Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mgwess.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!mgnetp!mgwess!plw From: plw@mgwess.UUCP (Pete Wilson) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: kitty won't use her box (phew!) Message-ID: <14950@mgwess.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 00:06:46 EDT Article-I.D.: mgwess.14950 Posted: Sun Sep 29 00:06:46 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 01:16:51 EDT References: <488@tektools.UUCP> <263@hsi.UUCP> Reply-To: plw@mgwess.UUCP (Wilson,Pete,PL) Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Information Systems - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 38 Summary: In article <263@hsi.UUCP> tankus@hsi.UUCP (Ed Tankus) writes: >.... It seems that male and female cats within the same domicile(sp?) require >separate boxes...... > > Ed Tankus > Net : {noao!ihnp4!yale!}!hsi!tankus > Snail: Health Systems Int'l, 100 Broadway, New Haven, CT 06511 > Bell : (203) 562-2101 I have 2 males and 3 females and they all use the same box (talk about MESSY!). I have even seen 2 of them (a male and a female) use it at the same time (we're talking 2 14lb. cats in a 16 X 30 in. box!). The only time any of them don't use the box is when, in their judgement, it's too dirty. Usually the youngest male will get quite vociferous when it starts turning bad - this guy's been on latrine duty ever since we got him: covers up the messes of the other cats if they don't, complains when the litter needs changing, etc. Usually there is a reason why a cat won't use a litter box -even an outdoor cat. The problem is in figuring out the reason. Cats don't speak human talk too well (at least mine don't) and you have to keep trying different things until one of them works. The brand and type of litter seems to be important to them. Mine weren't happy until I started buying generic litter, just plain old dusty, natural clay. They didn't like Kitty Litter(T), Litter Green(T), or any of that fancy odor-reducing stuff. It could also be an emotional problem. Maybe the cat doesn't like being left alone for lengthy periods, or it doesn't like the time that it gets fed or the food it gets. From a cat's point of view, it takes quite a bit of training of the human to get the human to do things right! Pete Wilson AT&T IS CGBS Montgomery Works ..!ihnp4!mgnetp!mgwess!plw Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com