Tubby & Peanut's Mom
02-24-2005, 10:10 AM
...if maybe CJ was punished in his previous life for being on the bed and/or in the bedroom?
We had gotten his diarrhea under control and for at least the last two weeks his poops have been anywhere from A-1 to 90%-95% good. Until this past week. Then what happened is we had the basement stairs painted. This meant that for two days Crackers was closed in the master bedroom/bathroom suite area and we put Peanut in the guest bedroom, and at night the door to the basement has been closed so they don't walk on the fresh paint. I've put litter boxes and food and water in each bedroom so they still have full access at all times. Yesterday morning, after being closed in for a day, CJ's diahrrea was back in full force, and this morning, after two days being closed in the bedroom, it's even worse....if that's possible.
The reason I wonder about being punished for being in the bedroom or on the bed is because he will not go on the bed. If I pick him up and put him up there, he wants down as fast as possible. He usually won't come in the bedroom at all, but has gotten to the point where he will hide behind the door if I'm playing with Peanut in her box. But he doesn't stay long and stays as near the door as possible. Just being closed in the bedroom shouldn't cause so much stress that it brings the diahrrea back - unless he feels he is not supposed to be in there and had actually gotten punished for being there in his previous life. What do you guys think?
The painting is done - thank goodness - and CJ & P are roaming freely today and the basement door is wide open so they are free to go downstairs. In other words, everything is back to normal today, so hopefully tomorrow his poops will be better again.
Oh, and one more thing that might have contributed is that Terry was out of town (which is why they were closed in the bedrooms during the day). So maybe it's a combination of being closed in and having the male gone reminds him of when he was left alone in the house and only "grandma" came to see him now and then and then she took him to the shelter. Does this sound reasonable or am I making CJ out to be more of a thinker than he is? I guess I'm just trying to figure out why his diarrhea would be back so strongly so quickly after being so good for two weeks. I think he trusts us, but he hasn't even been with us for a full 2 months yet, so it's not the deep trust that comes from being with us for years and years - like Peanut.
Sorry for the novel, but any ideas? Oh, and he's still eating and drinking normal.
We had gotten his diarrhea under control and for at least the last two weeks his poops have been anywhere from A-1 to 90%-95% good. Until this past week. Then what happened is we had the basement stairs painted. This meant that for two days Crackers was closed in the master bedroom/bathroom suite area and we put Peanut in the guest bedroom, and at night the door to the basement has been closed so they don't walk on the fresh paint. I've put litter boxes and food and water in each bedroom so they still have full access at all times. Yesterday morning, after being closed in for a day, CJ's diahrrea was back in full force, and this morning, after two days being closed in the bedroom, it's even worse....if that's possible.
The reason I wonder about being punished for being in the bedroom or on the bed is because he will not go on the bed. If I pick him up and put him up there, he wants down as fast as possible. He usually won't come in the bedroom at all, but has gotten to the point where he will hide behind the door if I'm playing with Peanut in her box. But he doesn't stay long and stays as near the door as possible. Just being closed in the bedroom shouldn't cause so much stress that it brings the diahrrea back - unless he feels he is not supposed to be in there and had actually gotten punished for being there in his previous life. What do you guys think?
The painting is done - thank goodness - and CJ & P are roaming freely today and the basement door is wide open so they are free to go downstairs. In other words, everything is back to normal today, so hopefully tomorrow his poops will be better again.
Oh, and one more thing that might have contributed is that Terry was out of town (which is why they were closed in the bedrooms during the day). So maybe it's a combination of being closed in and having the male gone reminds him of when he was left alone in the house and only "grandma" came to see him now and then and then she took him to the shelter. Does this sound reasonable or am I making CJ out to be more of a thinker than he is? I guess I'm just trying to figure out why his diarrhea would be back so strongly so quickly after being so good for two weeks. I think he trusts us, but he hasn't even been with us for a full 2 months yet, so it's not the deep trust that comes from being with us for years and years - like Peanut.
Sorry for the novel, but any ideas? Oh, and he's still eating and drinking normal.