pcherwak
May 19th, 2004, 07:40 AM
Please Help....
Within the last few months my 10 year old cat has started urinating and defacating on our carpets, all rooms. My 3.5 year old daughter moved upstairs where the cats domain is; we had a baby in Dec; the family room in the basement was out of commission for a few months due to construction which the cat liked to go to; the house was somewhat in turmoil for awhile; and I changed the litterbox which didn't go over well so I put the old one back again. Now, construction has been done for a couple of months and things are settled down but my cat is still urinating and defacating all over. I've put things back the way they were with the exception of my daughter moving upstairs and the baby of course. We are at our wits end and don't want to have to get rid of the cat but if this continues we may be left with no other choice. We've steam cleaned the carpets and the cat saturates them again which we don't find out until the smell comes back and by then its too late. We haven't been able to catch her "in the act" but she does leave her trail behind. Help please....could it be a physical problem or is it probably just a behavioural problem. Any advice or info will be helpful as I'm in tears over the possibility of getting rid of the cat. Oh...I do have another cat (11 yrs old) and 2 dogs but this didn't start until the baby was born.
Within the last few months my 10 year old cat has started urinating and defacating on our carpets, all rooms. My 3.5 year old daughter moved upstairs where the cats domain is; we had a baby in Dec; the family room in the basement was out of commission for a few months due to construction which the cat liked to go to; the house was somewhat in turmoil for awhile; and I changed the litterbox which didn't go over well so I put the old one back again. Now, construction has been done for a couple of months and things are settled down but my cat is still urinating and defacating all over. I've put things back the way they were with the exception of my daughter moving upstairs and the baby of course. We are at our wits end and don't want to have to get rid of the cat but if this continues we may be left with no other choice. We've steam cleaned the carpets and the cat saturates them again which we don't find out until the smell comes back and by then its too late. We haven't been able to catch her "in the act" but she does leave her trail behind. Help please....could it be a physical problem or is it probably just a behavioural problem. Any advice or info will be helpful as I'm in tears over the possibility of getting rid of the cat. Oh...I do have another cat (11 yrs old) and 2 dogs but this didn't start until the baby was born.