Mojo is an odd girl.
She seems to be very protective of her litterbox. It goes beyond just hopping in while/right after I'm scooping. The past couple of nights when I'm scooping, as soon as I'm done she will lay down in it until I put the top back on. (YUK Kitty! I know I just cleaned it, but still...)
The one time she witnessed me dumping the old litter from one of the litterboxes, she peed where it should have been, and she was just plain MAD that I had the nerve to mess with her box! (She's healthy, and that is the only time she has peed outside the box.)
Obviously I have to scoop, and she lets me...mostly. But I also have to change the litter, which she REALLY doesn't like.
Any ideas of how to break her of the attachment to her litterboxes? Anyone else have a cat with this odd fixation, and how do you deal with it?
She seems to be very protective of her litterbox. It goes beyond just hopping in while/right after I'm scooping. The past couple of nights when I'm scooping, as soon as I'm done she will lay down in it until I put the top back on. (YUK Kitty! I know I just cleaned it, but still...)
The one time she witnessed me dumping the old litter from one of the litterboxes, she peed where it should have been, and she was just plain MAD that I had the nerve to mess with her box! (She's healthy, and that is the only time she has peed outside the box.)
Obviously I have to scoop, and she lets me...mostly. But I also have to change the litter, which she REALLY doesn't like.
Any ideas of how to break her of the attachment to her litterboxes? Anyone else have a cat with this odd fixation, and how do you deal with it?