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I have two cats. One is 15 and we think she is losing control of her faculties. About a year or two ago, she started pooping outside the box. Any time before this, it was a statement of something - i.e. she didn't like the new brand of food, new brand of litter, etc. She started pooping under my parent's bed a few years ago and we never could figure out why so we started placing puppy pads. The behavior has continued and now she poops on the bed or wherever she's sleeping - hence why we think she's losing control.
However, the problem is now our other cat who is going on 9. She has been very good about using the litter box, save for a few times she doesn't squat and pees over the edge. Lately something's changed and we aren't sure what, but she's started pooping on my parent's bed. This was about a month ago, so they started closing their door to their bedroom. She then came into my room and started pooping on my bed. Usually it was just one little turd. I caught her about to do it one day and told her no. She hissed at me, then ran to my parent's door and I thought she wanted to look out the window (she has a preferred spot on a chair that looks at a bird feeder) but instead she ran to the bed and dumped a full load on the puppy pad. Now I notice whenever she has to do her business, she'll run to my bed and start meowing like crazy until I notice her, then she squats and tries to poop.If I try to stop her, she hisses at me. I've started closing my door so she eventually either poops in the box or goes on the couch/floor.
The things we noticed were major changes lately were; 1) my schedule. She was very used to me being home a lot and spending time with me. I've been getting more hours at work and haven't been coming home at night as much - I go to see my girlfriend. 2) There's a stray cat hanging around the neighborhood. A male long hair, beautiful smokey grey, that we've named Fantome (after the Phantom of the Opera). As of late, he's been sleeping on our porch, though we aren't putting food or anything out for him. There's a door that looks out onto the porch and our cat often looks out that window, so we thought she was getting territorial with him, so we blocked the door.
As a side note, my family are notorious horders and the house is a mess (all of it is stuff with actual value, vintage clothes, dolls, teddy bears - my mother and I are antique dealers) So when we say we blocked the door, there was a narrow walkway to get to it and we stacked some boxes so she couldn't get to the door. We've tried putting their poops in the litter box to indicate to them where to poop, but it didn't work. We gave up on rubbing their noses in it cuz that only scares them.
Beyond that, we have no idea why she's suddenly started having this need to poop on the beds or under the couch or wherever. We've thought about changing the litter boxes, thinking something fell on one and scared them both out of it, but we have both open and closed boxes and they will pee in them but pooping is a no go for some reason.
However, the problem is now our other cat who is going on 9. She has been very good about using the litter box, save for a few times she doesn't squat and pees over the edge. Lately something's changed and we aren't sure what, but she's started pooping on my parent's bed. This was about a month ago, so they started closing their door to their bedroom. She then came into my room and started pooping on my bed. Usually it was just one little turd. I caught her about to do it one day and told her no. She hissed at me, then ran to my parent's door and I thought she wanted to look out the window (she has a preferred spot on a chair that looks at a bird feeder) but instead she ran to the bed and dumped a full load on the puppy pad. Now I notice whenever she has to do her business, she'll run to my bed and start meowing like crazy until I notice her, then she squats and tries to poop.If I try to stop her, she hisses at me. I've started closing my door so she eventually either poops in the box or goes on the couch/floor.
The things we noticed were major changes lately were; 1) my schedule. She was very used to me being home a lot and spending time with me. I've been getting more hours at work and haven't been coming home at night as much - I go to see my girlfriend. 2) There's a stray cat hanging around the neighborhood. A male long hair, beautiful smokey grey, that we've named Fantome (after the Phantom of the Opera). As of late, he's been sleeping on our porch, though we aren't putting food or anything out for him. There's a door that looks out onto the porch and our cat often looks out that window, so we thought she was getting territorial with him, so we blocked the door.
As a side note, my family are notorious horders and the house is a mess (all of it is stuff with actual value, vintage clothes, dolls, teddy bears - my mother and I are antique dealers) So when we say we blocked the door, there was a narrow walkway to get to it and we stacked some boxes so she couldn't get to the door. We've tried putting their poops in the litter box to indicate to them where to poop, but it didn't work. We gave up on rubbing their noses in it cuz that only scares them.
Beyond that, we have no idea why she's suddenly started having this need to poop on the beds or under the couch or wherever. We've thought about changing the litter boxes, thinking something fell on one and scared them both out of it, but we have both open and closed boxes and they will pee in them but pooping is a no go for some reason.