instead she must use the toilet-top (yes toilet training kit)... She refuses to take that final step to be toilet trained and will either hold it or go on the floor next to the toilet or if she is out of the bathroom WILL make use of the sofa or bed given the chance.
So you know, the other cat has no issues and will either use the toilet with or without the training kit or she'll use the litter box - seriously.
Some of the other ocd type activities include water-digging where she will completely empty the water dish onto the kitchen floor including the reservoir - she will not stop and it is an obsessed repetitive action much like the frenzied digging she does when digging to the bottom of the litter tray.
I also realize cats have routines, I fear that I may have somehow created a little monster here... If I sleep past when she thinks I should be up she will wake me up - pawing, digging, kneading, nipping, and yes once she did pee on me. She can be vindictive.
Her routine? I wake up, feed her & the other cat, scoop out litter so it is clean and then she will come in and sit to pee and get her "Good Girl!" from me before going on with her day.
I've tried to remove the toilet top litter tray from the equation and she retaliated. I'm at a loss.
I do not yell, hit, etc. - no sense in being the loud scary person. Both my girls were adopted - they're very different from one another - like night and day. They do know when they have done something wrong, I'm just not an ogre about it.
Before anyone says it, yes they have both been to the vet recently, both are healthy... Although not long after the last attempt to remove the toilet top litter tray she did develop a UTI and had to be treated for it - but that was afterwards and when I explained to the vet the vet suggested it might possibly have been because she was trying to hold it.
Suggestions? I know this is long...Sorry.
I've suspected this for awhile and considering I've had cats for 37 years and this is the first one I've had who has ever exhibited these obsessive-compulsive disorder type tendencies, I have to consider the possibility.
Either that or she is THE single most stubborn cat I have ever had in my life.
She is 3 years old and there are a few things about which she seems to show signs of ocd. Digging in the scoopable litter is one - she must dig until she hits the bottom or else she won't go. She refuses to use the litter box - instead she must use the toilet-top (yes toilet training kit)... She refuses to take that final step to be toilet trained and will either hold it or go on the floor next to the toilet or if she is out of the bathroom WILL make use of the sofa or bed given the chance.
So you know, the other cat has no issues and will either use the toilet with or without the training kit or she'll use the litter box - seriously.
Some of the other ocd type activities include water-digging where she will completely empty the water dish onto the kitchen floor including the reservoir - she will not stop and it is an obsessed repetitive action much like the frenzied digging she does when digging to the bottom of the litter tray.
I also realize cats have routines, I fear that I may have somehow created a little monster here... If I sleep past when she thinks I should be up she will wake me up - pawing, digging, kneading, nipping, and yes once she did pee on me. She can be vindictive.
Her routine? I wake up, feed her & the other cat, scoop out litter so it is clean and then she will come in and sit to pee and get her "Good Girl!" from me before going on with her day.
I've tried to remove the toilet top litter tray from the equation and she retaliated. I'm at a loss.
I do not yell, hit, etc. - no sense in being the loud scary person. Both my girls were adopted - they're very different from one another - like night and day. They do know when they have done something wrong, I'm just not an ogre about it.
Before anyone says it, yes they have both been to the vet recently, both are healthy... Although not long after the last attempt to remove the toilet top litter tray she did develop a UTI and had to be treated for it - but that was afterwards and when I explained to the vet the vet suggested it might possibly have been because she was trying to hold it.
Suggestions? I know this is long...Sorry.