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Hello all,
I am glad I found this forum. We are at our wits' end with our 2 year old Bengal, Sachi. She has had litterbox issues since she was a kitten, but lately she has refused to use it entirely. It's to the point that half of our furniture and carpet are destroyed. We clean stains obsessively with enzyme cleaner, keep the litterbox emaculate, tried feliway, calming collars and nothing seems to help. Sachi also went to the vet last week and everything checked out fine, they confirmed that it is a behavioral issue.
We have an 14 year old Bengal, Sekha, and they have never gotten along. They never hurt each other but I do worry sometimes because Sachi is nearly double Sekha's weight. Sachi constantly stalks Sekha and jumps on her. She is obsessed with smelling her butt and running to cut her off, all of which Sekha hates. Ever since Sekha first met Sachi as a Kitten, she has hissed at her. (Sekha never hissed before meeting Sachi, she has always been the sweetest laid back cat.) Although Sachi can come across as a dominant bully, she is extremely high anxiety. She is terrified of certain noses and will jump at a sound as simple as a glass being set down or someone opening a door. We don't have kids, our home environment is calm and quiet.
Our theory is that Sachi doesn't want to share a litterbox with Sekha, but it's impossible for us to separate them in a 900 sq foot house. We have 4 boxes for two cats. (One was recently introduced and it didn't seem to help the situation.) Sekha has always had good litterbox habits, she will use whatever box is in front of her. They both want to be near us constantly.
We absolutely love these girls and desperately want to make things work. Any advice you have is appeciated!
Thanks!
-Molly
I am glad I found this forum. We are at our wits' end with our 2 year old Bengal, Sachi. She has had litterbox issues since she was a kitten, but lately she has refused to use it entirely. It's to the point that half of our furniture and carpet are destroyed. We clean stains obsessively with enzyme cleaner, keep the litterbox emaculate, tried feliway, calming collars and nothing seems to help. Sachi also went to the vet last week and everything checked out fine, they confirmed that it is a behavioral issue.
We have an 14 year old Bengal, Sekha, and they have never gotten along. They never hurt each other but I do worry sometimes because Sachi is nearly double Sekha's weight. Sachi constantly stalks Sekha and jumps on her. She is obsessed with smelling her butt and running to cut her off, all of which Sekha hates. Ever since Sekha first met Sachi as a Kitten, she has hissed at her. (Sekha never hissed before meeting Sachi, she has always been the sweetest laid back cat.) Although Sachi can come across as a dominant bully, she is extremely high anxiety. She is terrified of certain noses and will jump at a sound as simple as a glass being set down or someone opening a door. We don't have kids, our home environment is calm and quiet.
Our theory is that Sachi doesn't want to share a litterbox with Sekha, but it's impossible for us to separate them in a 900 sq foot house. We have 4 boxes for two cats. (One was recently introduced and it didn't seem to help the situation.) Sekha has always had good litterbox habits, she will use whatever box is in front of her. They both want to be near us constantly.
We absolutely love these girls and desperately want to make things work. Any advice you have is appeciated!
Thanks!
-Molly