What affects us affects cats
Setting the scene A woman with 2 male cats moves in with her boyfriend. The cats have always got along very well. They are both healthy and the litter tray is well managed. There had been no problems with peeing outside the litter box before she moved in with her boyfriend. The older cat …
This is a question about “inappropriate elimination”. That’s a euphemism because from the cat’s perspective the elimination is appropriate because he or she is probably anxious, fearful and stressed because of a specific reason. Anxiety and fear are often the main factors driving cats to defecate indoors outside the litter tray. Dr Bradshaw in …
Janice Turner, columnist and interviewer for The Times newspaper, tells us in the Thursday edition of the newspaper that she is having ‘pet problems’. Specifically, her previously fastidious, 15-year-old cat, who has hyperthyroidism, started to poop on the kitchen floor when he used the garden before. She says that every morning he leaves a …
You have got to be very careful when deciding why your cat is peeing outside the litter box because it could be (1) a behavioral problem or (2) a medical problem and the latter might be a serious problem which needs a proper veterinary diagnosis and quite possibly prompt attention. You might be very …
Having read and thought about the title to this article, are you really sure that you want to declaw your cat? If you have doubts then please read on and see what other consequences there are to this controversial and unnecessary veterinary operation. Please click on the images to see larger versions. Also please …
A cat peeing on walls inside the home is scent marking territory. Strictly speaking it is not what is euphemistically described as ‘inappropriate elimination’ because the cat’s objective is not to eliminate urine because his bladder is full but to send a message to other cats. The most likely reason why a cat is …
Unusually, in this instance, there is a connection between feline inappropriate elimination and a senior teacher who may lose his job. What connects a cat peeing outside the litter box and a man in jeopardy of losing his job and possibly his career as a teacher? Well, let me say right away that the …
The headline caught my eye which is why I have reused it. What does it mean? How can a family who own five cats live in a litter box? It is actually not as difficult as one might imagine but I am not referring to an actual normal sized litter box that you buy …
