So, I don't know if any of you remember my original post regarding my cat, Mia, who suddenly became the target of some bullying from my other cats.
I believe Milo may have been trying to initiate play with her, but she's never been a playful cat with the exception of sometimes playing with her roller ball toy or with me and the feather toy. Anyway, she reacted poorly which just sparked the other cats poking at her. Somehow she and Gracie ended up with an extremely hostile relationship, which I don't understand at ALL because they used to love each other. I have photos of them cuddling. They never had a cat fight at all prior. Just suddenly started hating each other during all this. It's at the point where Gracie will chase Mia away from thing and when Gracie IS behaving, Mia will hiss/run away and act like she was attacked.
Originally, Mia would hide. Now she's coming out more and more, which I feel is progress. The other cats don't really bother her anymore either UNLESS Mia starts hissing/running, then it attracts their attention and they chase her.
One of our biggest problems, however, is during all this - Mia's gotten an aversion to going to the cat room. She likes to stay where I am, which is usually at my desk in the kitchen OR in the living room (Currently sleeping on the couch because the back of it helps my back.) Since covid, we stay home/work from home. We turned our spare bedroom into a cat room with all their cat trees, some toys and litter boxes in there. Originally she used the room just fine, but now she will NOT walk down the hall to use the box, she's too nervous. So... she pees and poops in the kitchen, two different spots. I try to pick her up and take her in the back and when I do, she DOES use the boxes if I put her in.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to help get her going back in the back room to use her litter boxes again?
I have tried diffusers, calming sprays and treats, jackson galaxy's bully solution drops, enzyme cleaners... none of it really works to get her to go to the boxes.
I believe Milo may have been trying to initiate play with her, but she's never been a playful cat with the exception of sometimes playing with her roller ball toy or with me and the feather toy. Anyway, she reacted poorly which just sparked the other cats poking at her. Somehow she and Gracie ended up with an extremely hostile relationship, which I don't understand at ALL because they used to love each other. I have photos of them cuddling. They never had a cat fight at all prior. Just suddenly started hating each other during all this. It's at the point where Gracie will chase Mia away from thing and when Gracie IS behaving, Mia will hiss/run away and act like she was attacked.
Originally, Mia would hide. Now she's coming out more and more, which I feel is progress. The other cats don't really bother her anymore either UNLESS Mia starts hissing/running, then it attracts their attention and they chase her.
One of our biggest problems, however, is during all this - Mia's gotten an aversion to going to the cat room. She likes to stay where I am, which is usually at my desk in the kitchen OR in the living room (Currently sleeping on the couch because the back of it helps my back.) Since covid, we stay home/work from home. We turned our spare bedroom into a cat room with all their cat trees, some toys and litter boxes in there. Originally she used the room just fine, but now she will NOT walk down the hall to use the box, she's too nervous. So... she pees and poops in the kitchen, two different spots. I try to pick her up and take her in the back and when I do, she DOES use the boxes if I put her in.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to help get her going back in the back room to use her litter boxes again?
I have tried diffusers, calming sprays and treats, jackson galaxy's bully solution drops, enzyme cleaners... none of it really works to get her to go to the boxes.