screetch
10-31-2005, 09:38 PM
We've had Tika for about three years. The only time she's ever had an issue with her litter box, until recently, was a couple of times when I cleaned out her litter box extra-thoroughly. Those times, she would pee once or twice in front of her box.
Fast forward to this past month or so. We recently moved to a new house, out of state, and from the first day moving in, she has been in a pee frenzy. All my dry cleanable clothing was laid on the floor in one room for me to go through, and she peed -- and pooped -- on my clothes several times, including on my wedding dress. She's wrecked several pieces of luggage by peeing in them and she's peed on my DS's toys and clothes. Tonight was the worst of all -- I thought she had just peed on my gym bag in my closet, but as I cleared everything out, I realized why it smells so strongly, and why you can smell it not only in my closet but in the bedroom as well -- her pee soaked the wall and baseboard. I don't even know where to begin cleaning that up.
I knew the first week she was unhappy here. She wouldn't come out from hiding. But since then, she's acted quite normally. Is as loving as she used to be, and she has found a spot where she can birdwatch. So except for the peeing issues, it seems like she's back to normal.
I know I need to take her in to the vet. The thing is, though, she was taken to the vet shortly before we moved and got a clean bill of health. She stayed with my inlaws for a few weeks before we moved into our house and was fine there -- the peeing problem started the day she moved into our new house, 9/26.
Aside from health, the only thing I can think of that she is unhappy with is where her litter box and food are now located. In our old house, her box and food were in the laundry room, which was in a central location in our house, between the kitchen and garage. Our new house is a great deal larger than our old house, and her litter box and food are in the basement, in the room where the water heater and stuff like that are kept. The door is cracked open and the only light on in there is a night light. No, it's not ideal, but it's the only place we can keep her box. Although our new house is larger, there is no room for the box in the laundry room. All the other rooms my DS has access to, and I can't let him be near the box. He likes to stick his hands in it.
I am at wit's end with this, especially now that the walls are getting peed on. The smell of cat pee makes me nautious and it kills me that we have moved into a dream home and it's getting wrecked. But at the same time, I can't just send Tika to the pound and I wouldn't want to give her away to anyone I don't know (and nobody we know is willing to take her in). She's a member of our family and we love her. What do you do in a case like this??? Help!!!
Fast forward to this past month or so. We recently moved to a new house, out of state, and from the first day moving in, she has been in a pee frenzy. All my dry cleanable clothing was laid on the floor in one room for me to go through, and she peed -- and pooped -- on my clothes several times, including on my wedding dress. She's wrecked several pieces of luggage by peeing in them and she's peed on my DS's toys and clothes. Tonight was the worst of all -- I thought she had just peed on my gym bag in my closet, but as I cleared everything out, I realized why it smells so strongly, and why you can smell it not only in my closet but in the bedroom as well -- her pee soaked the wall and baseboard. I don't even know where to begin cleaning that up.
I knew the first week she was unhappy here. She wouldn't come out from hiding. But since then, she's acted quite normally. Is as loving as she used to be, and she has found a spot where she can birdwatch. So except for the peeing issues, it seems like she's back to normal.
I know I need to take her in to the vet. The thing is, though, she was taken to the vet shortly before we moved and got a clean bill of health. She stayed with my inlaws for a few weeks before we moved into our house and was fine there -- the peeing problem started the day she moved into our new house, 9/26.
Aside from health, the only thing I can think of that she is unhappy with is where her litter box and food are now located. In our old house, her box and food were in the laundry room, which was in a central location in our house, between the kitchen and garage. Our new house is a great deal larger than our old house, and her litter box and food are in the basement, in the room where the water heater and stuff like that are kept. The door is cracked open and the only light on in there is a night light. No, it's not ideal, but it's the only place we can keep her box. Although our new house is larger, there is no room for the box in the laundry room. All the other rooms my DS has access to, and I can't let him be near the box. He likes to stick his hands in it.
I am at wit's end with this, especially now that the walls are getting peed on. The smell of cat pee makes me nautious and it kills me that we have moved into a dream home and it's getting wrecked. But at the same time, I can't just send Tika to the pound and I wouldn't want to give her away to anyone I don't know (and nobody we know is willing to take her in). She's a member of our family and we love her. What do you do in a case like this??? Help!!!