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How many boxes do you have? Maybe it's worth trying an extra one? Can she see where the box is at night? I've thrown a nightlight in the bathroom corner where my cats have their boxes because even cats need a little light to see with.
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m.hache posted:Awesome. Seconding that this is a good cordless vac. We use it for litter and other small dry messes around the apartment.
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Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:The poop-covering instinct in cats is very weird. It's like they feel compelled to make the motion but don't actually give a gently caress whether or not it's working. Our cat takes a poo poo, covers it and the, goes to her food and tries to cover that as well. Cats are weird.
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Quiggs never buried his poo poo, which was made even worse by the fact that it was nasty, stinky loving diarrhea. I mean, the whole house smelled like poo poo for a few minutes after he went. It was so bad he couldn't even poo poo with his head in the litterbox, he always stood at the edge and shat. A few times, I even caught him turning around and licking it. Toddy, on the other hand, will poo poo, bury, scratch the walls of the litterbox, and then go wash his paws in his water dish. Nasty fucker.
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Jan 13, 2017 15:29
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My Sunny will meticulously cover up pee, followed by knocking her paws against the litterbox cover and shaking out any other litter on the mat in front of the box. But after she takes a poo poo? immediately bolts out of the box and runs to the other side of the apartment.
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Jan 13, 2017 15:34
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D34THROW posted:Quiggs never buried his poo poo, which was made even worse by the fact that it was nasty, stinky loving diarrhea. I mean, the whole house smelled like poo poo for a few minutes after he went. It was so bad he couldn't even poo poo with his head in the litterbox, he always stood at the edge and shat. A few times, I even caught him turning around and licking it. Hey, don't you wash your hands when you go to the toilet? Maybe you should give him another dish to wash in so he doesn't have to do it in his drinking water.
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The Lobster posted:How do I get her to hunt, etc.? We have a bimonthly subscription to Kitnip Box and they love the toys and treats therein so we have a pretty good selection of different toys to try. Just play with her! Drag string toys or laser pointer or whatever she's into in the area where she's skittish and she should come around. Basically it makes the place HER place, where she can get all focused and maximum CAT. Feliway wall plug-ins are also a really good tool for nervous kitties if you haven't looked into it.
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My cat likes to take a big poo poo and then, instead of burying it, he has a fuckin' litter party and throws it everywhere. I have no clue.
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mistaya posted:Just play with her! Drag string toys or laser pointer or whatever she's into in the area where she's skittish and she should come around. Basically it makes the place HER place, where she can get all focused and maximum CAT. Gotta drag out that laser pointer.  Thanks!We use the Feliway, but drat are the refills expensive (says the woman who just dropped over $500 on the Switch and launch games).
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Super Librarian posted:My Sunny will meticulously cover up pee, followed by knocking her paws against the litterbox cover and shaking out any other litter on the mat in front of the box. They have a term for that. Poo demons.
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Wolfgang will always attempt to bury his poo poo, but end up constructing a great mount of cat litter with the poo poo perched on top. And kick a lot of it out of the (covered) box. Cats.
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We inherited two cats from my grandma, both declawed, spayed, older, and indoor-only. The older of the two passed away last year very suddenly. The other seems to be getting along okay, but she really wants attention when we're home from work and otherwise spends all day alone. Since she's older (about 13), I presume she doesn't mind a whole lot (she seems happy and isn't acting up), but we had been thinking about adopting another close to the same age. Should we find a shelter with a declawed cat up for adoption? I don't know how big a deal it is for clawed/declawed cats to play together.
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Twobirds posted:We inherited two cats from my grandma, both declawed, spayed, older, and indoor-only. The older of the two passed away last year very suddenly. The other seems to be getting along okay, but she really wants attention when we're home from work and otherwise spends all day alone. Since she's older (about 13), I presume she doesn't mind a whole lot (she seems happy and isn't acting up), but we had been thinking about adopting another close to the same age. Should we find a shelter with a declawed cat up for adoption? I don't know how big a deal it is for clawed/declawed cats to play together. Shouldn't make any difference. They know to keep their claws in when playing anyway. Cats are generally adaptable, so get whatever sort of new cat you like (or chooses you, as the case may be). Old cat will cope. There's no way to ascertain compatibility beforehand, so don't worry about it.
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Twobirds posted:We inherited two cats from my grandma, both declawed, spayed, older, and indoor-only. The older of the two passed away last year very suddenly. The other seems to be getting along okay, but she really wants attention when we're home from work and otherwise spends all day alone. Since she's older (about 13), I presume she doesn't mind a whole lot (she seems happy and isn't acting up), but we had been thinking about adopting another close to the same age. Should we find a shelter with a declawed cat up for adoption? I don't know how big a deal it is for clawed/declawed cats to play together. Shelters will love you for being willing to adopt an older cat and while there's no guarantee that they'll get along, you're already avoiding the biggest mistake you could make by looking for one about the same age rather than a younger cat who's going to pester the old cat to play all the time.
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You know how cats have this sad yowl/meow when they miss someone or another cat? Well one of my cats keeps doing it when she goes into the living room. She's been doing it for a while now. I think she's dumb and doesn't realize I'm in the other room because when I call her she comes in and seems normal. Maybe I should get a life-size cardboard cutout of myself and put it in the living room. I don't know if this is asking for advice or ranting but it does get annoying on those days where she does it every 30 minutes 
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Thanks! We will see how we do.
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Thin Privilege posted:You know how cats have this sad yowl/meow when they miss someone or another cat? Well one of my cats keeps doing it when she goes into the living room. She's been doing it for a while now. I think she's dumb and doesn't realize I'm in the other room because when I call her she comes in and seems normal. One of mine does this. You're supposed to get up and go see her when she does this.
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Gorgar posted:One of mine does this. You're supposed to get up and go see her when she does this. I will try this. Maybe she wants me to see that my shoes are in a different position from the day before.
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My cat does that when we're in the same room and I'm not looking at him.
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Thin Privilege posted:I will try this. Maybe she wants me to see that my shoes are in a different position from the day before. Probably is concerned you may have forgotten what a fine cat you have in her, and that she should be rewarded with petting. Mine will sometimes make a fuss if I've been sitting still for a while and then make a sound or get up, like he forgot I was here, or that he could get pets. Picking him up tends to quiet him down.
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Speaking of picking up... One of mine will object strenuously to being picked up in general, but if I hold him under his back with his paws up he just curls up and stares at me. We don't deserve cats
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Damnit, cat! Stop pissing on my stuff!  Finally dawned on me what that acrid smell in my bedroom was. An old pair of tracky dacks with reeking damp spots. Welp, that's bedroom privileges revoked for another month or two...
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Jan 16, 2017 06:59
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How many litterboxes do you have?
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One.
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Was it fairly filthy at the time? She might be protesting for more / cleaner toilets.
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It's not out of the question. He's done it before when it really was in a bad state, but I've been trying to be more diligent lately... What's the idea behind more boxes? I'm not really sure where I could put a second one except for next to the first one. My place is pretty small
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Just so that there's a clean enough places for them to go. Placement isnt a problem. I have three next to each other.
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this is the first time we made a video of our cat stevie as she is plotting to get dat cookie.... but then my evil gf says no!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MYepf_anE8
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Synthbuttrange posted:Just so that there's a clean enough places for them to go. Placement isnt a problem. I have three next to each other. The rule of thumb is generally <number of cats> + 1 My 2 old mogs decided they hated covered trays now and crapped on the carpet. Remove the lids (which they'd been ok with for umpteen years) and they use the trays again. cats.txt
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I have two cats, but I don't have room for three litterboxes. Two maybe, but not three unless I stacked them like some vile bunkbed
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If you only have one litterbox for two cats you need to be scooping that box at least twice a day. I'd definitely got to two boxes if you can. I look at it this way: If you gave me a choice between taking a piss inside of a digusting over-full portapotty or pissing outside, I'm going to pick outside approximately all of the time. I don't expect my cat to choose differently.
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Does anyone have some tips on teaching cats to use a cat door? I'm about a week in at the moment and have been trying the following: - taped the door open for a few days (all good -- they will use it like this) - demonstrate nudging it open - nudge the cats though from both sides - hold it open slightly and let them push it open the rest of the way and walk though - offer of treats (weirdly neither of them gives a poo poo about treats, one of them used to go crazy for smoked salmon but no longer cares for it) Right now they'll sit and look angrily at the door but refuse to go though on their own. Help Edit: I should add, the cat door leads from inside to a completely netted in/cat proofed courtyard, they are not outside cats.
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Have you put their dinner on the other side? Since the 'taping it open' trick works, how about gradually lowering it from a fully open state?
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Synthbuttrange posted:Have you put their dinner on the other side? Yes, they look at the door in an irritated way and meow until I give up in an hour or so :/ should I wait longer?
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yoloer420 posted:Yes, they look at the door in an irritated way and meow until I give up in an hour or so :/ should I wait longer? Cats are obstinate little jerks, so yes, if you can stand the whining. Don't starve them obviously, but an hour is nothing to a cat who doesn't want to do something. Why take five seconds to help themselves when they could wait two hours and you'll do it for them?
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yoloer420 posted:Does anyone have some tips on teaching cats to use a cat door?
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Thanks for the input, I will persevere and be less eager to assist the cats in getting in/out. I've got a pretty good cardboard box collection in the garage awaiting disposal. I'll try to lure them with a loungeroom full of boxes.
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yoloer420 posted:Does anyone have some tips on teaching cats to use a cat door? We have a little cat door for our porch. We showed it to all our cats, shoved them through it a few times so they knew how it worked, and left them alone about it. They all use it now, but first have to check that we're not watching and then dart through as though it's a secret entrance only they know about. Don't sweat it. They'll use it when they feel like it.
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Oh my goodness - it's finally happened, after about 6 months Jackie and Sardine are not only friendly with each other, not only like to hang out and play with each other... But I officially have CATPILES in my house!!!  I really never imagined this could even be a POSSIBILITY when Jackie was being so mean to Sardine and chasing her, and I thought that when they started getting along except with Jackie still occasionally hissing and batting at Sardine that that was how things would stay. But Jackie does not do ANY of those things anymore, except some playful batting with her paws on occasion. Only time I've seen her hiss in the last month was when Sardine overstepped her boundaries by trying to eat first before Jackie (apparently Jackie eats first).But still! It's so exciting in a silly way. I'm just really pleased that everything has worked out so well. Here is the pic I just took after I woke up and went downstairs this morning:  Not a great pic, I know (still dark out early in the morning >_>) but I wanted to capture the first time I went downstairs and found these two ACTUALLY sleeping in contact with one another in the same space for posterity. Part of the issue is that they both loved sleeping on that chair *alone* before and apparently they finally worked it out 
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