Plan B for Miley girl - she is gone now...RIP Sweetheart

[sasvermont]

Thank you for your kind words.

I love my Miley girl so much. But, I also cannot have her pooping at will. Can you imagine that? I guess I will lower my standards and allow the pooping in the cage ??? until I cannot tolerate that. Right now she has only one blanket to sleep on (the shelves are carpeted)...... She has four shelves, one big one, where she sleeps and then the bottom of the cage, where her littler box resides. I hope she doesn't start with the shelves..... The smell is horrible.

I am sure I am not the first person to go through this, but gee, I surely feel like it! How can this be happening to such a sweet kitty? She loves me so and vice versa, but I just cannot have her pooping....well......you know the drill. Thanks for listening. I feel a tad better having told the world about my poopy cat, as I call her!

[emily_the_spoiled]

One of my guys was diagnosed with IBD last summer after similar problems to Miley. I don't know if it will help but I took him off all commerically prepared cat food and he was much better within a couple of weeks. It seems that the corn and the preservatives/colours were messing him up. We still have problems once in awhile but nothing like it was last year...

I am sorry that you are having all these problems with Miley

[Edwina's Secretary]

Oh Sas! I am so sorry to hear this about Miley. I have always heard (from a mutual friend or two... ) what a very special girl she is.

Perhaps she will be happy with a smaller world. I hope so.

[Rachel]

This is such a sad scenerio and I realize it is torture for you as none of the solutions is very satisfactory for either you or Miley. Miley has always been a favorite of mine and I know of a specific difficult decision you had to make because of your need to protect and care for her. I am holding out hope that *these episodes will pass*. I don't know how long this has been going on already, but sometimes things do unexpectedly change for the better.

ETS's suggestion sounds like an excellent one to try.

[jenluckenbach]

I understand. Lucas did not have IBD, but for 9 months before we actually determined that he had cancer, the boy pooped on my rugs practically daily..............LIQUID DIARRHEA! We tried everything under the sun to help those poops firm up. but nothing worked. The clean-ups were horrendous. But I knew my boy and I knew that none if this was spiteful. He was sick and I forgave him everytime. But, I did place large plastic tarps on many of his favorite pooping spots, to help make clean up easier. (this would be the second time I "plastic-coated" my house for a cat. The first time was when Y.Lee had diabetes and could not hold his urine)

The point is.....we do what is necessary. Cleaning up a cage is going to be easier than cleaning up the whole house. And maybe a different type of diet will help her poops to firm up making it easier for her to go in the box.

[sasvermont]

No accidents in the cage today. She has only her one little blanket right now.

She and the others, are all on very, very expensive prescription diet. I have been feeding them all the same (can't hurt the healthy ones) .... and this is for Miley's problem only. She (they) are on Science diet hypoallergetic...XD...I think.....I may change them soon, and if Miley stays confined, she can have the expensive stuff.

I just don't know where this all is going to lead me. I am getting more used to seeing her in a cage. The whole concept creeps me out, as I think cats should be free to roam. I just don't know what else would work for me.

I already have the tarp thing going on for the bunnies, on the porch. Miley doesn't pick places to go, that are tarp friendly. She usually picks hardwood floors, which, for the most part, are easy to clean. I am just tired of cleaning up cat poop. And the smell...... at 3 AM, isn't the most fun.

Anyway, by this weekend, I will probably have come up with an updated Plan B, trying to find out how to get Miley back in the cage and using her litter box! Here's hoping!