Need help with Rexie and bathroom problems

HI guys. I haven't posted in forever, my part-time job has turned into
a monster, but at least I'm earning a little $$.

I need HELP !

Some of you may remember, I have a 6 yr old male Siamese, Rexie, whom
I've had since he was 3.5 weeks old. My baby. I'm his, he's mine. He
had the kingdom to himself for 4 or so years, and then maMA and Loki
came. There story is that 2 years ago, during a severe heat wave of
105 degrees for three weeks, a starving little female cat came to the
porch. I gave her water and finally some food, We realized she was
pregnant. We got her spayed, but she turned up two weeks later with a
litter of five. I found homes for all but the boy [named, Loki]. Then
his mama [now 'maMA' ]decided to stay. So we had three.

They get along fine for the most part, cause Rex really doesn't pay
them much mind. But he spits at mama and fights/plays with Loki. Loki
is now over a year and as tall as Rexie, but not as bulky. Rexie
usually wins in confrontations or jumps on me for sanctuary.

The problem: This last month or so, Rexie has been periodically
pooping or urinating not in his box. It's only happened about 10 times
all together. Except for one time, he's done it in my computer room,
under the desk or table. I've even changed litter boxes. We thought he
was getting paranoid to go in there because Loki would jump on top of
it and attack Rex on his way out! So I got a ckear one so Rex can see.

I use a really good pet odor remover and have saturated the area with
it. I'm sure with cats' sense of smell he can still smell it tho. I
now have a plywood board cut to size under the desk and table, but
this morning he urinated on the board! [So I just removed it, put
another there inside a black garbage bag!]

HELP !!!

Before anyone answers, here's what we've done. First, took him to the
vet to make sure there's nothing wrong. Keep the litter box pristine,
and I mean, pristine. I scoop three times a day. I try to avoid the
jealously thing by spending every free minute with Rex, and he does
jump up and sleep with me at night. I've thought about another litter
box, but I don't have the room. As I said, I'm doing the best I can
with removing the odor, but . . . .

Some of you have cats that are a little older, or who've had new
roommates. Please! I'm counting on you guys to have good suggestions
for me.

At my wits' end,
Rexie's mommy, ShirleyB

" wrote in
:

HI guys. I haven't posted in forever, my part-time job has turned into
a monster, but at least I'm earning a little $$.

I need HELP !

Some of you may remember, I have a 6 yr old male Siamese, Rexie, whom
I've had since he was 3.5 weeks old. My baby. I'm his, he's mine. He
had the kingdom to himself for 4 or so years, and then maMA and Loki
came. There story is that 2 years ago, during a severe heat wave of
105 degrees for three weeks, a starving little female cat came to the
porch. I gave her water and finally some food, We realized she was
pregnant. We got her spayed, but she turned up two weeks later with a
litter of five. I found homes for all but the boy [named, Loki]. Then
his mama [now 'maMA' ]decided to stay. So we had three.

They get along fine for the most part, cause Rex really doesn't pay
them much mind. But he spits at mama and fights/plays with Loki. Loki
is now over a year and as tall as Rexie, but not as bulky. Rexie
usually wins in confrontations or jumps on me for sanctuary.

The problem: This last month or so, Rexie has been periodically
pooping or urinating not in his box. It's only happened about 10 times
all together. Except for one time, he's done it in my computer room,
under the desk or table. I've even changed litter boxes. We thought he
was getting paranoid to go in there because Loki would jump on top of
it and attack Rex on his way out! So I got a ckear one so Rex can see.

I use a really good pet odor remover and have saturated the area with
it. I'm sure with cats' sense of smell he can still smell it tho. I
now have a plywood board cut to size under the desk and table, but
this morning he urinated on the board! [So I just removed it, put
another there inside a black garbage bag!]

HELP !!!

Before anyone answers, here's what we've done. First, took him to the
vet to make sure there's nothing wrong. Keep the litter box pristine,
and I mean, pristine. I scoop three times a day. I try to avoid the
jealously thing by spending every free minute with Rex, and he does
jump up and sleep with me at night. I've thought about another litter
box, but I don't have the room. As I said, I'm doing the best I can
with removing the odor, but . . . .

Some of you have cats that are a little older, or who've had new
roommates. Please! I'm counting on you guys to have good suggestions
for me.

At my wits' end,
Rexie's mommy, ShirleyB

The only problem I see is that you need more than one box. One of my
cats wouldn't set foot in a box used by the others, even though it was
scooped 3 times a day. When I had 3 cats, I had 4 litter boxes and that
solved the problem. I know you don't have room for another one, but
it's worth trying to find a spot for another one, even if it's not in
the best possible place (people-wise).

Bobble

I have three cats and two boxes. I added a shoebox size box in the dog
cage, their time out place and that one gets used a lot. They don't all
three use the same box, like prissy cats I guess.
"bobblespin" wrote in message
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" wrote in
:

HI guys. I haven't posted in forever, my part-time job has turned into
a monster, but at least I'm earning a little $$.

I need HELP !

Some of you may remember, I have a 6 yr old male Siamese, Rexie, whom
I've had since he was 3.5 weeks old. My baby. I'm his, he's mine. He
had the kingdom to himself for 4 or so years, and then maMA and Loki
came. There story is that 2 years ago, during a severe heat wave of
105 degrees for three weeks, a starving little female cat came to the
porch. I gave her water and finally some food, We realized she was
pregnant. We got her spayed, but she turned up two weeks later with a
litter of five. I found homes for all but the boy [named, Loki]. Then
his mama [now 'maMA' ]decided to stay. So we had three.

They get along fine for the most part, cause Rex really doesn't pay
them much mind. But he spits at mama and fights/plays with Loki. Loki
is now over a year and as tall as Rexie, but not as bulky. Rexie
usually wins in confrontations or jumps on me for sanctuary.

The problem: This last month or so, Rexie has been periodically
pooping or urinating not in his box. It's only happened about 10 times
all together. Except for one time, he's done it in my computer room,
under the desk or table. I've even changed litter boxes. We thought he
was getting paranoid to go in there because Loki would jump on top of
it and attack Rex on his way out! So I got a ckear one so Rex can see.

I use a really good pet odor remover and have saturated the area with
it. I'm sure with cats' sense of smell he can still smell it tho. I
now have a plywood board cut to size under the desk and table, but
this morning he urinated on the board! [So I just removed it, put
another there inside a black garbage bag!]

HELP !!!

Before anyone answers, here's what we've done. First, took him to the
vet to make sure there's nothing wrong. Keep the litter box pristine,
and I mean, pristine. I scoop three times a day. I try to avoid the
jealously thing by spending every free minute with Rex, and he does
jump up and sleep with me at night. I've thought about another litter
box, but I don't have the room. As I said, I'm doing the best I can
with removing the odor, but . . . .

Some of you have cats that are a little older, or who've had new
roommates. Please! I'm counting on you guys to have good suggestions
for me.

At my wits' end,
Rexie's mommy, ShirleyB

The only problem I see is that you need more than one box. One of my
cats wouldn't set foot in a box used by the others, even though it was
scooped 3 times a day. When I had 3 cats, I had 4 litter boxes and that
solved the problem. I know you don't have room for another one, but
it's worth trying to find a spot for another one, even if it's not in
the best possible place (people-wise).

Bobble

" wrote:
Some of you have cats that are a little older, or who've had new
roommates. Please! I'm counting on you guys to have good suggestions
for me.

You have such wonderful little kitties. I love Rexie - he looks so
soft.

When I tried to integrate Dot, a 10 year old girl, and Buster, a 1
year old boy, I had pee and poop issues too with Dot. I got them four
litter boxes of different types - covered, uncovered, shallow, deep,
lipped, unlipped, with different brands of litter in different depths.
Areas where Dot peed or pooped, I would replace with yet another
litter box, block it off, or place aluminum foil.

Another thing I did was make the area near the litter boxes
inhospitable to hanging out. No soft places to sleep, no toys to play
with nearby, so that Buster wouldn't be attracted to those areas, and
they would normally be quiet.

Repeated and refined over and over, Dot was finally steered
consistently to the litter boxes, and there haven't been any accidents
since.

wrote:
Some of you have cats that are a little older, or who've had new
roommates. Please! I'm counting on you guys to have good suggestions
for me.

I'm afraid I only have the same advice others have given: more
litterboxes. They say you need as many boxes as you have cats + 1. So
with 3 cats, you need 4 boxes according to that theory. I've always had
2 cats and 2 boxes, and that works fine. I do understand about space
limitations. I'm lucky at the moment to live in a flat with a small
sauna, which I don't use, so it's the cats' room with litterboxes and a
soft bed on the upper bench. But I've lived in really small studio
apartments, where I had to have the boxes in places where they were a
bit in the way. Purrs that you find a solution.


--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

On Jan 13, 8:39*pm, Marina wrote:
wrote:
Some of you have cats that are a little older, or who've had new
roommates. Please! I'm counting on you guys to have good suggestions
for me.

I'm afraid I only have the same advice others have given: more
litterboxes. They say you need as many boxes as you have cats + 1. So
with 3 cats, you need 4 boxes according to that theory. I've always had
2 cats and 2 boxes, and that works fine..

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Thanks, Marina, Takayuki, Grandy and Bobblespin for the suggestions.
Your consensus seems to be getting at least one more litterbox. My
hubby is confused, tho. He says that maMA and Loki have been with us
over a year now, and this is just happening the last month,
so . . . ?

But I think I will dig the old litterbox out of the garage (it's in
there somewhere, along with a buried treasure that I can't seem to
find !! )

That might give me an indication. I'll keep you guys posted
[literally]. Again, thanks for the advice.
ShirleyB

PasoShirleyB wrote in news:f87a5727-d1d7-4423-
:

Thanks, Marina, Takayuki, Grandy and Bobblespin for the suggestions.
Your consensus seems to be getting at least one more litterbox. My
hubby is confused, tho. He says that maMA and Loki have been with us
over a year now, and this is just happening the last month,
so . . . ?


Something could have happened while he was in the box which you didn't see
happening, perhaps a loud noise, and now he associates the box with
something unpleasant and avoids it. It doesn't take much to scare a cat
and change his ways. Hope the extra box solves the problem. Maybe putting
it where he does his business now, and gradually moving it somewhere more
convenient for you.
Bobble


But I think I will dig the old litterbox out of the garage (it's in
there somewhere, along with a buried treasure that I can't seem to
find !! )

That might give me an indication. I'll keep you guys posted
[literally]. Again, thanks for the advice.
ShirleyB

I'll agree with the others and suggest at least one more litter box. I
currently have 6 cats and 8 boxes (yes, it is a chore trying to keep them
clean!) but that seems to work.

You might also try putting Feliway diffusers in the rooms where Rexie
spends most of his time, and for sure one in the room where he tends to
litter inappropriately. If there are conflict issues that you aren't
seeing, the Feliway diffuser can help reduce those tensions.

Dan

On Jan 14, 12:28*pm, Daniel Mahoney wrote:
I'll agree with the others and suggest at least one more litter box. I
currently have 6 cats and 8 boxes (yes, it is a chore trying to keep them
clean!) but that seems to work.

You might also try putting Feliway diffusers in the rooms where Rexie
spends most of his time, and for sure one in the room where he tends to
litter inappropriately. If there are conflict issues that you aren't
seeing, the Feliway diffuser can help reduce those tensions.

Dan

Thanks Dan. Further to my previous post. I put a new litterbox in
there and Rex used it. I know it was him because of the toxic smell
[ nothing to do with current prob , it's always been toxic ]. Now
should I leave the feces in there to establish that it's his, or keep
it really clean? My instinct is to leave it.
Thanks, Shirl

PasoShirleyB wrote:
Thanks Dan. Further to my previous post. I put a new litterbox in
there and Rex used it. I know it was him because of the toxic smell
[ nothing to do with current prob , it's always been toxic ]. Now
should I leave the feces in there to establish that it's his, or keep
it really clean? My instinct is to leave it.

My instinct says to leave it, too. Both for the other cats to keep away
and for Rex to remember that he used it.

Now let me reveal this deep, dark secret about my beautiful, dainty
little Miss Mir: her waste also smells toxic. It's incredible how such
gorgeous little creatures like your Rex and my Mir can produce such
toxicity.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.