Gatsby still has to go on a car ride in the carrier before he'll urinate. I've been putting "Yesterday's News" litter in the box instead of the shredded paper, but still no go. I don't want to use his regular (clumping clay) litter while his incision is still healing, and I don't think that would help anyway because he doesn't seem to be holding it for lack of a "proper" place to go. He just doesn't want to go at all. The vet doesn't have any advice other than the change of litter.

Yesterday's car ride to the vet's office brought an unpleasant bonus--Gatsby's first bowel movement since coming home, and an especially nasty one at that. I'm sure that the poor guy just hates to use the plumbing because it's still painful (even with pain meds), but I could swear he's thinking, "Payback!"

He is healing up pretty much on schedule, and the stitches should be ready to come out next week. I'm hoping that completion of healing and a return to normal routine (especially when he can get rid of the cone) will solve the problem, if we're still having issues by then.