Sorry to hear about your cat's passing. I am sure she appreciated the care you gave her in her final moments with you.

I'll do my best to care for Creep as much as I can. Not sure how much I can do without insurance and limited income, but I'll do everything I can do.

Thank you for the help and advice. I also apologize if I touched a sensitive nerve with anything I said.

Aw, you're sweet thank you. I'm glad I was able to help you. The first time taking care of a senior cat is a learning experience.

I've been through it (senior cats) four times now, plus all my current cats are special needs.

Do let us know how Creep gets on.

Just stating the truth of how I see it. Thanks once again. :3

I'll let you know what happens after I take her to the vets... and your kitties must be a handful.

Sorry for the double post but just thought I'd give you guys an update.

Turns out nothing is wrong with her and she is 100% healthy. Vet said it sounds like she was protesting until she got what she wanted. (the litter tray in the flat) Which she now has.

That's odd, you can only just have got back. Did he do any tests to come to the conclusion she was perfectly healthy, like bloods for kidney failure or urine for UTIs?

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cats aren't humans - they don't 'protest' in that way. I think your vet is projecting human emotions onto an animal. I think blood work should have been done etc.

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Blood work was done and came back as normal. I will however go back and get it done again after xmas, just in case anything has changed.

Since moving the litter tray back into the flat it has stopped the problem. She no longer goes just anywhere she goes in the tray.
I guess she was just being picky and decided she didn't want to go outside in the cold any more. (probably her age) The few years previous the tray was inside all year round so I think she was used to it being inside.

Thank you for the update, and THANK YOU for giving her a box inside.

I doubt she was "protesting". Cats don't think like that. It's more likely she finds it very difficult and uncomfortable to use the other litter box.

Cats can't talk, so when something is wrong they have to find another way to communicate to us that something is not right in their world. Inappropriate peeing is the most common way they tell us.

Blood work will not diagnose a UTI. The vet needs to take a urine sample and test it. But I am glad to hear she is using the box in the house.

Great that you 've sorted the problem for now and that your cat's blood tests came back all clear bless her x

I just noticed what you said about not liking the smell of the litter tray in the flat (who does )

What type do you use? I find woodbased litter to be 100 x better than any other for masking smells, it has a nice woody smell even a few days after changing rather than that rank usual stench - it's surprisingly economical (last time I went to Morrisons they had a deal on, 5kg for £3.69 or thereabouts and it seems to lasts ages longer than the stoney stuff or those weird crystals) and I'm pretty sure it's the healthiest kind of litter for our cats (no nasty dust or "clumping" paper fibres which I worry about them ingesting when they wash it off their paws)...

Well it was the lest I could do. I love my kittys and will do anything I can to make their living conditions comfortable. ^^

I personally don't think anything is wrong with her. I think it was probably the weather becoming too cold for her and finds it too uncomfortable to go toilet outside. I came to this conclusion because my boyfriends mother who also has two cats around the same age as Creep also started doing their business in the house instead of outside. (They are outside cats not inside like mine) So now she keeps a litter tray inside and there seems to be no problem.

I will still take her again in the new year just in case something is wrong. Better to be safe than sorry right? :3
I usually use Sainbury's or Tesco's basic, along with litter freshener. But I'll look around for woodbased since you have recommended it.

Sadly the nearest Morrisons is quite far away. All we have where I am is Tesco's, Sainbury's, Waitrose and Pets at Home. All of which are fairly pricey. v.v