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It's now the 3rd month my sister and I have been at the new place. The cats (all males) have gotten along fine. However, a problem has developed. We had a large rug in the living room. We tried switching up the litter to pine litter when we first moved in, but my cats wouldn't go anywhere near it. One of them ended up going to the bathroom on that rug in stead. I immediately switched the litter back to Tidy cat and they resumed going back in their box.
I have since switched the litter to a wheat based litter and they've been ok with it. I tried keeping that rug in the living room, but they kept sniffing in that area. Last night one of them pooped on the rug, so I finally threw it out. Tonight I caught one of my cats urinating on my bathroom rug just a moment ago. This has never been a problem with them ever, especially the one I just caught doing it. The rug is literally a couple feet from where the closet the litter box is.
What could be the problem here?
We have two litter boxes. One is up in my master bedroom in an unused closet. The other is downstairs in the spare bathroom. They're both covered litter boxes (previously my cats used open boxes) and I noticed that the wheat litter tends to get a little pungent at times. I've always assumed the responsibility of cleaning the one in my room, but the one downstairs my sister takes care of. Although recently, she has been pretty lazy about getting to it. Should also note that my sister's cat tends to try to sneak in some munching time on my cats' food. That rug that he's urinated on is in the same general area as the food.
Can this factor into this?
I have since switched the litter to a wheat based litter and they've been ok with it. I tried keeping that rug in the living room, but they kept sniffing in that area. Last night one of them pooped on the rug, so I finally threw it out. Tonight I caught one of my cats urinating on my bathroom rug just a moment ago. This has never been a problem with them ever, especially the one I just caught doing it. The rug is literally a couple feet from where the closet the litter box is.
What could be the problem here?
We have two litter boxes. One is up in my master bedroom in an unused closet. The other is downstairs in the spare bathroom. They're both covered litter boxes (previously my cats used open boxes) and I noticed that the wheat litter tends to get a little pungent at times. I've always assumed the responsibility of cleaning the one in my room, but the one downstairs my sister takes care of. Although recently, she has been pretty lazy about getting to it. Should also note that my sister's cat tends to try to sneak in some munching time on my cats' food. That rug that he's urinated on is in the same general area as the food.
Can this factor into this?