I spoke too soon -- help!

[catnapper]

Ah, but not all the boxes have the new litter! I learned that lesson the hard way myself! LOL

He has 2 boxes to choose from that do not have the new litter at all. One box is 100% new litter, and 4 boxes are mixtures. Out of the boxes, the one with 100% new litter has been the most popular and used. When I went to scoop yesterday morning, I went through FIVE litterboxes with not even a tiny pee biscuit to scoop. I was starting to get worried until I came to the box that was 100% new litter. It seems all 5 cats HAD to use the new box over night. There was a LOT of scooping. I never imagined how many poo and pee piscuits could fit into one litterbox! It was the same way this morning.

I was talking to a friend in the cat rescue this morning about it..... 2-3 weeks ago somebody peed in a food dish that hubby had put on a shallow table. She felt then that the peeing was because someone was mad that someone else got preferential treatment and fed separately than the others. Last night, the chair that Allen peed on is the chair I've been feeding Pouncer his special diet. She feels that last night was behavioral saying "Hery lady! I'm the King and I get fed specially" Which he does. Everyone else gets food on the work table, he gets fed on the scratching post... and he gets his food delivered to him whereas everyone else has to go up to their bowls.

Gosh, we hoomans can be slow at times! I will try to also feed Allen specially in the bvedroom in the mornings too from now on and see if that makes any difference.

[catmandu]

I go through this with Shemp,and Tubby 2.
Tubby 2 was a Porchie,and never had good Litter Box Habits.
Thats why I let him out on demand as its better than him using the clothes.
And if Tubby 2 sprays Shemp will spray too.
A Battle of Dominance maybe thats why both Your Toms spray too.
I wish you Luck with them both.

[Catsnclay]

Your cats sound just like mine: Little Princes in the making!

Since we just have males, we already have a King - Fluffy (he is the oldest); then there is Lucky & Yoshi - the Little Princes - in waiting

Sometime I wish they could talk to us, it isn't always easy trying to figure out what they want or why they are mad, but they sure do let us know about it!!

[Catty1]

So....guess more than one box will have the new litter in it too?

Gosh, cat politics make human ones look tame at times!LOL

Hope everything works out!

Catty1

[catnapper]

Well, day 3 of one box with 100% new litter and its the 3rd day where I am scooping poo and pee biscuits like I'm digging in a mine. Looks like I'm going to have to dump one more box today to make it also 100% new litter.

Nobody has peed anywhere in 36 hours. Hey, in a house with a pee-er thats progress! I still don't know if its behavioral or health -- I fully intend to give him that round of antibiotics and at the same time be careful how I'm feeding Pouncer. The thing with Allen is that he's been a behavioral pee-er since he was a tiny kitten.

I talked to hubby about the idea that Allen peed on the chair because he didn't like that Pouncer was getting fed there, and he replied, "Makes sense. But why did he have to pee on MY work clothes?!"