Litter problems
 

My male 15 year old cat has had a difficult year. Besides losing his two
littermates, he was diagnosed with a rare nocardia infection on his
front leg that we were treating with antibiotics and an Elizabethan
collar for approximately 6 months. Toward the end of that time, he
developed diarrhea that he would often get on his collar.

Approximately 6 weeks ago he had an accident with the collar and the
open wound that resulted in his front leg being amputated. Besides
undergoing treatment for diarrhea, which is slowly improving, he has
recovered nicely and looks and acts healthier than he has in a very long
time.

However, he is having problems with the litter box. He keeps putting his
hind legs into the matter that he puts in the litter box and then
shaking his legs off, scattering kitty waste all over the bathroom. We
have purchased a puppy litter box for him so that he can get in and out
of the litter box more easily, but that has not changed his habits.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of problem, or any
suggestions for what we can do besides clean the cat's paws and mop the
house one or more times a day?

Thanks!

Do you think if you had a much larger kitty litter box (I am thinking of a
plastic swimming pool with low sides), this would help? At least there would
be much more room and might decrease the likelihood of him stepping in his
own mess.
Gail
"Peter Kim" wrote in message
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My male 15 year old cat has had a difficult year. Besides losing his two
littermates, he was diagnosed with a rare nocardia infection on his
front leg that we were treating with antibiotics and an Elizabethan
collar for approximately 6 months. Toward the end of that time, he
developed diarrhea that he would often get on his collar.

Approximately 6 weeks ago he had an accident with the collar and the
open wound that resulted in his front leg being amputated. Besides
undergoing treatment for diarrhea, which is slowly improving, he has
recovered nicely and looks and acts healthier than he has in a very long
time.

However, he is having problems with the litter box. He keeps putting his
hind legs into the matter that he puts in the litter box and then
shaking his legs off, scattering kitty waste all over the bathroom. We
have purchased a puppy litter box for him so that he can get in and out
of the litter box more easily, but that has not changed his habits.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of problem, or any
suggestions for what we can do besides clean the cat's paws and mop the
house one or more times a day?

Thanks!

Do you think if you had a much larger kitty litter box (I am thinking of a
plastic swimming pool with low sides), this would help? At least there would
be much more room and might decrease the likelihood of him stepping in his
own mess.
Gail
"Peter Kim" wrote in message
om...
My male 15 year old cat has had a difficult year. Besides losing his two
littermates, he was diagnosed with a rare nocardia infection on his
front leg that we were treating with antibiotics and an Elizabethan
collar for approximately 6 months. Toward the end of that time, he
developed diarrhea that he would often get on his collar.

Approximately 6 weeks ago he had an accident with the collar and the
open wound that resulted in his front leg being amputated. Besides
undergoing treatment for diarrhea, which is slowly improving, he has
recovered nicely and looks and acts healthier than he has in a very long
time.

However, he is having problems with the litter box. He keeps putting his
hind legs into the matter that he puts in the litter box and then
shaking his legs off, scattering kitty waste all over the bathroom. We
have purchased a puppy litter box for him so that he can get in and out
of the litter box more easily, but that has not changed his habits.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of problem, or any
suggestions for what we can do besides clean the cat's paws and mop the
house one or more times a day?

Thanks!

In article et,
"Gail" wrote:

- Do you think if you had a much larger kitty litter box (I am thinking of a
- plastic swimming pool with low sides), this would help? At least there would
- be much more room and might decrease the likelihood of him stepping in his
- own mess.

Of course, you'd want to cut an entrance into whatever
you use so he could get in and out easily.

At Wal-Mart you can find large plastic storage boxes.
This is what I use. You can cut an entrance in the
side and even use the lid if that helps and doesn't
bother your cat.

I hope everything turns out okay.
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In article et,
"Gail" wrote:

- Do you think if you had a much larger kitty litter box (I am thinking of a
- plastic swimming pool with low sides), this would help? At least there would
- be much more room and might decrease the likelihood of him stepping in his
- own mess.

Of course, you'd want to cut an entrance into whatever
you use so he could get in and out easily.

At Wal-Mart you can find large plastic storage boxes.
This is what I use. You can cut an entrance in the
side and even use the lid if that helps and doesn't
bother your cat.

I hope everything turns out okay.
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
***Revelation 22:12*** ICQ: 349878998
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/