Phantom pooper

manitu22 · 12-09-2005, 08:54 PM

About 2 weeks ago when Sean and I were gone for 2 1/2 days I came home to a pile of kitty poop on the bathroom rug. My first thought was someone was protesting our absence. I noticed some cat litter had gotten tracked on the rug and embedded so maybe they mistook it for a litter pan...who knows? But there was plenty of poop and weee in the cat boxes so I don't get why one pile ended up there. So I cleaned it up the best I could and I don't have a washer so I had to wait till the end of the week to bring it to the laundry mat. Well 3 days later there was another pile again. Then 2 days after that a puddle of pee. So I pulled the rug up so the floor is bare. Tonite...which is 4 days since the last incident there was a huge puddle of pee on the bathroom floor. I had just been in there an hour ago so it was pretty fresh. I don't notice any blood in it. The problem is I don't know who is doing it. I think it may be Lily since the poop looks a bit like hers (I know I can even tell their poop apart...it's sad)....but I am not sure why she is doing it. She has been adjusting very well. She was at the vets 3 months ago for a check up and everything was dandy. I just worry it could be Willis since he was having problems with stryuvite crystals but it doesn't explain the poop. I have no idea what is going on. They both seem to be acting their normal selves.

Meowmie · 12-09-2005, 09:50 PM

Maybe this list will give you some ideas:

Potential Reasons for Inappropriate Elimination

(You can find this list in feline behaviorist Pam Johnson Bennett's book: Think Like a Cat)

Medical condition

Dirty litter box

Covered or inappropriately sized litter box

Unacceptable litter substrate

Abrupt change in litter or litter box location

Unacceptable litter box location

Aversion to scent of product used to clean litter box

Anxiety/fear

Negative association with litter box

Punishment by owner

Increase in owner's absence from cat

Tension or aggression between companion pets

Inadequate number of boxes for multicat home

Geriatric-related problems

manitu22 · 12-10-2005, 05:06 AM

Thanks for the list. I am going to try a few things out and see what happens.

12-09-2005, 08:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
manitu22 Cat Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Burlington, VT Posts: 2,230	Phantom pooper About 2 weeks ago when Sean and I were gone for 2 1/2 days I came home to a pile of kitty poop on the bathroom rug. My first thought was someone was protesting our absence. I noticed some cat litter had gotten tracked on the rug and embedded so maybe they mistook it for a litter pan...who knows? But there was plenty of poop and weee in the cat boxes so I don't get why one pile ended up there. So I cleaned it up the best I could and I don't have a washer so I had to wait till the end of the week to bring it to the laundry mat. Well 3 days later there was another pile again. Then 2 days after that a puddle of pee. So I pulled the rug up so the floor is bare. Tonite...which is 4 days since the last incident there was a huge puddle of pee on the bathroom floor. I had just been in there an hour ago so it was pretty fresh. I don't notice any blood in it. The problem is I don't know who is doing it. I think it may be Lily since the poop looks a bit like hers (I know I can even tell their poop apart...it's sad)....but I am not sure why she is doing it. She has been adjusting very well. She was at the vets 3 months ago for a check up and everything was dandy. I just worry it could be Willis since he was having problems with stryuvite crystals but it doesn't explain the poop. I have no idea what is going on. They both seem to be acting their normal selves. __________________ ~ Kris ~ Proud mother of 2 furry children - Willis and Chester. "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so." -Mark Twain www.democracynow.org

12-10-2005, 05:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
manitu22 Cat Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Burlington, VT Posts: 2,230	Thanks for the list. I am going to try a few things out and see what happens. __________________ ~ Kris ~ Proud mother of 2 furry children - Willis and Chester. "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so." -Mark Twain www.democracynow.org

12-09-2005, 09:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Meowmie Cool Cat Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,076	Maybe this list will give you some ideas: Potential Reasons for Inappropriate Elimination (You can find this list in feline behaviorist Pam Johnson Bennett's book: Think Like a Cat) Medical condition Dirty litter box Covered or inappropriately sized litter box Unacceptable litter substrate Abrupt change in litter or litter box location Unacceptable litter box location Aversion to scent of product used to clean litter box Anxiety/fear Negative association with litter box Punishment by owner Increase in owner's absence from cat Tension or aggression between companion pets Inadequate number of boxes for multicat home Geriatric-related problems

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