Shocked!!! The cat dared to pee on my bed.
The past week was the week I could no longer tolerate my cat at home. I felt like it was a rebellious child who had reached puberty. It changed from being gentle and lovely to being extremely annoying.
The story needs to start from April 11th. It was a sunny day with a gentle breeze... I was in a good mood and tidying up the cat house and cat rack for my cat. Suddenly I found that the cat litter box of my cat had been used for a long time, so I bought it a new cat litter box with high appearance and large area.
But since I replaced its old litter box, it seems to have become a different cat. She no longer urinates in the litter box, but urinates and defecates everywhere, even on the head of the Tai Sui, which almost made me collapse.
At first, I thought it was in heat. Although it had been sterilized before the New Year, considering that the ruthless cat may also be in heat again, I decided to find the doctor who sterilized it and check it out.
When I arrived at the hospital, I talked to the doctor about the cat's recent behavior and my concerns. After a detailed examination, the doctor determined that the cat was not in heat again, but was probably responding to a stress reaction caused by recent stimulation.
Recent stimulation? What could it be stimulated by? It is a domestic cat that never steps out of the door, and there have been no strangers visiting the house recently. There is nothing to stimulate it. Finally, after racking my brains to recall, I finally knew what stimulated it. Yes, it was the litter box! That high-value, large-area litter box!!!
But why would changing a litter box give her such a big stimulation?
After checking, I learned that cats often have more excretion problems than dogs. Cats usually mark their territory by excreting or spraying urine. They will also stop using litter boxes because of problems with litter boxes, and choose to excrete behind a chair or in a quiet corner. why won't my cat use the litter box？
- The litter box is too small
- The litter box is not in the right place (wet corners, places with people coming and going)
- Inconvenient location
- The litter box is too dirty
- The litter box is too clean
- There is plastic bedding in the litter box
- The type of cat litter
- Too little cat litter, not deep enough
- There are multiple cats sharing a litter box at home
- Difficulty entering the litter box due to physical reasons
Generally speaking, cats with excretion problems are easy to correct, but sometimes they need to cooperate with behavior modification or anti-anxiety drugs prescribed by veterinarians. The main source of cat anxiety is the stress caused by changes in its surrounding environment. As owners, what we can do is to minimize stress factors, reduce changes in its environment, and then slowly adjust its excretion behavior.
