Litter Box Problems

[Craftlady]

The covers have to come off all the litter boxes and I need to get lower pans (cant use the ones that come with a cover, to high).

Poor Thumper cant get in fast enough to potty the last couple days and if I dont notice she is "dancing around the box" and assist her (take of lid in a hurry) she has an accident.

I really think if they arent covered and lower openings she will be fine.

I hate not having covers (odor) but I do scoop all the time.

I told hubby, it's always something with fur babies.
Poor Thumper is having a time of it.

[AbbyMom]

Poor widdle Thumper.

Do you have boxes scattered around the house for....quick access???

How's she doing on the antibiotics? You don't say on your blog why she's taking them. Does she have an UTI?

How is her appetite going? Still scrafing it down?

I often think of your little darling and hope she's doing well.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Hopefully that will do the trick and Thumper will be able to get into the box alright. Does she use all the litter boxes or does she favor just one? Some of my cats favor a certain box and others will go in whichever is closest.

Hopefully it won't come to this, but if switching to lower boxes doesn't work you can use puppy pee pads. (You know what I'm talking about, right?) I had a cat that had a neurological disorder, she had extremely poor balance, she couldn't stand in litter at all, so she used the pee pads. A friend of mine used them for an old cat too (over 20 years old). She put them right next to the litter box, the old cat would use the pee pads and the rest of the cats continued to use the regular litter box.

[Craftlady]

Abbysmom:

I have 3 boxes throughout the house.
She favors the one in the computer room.
Her accidents are right next to the litter box or real close.
Our vet was not sure where the infection came from just her white count was high.
She is doing well on the antibotic.
Eating like a champ.

Kblaix:

She favors the litter box in the computer room.
I know about the puppy pads. Funny you should mention that because I thought about those and how would the others react to them, would they try to use them or just bypass and still use the box.

[jennielynn1970]

Have you looked at the storage containers that they sell at like WalMart and Target? You can get them really inexpensively there and they have sizes that are really low and long as well. I buy my litter boxes that way, they are durable too.

This is from Target, and is a set of 6 with lids, but I buy them individually and they're under $5.00 each.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...sin=B000AVS7OK

[Craftlady]

Thanks Jenn, I will look at Walmart tomorrow.

[WELOVESPUPPIES]

They also sell dog litter pans which have a lower front....

http://www.petco.com/product/6677/Pu...tter-Pans.aspx

maybe something like this would work.

[critters]

Yes, the dog litterboxes are GREAT; around here, many of the monsters, ablebodied or not, like them. http://handicappedpets.com/wiki/inde...andicapped_pet