I have written about my soon to be 17 yr old senior Ox.
Last vet check in August went well.
Basically since we got him at age 2 he has been and indoor/outdoor cat.
Thinking back he has never really used a litter box. I would think it was cute when he would sit scratching by the door wanting to go outside to do his duties.
But now he doesn't do that hardly ever and also doesn't use litter box's either.
He poops in the kitchen either by the table or by (not on) the rug near the sink. Today it was both spots. He pees on the throw rug right by the door to the garage. Once in a while if I'm in the kitchen Ox will go outside. In the fall sometimes he will spend the night in the garage where he will poop on the floor. Neil is geting quite upset over this.
I have read several of the pooping threads for ideas.
Neil wants to confine Ox in the small bathroom in the basement at night w/ food and water. I think this might confuse him-I cannot shut the basement door as that is where the litter boxes are. I use to have a litter box in the family room under the laundry sink and did put one back there this fall but after several weeks removed it as no cat was using it.
I don't want to keep him in the garage at night either-esp in the winter.
The last try is a litter box in the kitchen at night as he doesn't do this during the day. I'm thinking a non traditional litter because he is used to soil outside?? There are some mentioned of a lower litter box also???
There isn't a problem with arthritis as he sits in the family room on the sofa at night and will jump on the kitchen counter to check for food (another issue)
The other cats don't really bother him that would be stress related. I'm thinking he forgot how to use a litter box.
Neil is to the point that if I do not solve this he wants him put down.
Any suggestions or thoughts on my line of thinking???
Last vet check in August went well.
Basically since we got him at age 2 he has been and indoor/outdoor cat.
Thinking back he has never really used a litter box. I would think it was cute when he would sit scratching by the door wanting to go outside to do his duties.
But now he doesn't do that hardly ever and also doesn't use litter box's either.
He poops in the kitchen either by the table or by (not on) the rug near the sink. Today it was both spots. He pees on the throw rug right by the door to the garage. Once in a while if I'm in the kitchen Ox will go outside. In the fall sometimes he will spend the night in the garage where he will poop on the floor. Neil is geting quite upset over this.
I have read several of the pooping threads for ideas.
Neil wants to confine Ox in the small bathroom in the basement at night w/ food and water. I think this might confuse him-I cannot shut the basement door as that is where the litter boxes are. I use to have a litter box in the family room under the laundry sink and did put one back there this fall but after several weeks removed it as no cat was using it.
I don't want to keep him in the garage at night either-esp in the winter.
The last try is a litter box in the kitchen at night as he doesn't do this during the day. I'm thinking a non traditional litter because he is used to soil outside?? There are some mentioned of a lower litter box also???
There isn't a problem with arthritis as he sits in the family room on the sofa at night and will jump on the kitchen counter to check for food (another issue)
The other cats don't really bother him that would be stress related. I'm thinking he forgot how to use a litter box.
Neil is to the point that if I do not solve this he wants him put down.
Any suggestions or thoughts on my line of thinking???