Hi all,
After adopting a female kitten Ragdoll, we welcomed another female 3-month old Siberian to our place (She is now 5-month old). This Siberian is very active, gluttonous, knows how to use the litter box. Everything has indicated that she will be easygoing.
However, things changed 4 weeks ago. She started to spray on our carpet several times. The trouble escalated quickly when she peed and even pooped outside the litter box (she is still using it). We have 2 boxes and clean them everytime they finish, so the trouble does not come from waiting time and hygiene.
Have went through the article “Stress in Cat”, I guess the problems are:
1) Change in litter box type: we replaced her small box to a bigger one. We will try to reuse the small one to check if this is correct.
2) Food rivalry: Even though we feed they on separated bowl, the kittens look very hungry. We fed her 100g raw food/meal and 2 meals/day. We completely have no idea if they are overfed or underfed. It is no “rivalry” when they are fed separately, isn’t it?
3) The smell of another cat’s territorial urine marking: We have never seen our Ragdoll marking her territory, thus it should be no trouble for the Siberian. However, we will apply Feliway to solve this problem. In case of needed, we will give her anxiety medication.
Just let me know if I am on the right track for this. Spraying is understandable for a new kitten but peeing and pooping outside the litter box is strictly unacceptable.
Thank you very much.
After adopting a female kitten Ragdoll, we welcomed another female 3-month old Siberian to our place (She is now 5-month old). This Siberian is very active, gluttonous, knows how to use the litter box. Everything has indicated that she will be easygoing.
However, things changed 4 weeks ago. She started to spray on our carpet several times. The trouble escalated quickly when she peed and even pooped outside the litter box (she is still using it). We have 2 boxes and clean them everytime they finish, so the trouble does not come from waiting time and hygiene.
Have went through the article “Stress in Cat”, I guess the problems are:
1) Change in litter box type: we replaced her small box to a bigger one. We will try to reuse the small one to check if this is correct.
2) Food rivalry: Even though we feed they on separated bowl, the kittens look very hungry. We fed her 100g raw food/meal and 2 meals/day. We completely have no idea if they are overfed or underfed. It is no “rivalry” when they are fed separately, isn’t it?
3) The smell of another cat’s territorial urine marking: We have never seen our Ragdoll marking her territory, thus it should be no trouble for the Siberian. However, we will apply Feliway to solve this problem. In case of needed, we will give her anxiety medication.
Just let me know if I am on the right track for this. Spraying is understandable for a new kitten but peeing and pooping outside the litter box is strictly unacceptable.
Thank you very much.