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From: booter@lll-crg.UUCP (Elaine Richards)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: kitty won't use her box (phew!)
Message-ID: <856@lll-crg.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 21:59:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 19 21:59:19 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 05:31:16 EDT
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Reply-To: booter@lll-crg.UUCP (Elaine Richards)
Organization: Lawernce Livermore Labs, CRG group
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This sounds like a classic cat situation. My cat also left
a liquid present when she had a bladder infection. They have to
go a lot and they feel pretty crummy. Why climb up those stairs when
The Big One left that nice jacket there.

When you housebreak a cat, you have an easy job. They hide their spoor as a 
survival mechanism. They really WANT to use the box. When you get a new
kitten, place it in the box, hold its feet and make diggin motions with
its little paws. I have housebroken about 9 or so kittens that way.
The only one I had a hassle with was my current Hairy One, Mehitabel.
She was a pregnant stray.

She is a bitchy cat. She makes messy for good reasons. The biggie is
"Clean that box, Househuman!" I do not blame her. I wouldnt want to
walk barefoot through my own doo-doo and then lick my paws off later
(SHUDDER). 

When she paws at the gravel, meows, walks up to me, meows, and
then heads for the catbox, it is Time. I havent had a hassle in 8 months
because we have an interspecies agreement (only took 4 years). Keep
the box clean. Praise her when she goes.Listen to her when she fusses.

E
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