Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract Litter users, I have a question

[Russian Blue]

I'm in Canada and we do have Cat Attract (you can get it at Petsmart, Global Foods or Pet Valu). We used it when we first brought Steve home last year. He started peeing outside the box within 3 months of being here. When I first brought the Cat Attract home and poured it into their boxes, BOTH Gigi and Steve jumped in to use the box at the same moment. I guess it really attracted them.

We found out that Steve was fearful of the vet and each time we took him in to have a butt shave, he would start having accidents.

Yes, you should put a little new litter in the box. I'd say once a week, just to keep the 'herb' smell there (rather than dumping the whole bag in at once). Do you have Feliway plugins in your house, as well? I used the litter and plugins when we were trying to solve Steve's issues.

Sorry to hear about all the accidents at once. That's not a fun thing to come home to. Do you know if it's a behavioural or medical reason yet? The litter may work for now, but might not be the long term solution.

Either way, I hope it works for you!

[Catlady711]

I'm in Canada and we do have Cat Attract (you can get it at Petsmart, Global Foods or Pet Valu). We used it when we first brought Steve home last year. He started peeing outside the box within 3 months of being here. When I first brought the Cat Attract home and poured it into their boxes, BOTH Gigi and Steve jumped in to use the box at the same moment. I guess it really attracted them.

We found out that Steve was fearful of the vet and each time we took him in to have a butt shave, he would start having accidents.

Yes, you should put a little new litter in the box. I'd say once a week, just to keep the 'herb' smell there (rather than dumping the whole bag in at once). Do you have Feliway plugins in your house, as well? I used the litter and plugins when we were trying to solve Steve's issues.

Sorry to hear about all the accidents at once. That's not a fun thing to come home to. Do you know if it's a behavioural or medical reason yet? The litter may work for now, but might not be the long term solution.

Either way, I hope it works for you!

I don't have the Feliway plug ins but I do have Feliway spray. It doesn't seem to help any though.

When I first brought the Cat Attract litter home I had 2 and 3 cats at a time in the sandbox wanting to go, and Bear wanted to play in it then lay in it.

Around here I get it at PetSmart. It's like $14 a bag but comes with $1 coupon in each bag. While it's about 1/2 the amount of litter I'm used to getting for that price, it clumps so good, scoops out better, and the cats like it so well, I'm not going back to my old brand (A&H).

I'm thinking a once a week freshner of new litter mixed in is probably a good idea. I didn't realize the herb stuff smell wore off. I hadn't actually noticed it recently, or rather the lack of it, when I've been scooping. I should have paid more attention to that little fact. It probably would have saved a bunch of cleaning yesterday.