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From:Bay area, CA, US
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 12-20-2003 12:54 PM         

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Yes...strange. My kitten knows exactly how to use the litter box, where it is, and occasionally actually uses it. But typically she goes to the bathroom on TOP of the litterbox, or worse yet, on plastic bags. We took away all of the plastic bags in our house, so she chose to use the INSIDES of our backpacks. Now that we've hidden those in closed closets, she's resorted to going in my bird tree (A small flower pot with a branch sticking out...filled with bird litter and gravel for my three birds) and on TOP of the litterbox. Help?!

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From:Perth, Western Australia
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posted 12-20-2003 08:02 PM         

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in your backpack?? ew haha. try putting something nasty smelling in the places she poops like cat/dog repellent crystals etc. try putting a bowl of her food on top of the litterbox too. they dont usually poo where they eat. also when you think she needs to go to the loo put her in the litterbox, get her paw and scratch around with her paw. and praise praise praise if she does the right thing. my cats once pooped in the bathtub before. my dog got a hold of it and put it on my bed. ugh, animals can be so gross sometimes, but so cute =]

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posted 12-20-2003 08:52 PM         

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*sigh* I'm afraid we already tried that. NOTHING is working...we've had her vet checked for bladder control problems, etc, too. Although we do have another cat, a two year old male, there shouldn't be any problems. He is like her dad: they play, eat, sleep together, and they both have their own seperate litter boxes, and one that they can share. -so complicated- Uugh.

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posted 12-20-2003 09:26 PM         

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Have health problems been ruled out?
If so, you can try changing brands of litter or even try switching from a hooded box to an un-hooded box.
Also, there is a brand of litter called "Cat Attract" that was created specifically for cats that avoid the litterbox. Maybe you can try it.
Here is the website: http://preciouscat.com/

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posted 12-20-2003 09:29 PM         

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we've had her vet checked for bladder control problems, etc, too.

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Oops, sorry I missed that in your second post.

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