Quote Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Thanks so much everyone. Well....now that I've had one day with diapers and one night without....we won't be going another night without - what a mess! I don't know what she does or how she does it, but her feet and back legs must get wet, and they smell poopy, but the only poop is a hard little nugget in the box so it's not like she has diarrhea or anything, but then she tracks it all over, including next to my head which is the only place on the bed that is not covered by the shower curtain.

Took her only a second to get used to the diaper again this morning, but now I have to give her a bath because her back legs are filthy and stinky. But once that's done, she should be good to go for quite a while.....hopefully.

We had some good snuggles last night though, which are more precious than anything.
I don't know if she is doing what Ginger does, but I sometimes find that where my cat has pooped on newspaper (normal looking poops) there is also a wide circle of stained fluid around the solids. I don't know if this poopy fluid comes before the main event or after. I've put it down to Ginger's gastro-intestinal system simply getting very old and so not functioning normally. It was the poopy fluid that came out of the sides of the diaper on Ginger I guess because the pad doesn't absorb this type of fluid as well as urine.

I love those good snuggles too, even though Ginger is now rather bony and light. You know that you are doing the right thing when they still enjoy the snuggling.