Hello, i am new to the forum and im looking to get some answers to a couple problems im having with my cats.... any help is greatly appreciated....
We first got Raimei when she was 9 weeks old. We adopted her from a shelter and was already litter trained. She settled in at home with our dog just fine. was so loveable and relaxed.... then two weeks after we got her we had to make a cross country trip home (military) for my daughters funeral service. We asked a friend to watch the cat for us.... he has three cats of his own so i trusted him..... we were gone for a total of 2 weeks. He said the first week Raimei and his 3 cats got along just fine, everybody played and there was no fighting at all..... which was great!!!!
i called to check on her a few times that week and as all was going well i told him i wouldnt be calling the remainder of the time so that i could focus on my daughters memorial stuff. apparently during the second week, his cats turned on Raimei and started ambushing her every chance they got.... they are all declawed and never tried to kill her but they were just down right mean.....
before i knew of the change in attitude we were already on our way home.... we had found a 6 week old kitten abandoned at a rest stop on our drive back and i figured since raimei did so well with the other cats that we wouldnt have much trouble keeping the kitten... its only 7-8 weeks younger than her.... so we brought it home with us.
when i went to pick up Raimei she acted different..... very distant and not interested in me or my husband at all.... when we got home she went straight to her room and wouldnt come downstairs for about 24 hours.... and even then it was only for food.... when she met the new kitten there was a lot of hissing and batting on Raimei's end... the kitten just curls up in a ball and takes it..... i gave it a couple days and Raimei settled down a little.... they can at least be in the same room now.... and Raimei and Sushi have played with each other a couple times... But if it continues for too long Raimei starts to get really rough with Sushi almost like shes just being mean to her for the heck of it. i figured after a few more days Raimei will settle down...
Then last night i found cat feces at the top of the stairs.... Sushi has been using the litter box just fine.... and i knew Raimei was litter trained so i wasnt sure what had happened to make either of them go there....
After watching them for a while i noticed that when Raimei had to go, she would go into the litter box and dig the whole thing up, throwing litter everywhere and rolling around in it... jumping in and out of the box... my husband thought she was playing at first but then we noticed that every time she got back in the box she would pee and then do the tossing and rolling thing.... i dont think she likes the fact that the kitten used her litter box.... then this morning we caught her pooping next to the couch....
im getting her a litter box today to keep in her room (the office). Sushi isnt interested in going upstairs so im hoping if Raimei has her own space to go that she will quit going on the floor. other than that, is there anything i can do to stop the abusive behavior from Raimei and get her to stop using my carpet as her litter box????
Thanks in Advance everyone!!!
We first got Raimei when she was 9 weeks old. We adopted her from a shelter and was already litter trained. She settled in at home with our dog just fine. was so loveable and relaxed.... then two weeks after we got her we had to make a cross country trip home (military) for my daughters funeral service. We asked a friend to watch the cat for us.... he has three cats of his own so i trusted him..... we were gone for a total of 2 weeks. He said the first week Raimei and his 3 cats got along just fine, everybody played and there was no fighting at all..... which was great!!!!
i called to check on her a few times that week and as all was going well i told him i wouldnt be calling the remainder of the time so that i could focus on my daughters memorial stuff. apparently during the second week, his cats turned on Raimei and started ambushing her every chance they got.... they are all declawed and never tried to kill her but they were just down right mean.....
before i knew of the change in attitude we were already on our way home.... we had found a 6 week old kitten abandoned at a rest stop on our drive back and i figured since raimei did so well with the other cats that we wouldnt have much trouble keeping the kitten... its only 7-8 weeks younger than her.... so we brought it home with us.
when i went to pick up Raimei she acted different..... very distant and not interested in me or my husband at all.... when we got home she went straight to her room and wouldnt come downstairs for about 24 hours.... and even then it was only for food.... when she met the new kitten there was a lot of hissing and batting on Raimei's end... the kitten just curls up in a ball and takes it..... i gave it a couple days and Raimei settled down a little.... they can at least be in the same room now.... and Raimei and Sushi have played with each other a couple times... But if it continues for too long Raimei starts to get really rough with Sushi almost like shes just being mean to her for the heck of it. i figured after a few more days Raimei will settle down...
Then last night i found cat feces at the top of the stairs.... Sushi has been using the litter box just fine.... and i knew Raimei was litter trained so i wasnt sure what had happened to make either of them go there....
After watching them for a while i noticed that when Raimei had to go, she would go into the litter box and dig the whole thing up, throwing litter everywhere and rolling around in it... jumping in and out of the box... my husband thought she was playing at first but then we noticed that every time she got back in the box she would pee and then do the tossing and rolling thing.... i dont think she likes the fact that the kitten used her litter box.... then this morning we caught her pooping next to the couch....
im getting her a litter box today to keep in her room (the office). Sushi isnt interested in going upstairs so im hoping if Raimei has her own space to go that she will quit going on the floor. other than that, is there anything i can do to stop the abusive behavior from Raimei and get her to stop using my carpet as her litter box????
Thanks in Advance everyone!!!