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Originally Posted by spid
well, first i'd take her back as this is a completely different problem. she is quite old and problems can occur quite quickly.
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Ok when I next get paid I'll take her.
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Originally Posted by lorilu
Your kitty needs a vet check up, including blood work and a urinalysis. Please don't even consider dumping her. Pets are not disposable objects to be gotten rid of when they have problems. She's an old lady and needs her home and people and special consideration in her last years.
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I know she isn't disposable and I was in no way saying she was. I know she needs a home and I took her in when her last owner abandoned her in the middle of Sainsbury's car park. (I found her wondering as if lost there and looked for her owner for 2 months... after which the police she was legally mine if I wanted her.) I have no idea why. A year later she needed dental surgery to take some bad teeth out, that were hurting her.
The only reason I am considering giving her to another home is because I live in a flat and shouldn't even have her or Quicksilver here. (under our tenancy agreement) The only reason they are allowed here is under an agreement neither would be a pest to the other residents here. So her doing her business around the flat isn't good... especially if one day the housing officer comes round and sees her doing it or can smell it. I think that's my biggest fear...
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She could be constipated with megacolon, she could have kidney failure and/or a UTI, she could be diabetic, or developing hyperthyroid. All these things can cause litter box issues. In the case of constipation and UTI she will blame the box for her pain and trouble, and so avoid it and go elsewhere in the house.
Arthritis can also cause these kinds of problems. The box is too far away, or to difficult to get in and out of. It hurts her to squat, so again, she blames the box. Where is her litter box kept? Keeping a low sided box in every room will help her be able to get to the box in time.
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The litter tray is a few feet outside our front door:
The only time she doesn't go in there is when our front door is closed, and she doesn't bother asking to be let out. Just finds some where and does her business.
In fact now I come to think about it she doesn't ask for anything and hasn't since Quicksilver was 2 years old. She lets Quicksilver do all the nagging for food, water, litter change, door to be opened. The only time she does nag is when she wants attention (which is rare these days) or when I am opening a tin of tuna or sardines for them. (yes I spoil them rotten <.< )
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She could be losing her sight and/or hearing and becoming confused.
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I don't think it's this since she seems to be able to see and hear everyone perfectly as she always has done, and doesn't bump into objects. (a friends dog used to bump into things when her sight was going and barely hear you unless you were next to her. Although I'm not sure if cats behave the same.)
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Please realize that your senior cat needs special care and understanding now. Seeing the vet a few months ago is not enough, a senior cat's health can change from one day to the next. And these problems she is having now are a red flag that something is not right with her.
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Originally Posted by Acacia86
Yep Creep needs a thorough check up.
It could be incontinence.
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As I said when I next get paid I'll take her. I have no insurance since no company would take her since she was 10, (that's how old she was when I got her) and they want me to pay extra on Quicksilver since she had respiratory problems as a kitten. (she almost died of cat flu and had feline herpes when I rescued her. She is fine now apart from slight wheezing when she sniffs things.)
I do honestly love her to pieces even though it doesn't seem like it. If indeed it is a case of her getting old and I can get help and advice on how to look after her I will keep her... however if it is behavioural I don't know what I'll do.
Do you think her random aggressiveness towards Quicksilver could be her getting old too?