why is my cat shitting on the carpet and what can I do to stop her?

[Rollem]

i was gonna say kidneys as my nans cat started pooing behind the tv and he had dodgy kidneys

but as its not the kidneys, ignore me

would it really be a protest against the baby when he's been around for a while and its only just started happening?

 

[madamv]

Hmm I agree Rollem, it doesnt seem to be jealousy really....

and its been quite some time now....

He is just naughty

 

[berniedicters]

He was a bit mad, they think - he'd gone completely psycho in the last few weeks, and had rotten teeth and dodgy kidneys. He was approx 18.

Blimey, well, that explains a thing or two.

I'll report to the vet's in the mornings. They'd better break out the industrial sized sodium pentobarbital vials...

 

[trashpony]

i was gonna say kidneys as my nans cat started pooing behind the tv and he had dodgy kidneys

but as its not the kidneys, ignore me

would it really be a protest against the baby when he's been around for a while and its only just started happening?

It hasn't only just started - this is an old thread which got bumped. She's been pooing since he was about 11 months which is when he really got much more mobile. He's 18 months now.

I think it is jealousy. Or maybe she just hates me. Either way, I'm quite tempted to lock her in the shed and throw away the key

 

[geminisnake]

It might be her only way of showing umbrage rather than plain jealousy iyswim. If she wasn't so old she'd probably have taken off by now I'd guess. That's what Shell did after boy got active and started 'harassing' him. He never messed indoors, he just never came back one day

 

[AllStarMe]

one of my cats has been pissing in my bedroom, so ive had to resort to putting a litter tray where she's weeing so my room doesnt smell.
it seems to have worked, so ill give it another week before i move the litter back to its normal place.

i have no idea why she started doing it (shes perfectly healthy) other than the fact she seems to do it in the mornings if i stop in bed longer than 4am (which, obviously is every morning) when she seems to want to be fed - so its would seem shes making a dirty protest.

still, its better than her pissing in my handbag, which she did occassionally before she started weeing in my room.

 

[moose]

When we first took Cedric to the vets, the vet claimed that cats don't do umbrage, jealousy, spite, or dirty protests. I'm not convinced

 

[ScallyWag II]

There are a few people in the office who have young children and older cats, i'll ask them if they have any experience / suggestions

Didn't get a chance yesterday to ask and not many people were in today so i will ask on monday.

It hasn't only just started - this is an old thread which got bumped. She's been pooing since he was about 11 months which is when he really got much more mobile. He's 18 months now.

I think it is jealousy. Or maybe she just hates me. Either way, I'm quite tempted to lock her in the shed and throw away the key

I'm sure it is jealousy, or at least it plays a big part. Reassure her as much as you can. Have you tried picking her up and almost putting her face in her poo when she's done it, then saying NO, NAUGHTY GIRL? My mum swears that worked with one of her cats.

 

[ScallyWag II]

When we first took Cedric to the vets, the vet claimed that cats don't do umbrage, jealousy, spite, or dirty protests. I'm not convinced

Oh they so do! Well, mine do anyway!

 

[geminisnake]

When we first took Cedric to the vets, the vet claimed that cats don't do umbrage, jealousy, spite, or dirty protests. I'm not convinced

Has that vet ever lived with a variety of cats?? Not sure I've met a cat that didn't do at least one of them!!

Ours will deliberately turn her back on you if she's not happy.

 

[trashpony]

Well it's nearly a year since I started this thread and I've decided (I think) that the cat's got to go. I feel awful about it but I can't stand the cat now. It's horrible. I hate myself for feeling like this. I am so sick of having to clean up piss and shit every morning and evening and change nappies too. She walks past the litter tray to wee on the floor. I find myself thinking I can smell shit and then frantically searching the house for it. Other times I find shit and I wonder how long it's been there. I'm sick of my house smelling of cat piss and shit. She isn't happy. I'm not happy. Can you get a vet to put down a cat that's not got anything wrong with it?

And I'm sorry I know this sounds horrible but I'm really at the end of my tether. No one else is going to want her and I just can't cope.

 

[Pip]

Well it's nearly a year since I started this thread and I've decided (I think) that the cat's got to go. I feel awful about it but I can't stand the cat now. It's horrible. I hate myself for feeling like this. I am so sick of having to clean up piss and shit every morning and evening and change nappies too. She walks past the litter tray to wee on the floor. I find myself thinking I can smell shit and then frantically searching the house for it. Other times I find shit and I wonder how long it's been there. I'm sick of my house smelling of cat piss and shit. She isn't happy. I'm not happy. Can you get a vet to put down a cat that's not got anything wrong with it?

And I'm sorry I know this sounds horrible but I'm really at the end of my tether. No one else is going to want her and I just can't cope.

I'm sorry, I know it's not funny, but that bit in bold really made me laugh!

Erm, nothing helpful to contribute

 

[trashpony]

I'm sorry, I know it's not funny, but that bit in bold really made me laugh!

Erm, nothing helpful to contribute

You're a sick puppy.

I'm not joking you know. I've spent 100s of quid on stupid sprays and potions to restore her chi and it hasn't helped. I get up every morning and have to survey the floor to make sure there isn't a puddle of stinky piss for me to stand in. And there is usually a pile of poo, often two. It's vile.

 

[isitme]

my cat also does 'dirty protests' if we upset his routine

i think they start pooing and weeing on your stuff cos it's all they can do to get back at you

 

[aqua]

please don't have her put down it may be jealousy of the baby so ring around some rehoming places and see if they can take her at least

 

[trashpony]

my cat also does 'dirty protests' if we upset his routine

i think they start pooing and weeing on your stuff cos it's all they can do to get back at you

I know. She's really pissed off about the baby but I can't get rid of him really. And now she's got to the point where she does it even when he isn't here. She's always been a bit bad at weeing where she shouldn't and once she starts, it's really hard to stop her. I had to pay a fortune in a flat I rented because I had to get the carpet replaced in the hall because she kept weeing on it.

please don't have her put down it may be jealousy of the baby so ring around some rehoming places and see if they can take her at least

I will definitely do that but who's going to want an incontinent old cat? I feel horrible and guilty and I probably shouldn't tell you lot about all this but I'm really at my wits end. I wake up every morning and hope she's died in her sleep. It's awful.

 

[oryx]

please don't have her put down it may be jealousy of the baby so ring around some rehoming places and see if they can take her at least

Was going to say what aqua said - at least this gives her a chance. If she's 13 she might have another 4 years or even more.

 

[aqua]

I will definitely do that but who's going to want an incontinent old cat? I feel horrible and guilty and I probably shouldn't tell you lot about all this but I'm really at my wits end. I wake up every morning and hope she's died in her sleep. It's awful.

but what if she's not and she's just being a bitch with you? please try

 

[trashpony]

but what if she's not and she's just being a bitch with you? please try

I really hope so. She's a really good cat in lots of ways - I nearly took her to Brizzle when someone was asking on here for an older cat. She's a homebody, she likes cuddles, she's very gentle. I would even pay for her food if I could find someone who would look after her. She's so unhappy, it's horrible. Neither of my cats will leave the living room and that's where the foal hangs out too so it's a recipe for disaster. I've tried getting her to sleep in my bedroom but she won't. It's dark and you can't see into the garden in there.

Do you think she's too old to move to a new home though? I worry about that.

 

[isitme]

there will be someone who will take care of an old cat for a couple of years. there is always someone who'd rather that than seeing it put to sleep

 

[Meltingpot]

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[aqua]

and people want cats who don't destroy curtains *stares at her own kittens* and just want a quiet home for the last years of their lives

 

[geminisnake]

Oh trashy, really sorry to see this is still going on. You must be totally bushed.

I think aqua has a good point about rehoming. The cat is obviously not accepting of the changes in her life so she needs a home where there are no kids imo.

(((trashy)))

 

[Thora]

I'd have thought it would be too stressful to rehome it at this age. I'd probably have it put down.

 

[aqua]

I'd have thought it would be too stressful to rehome it at this age. I'd probably have it put down.

but at 13 she isn't even near the end of her age

surely it would be worth a try? there is a direct correlation with her behaviour and trashfoal becoming mobile

 

[moose]

Might be, might not be. It might just be a deeply ingrained behavioural problem now (Cedric had some very weird ones that were hard to live with, so I know!) (((trashpony)))

 

[Geri]

I'd have thought it would be too stressful to rehome it at this age. I'd probably have it put down.

It's 13 for fucks sake. My cats are 11 and 12 and just as energetic and full of life as when they were kittens.

 

[May Kasahara]

Sorry to hear she's still unhappy and you're so unhappy too Just to reassure you that there are people out there who positively thrive on adopting elderly cats and giving them a good home for the final years of their life - on a cat forum I used to hang out on o) there were several. So do give her the chance of finding another home.

The other thing to remember is that cats, even old ones, are surprisingly adaptable. Mine have moved house so many times in their 8 years that I'm always convinced they'll run off or start shitting everywhere, but they just shrug and get on with shedding fur all over the new place

 

[trashpony]

Thanks for being kind - I feel like such a witch. I did have a look on a couple of websites last night that had some ideas I haven't tried yet to stop her doing it. And of course I will look into rehoming her - that would be the preferred solution.

She's 14 now incidentally - my first post was a year ago but yes, she might carry on going - when I took her to the vet about 6 months ago, she said she was in good health (apart from her arthritis)

 

[Meltingpot]

May, have you got a link for that cat forum?