[wanttobemommy]

Ok DH and I have had our calico cat Shadow for two years. She was actually born in my house. Shadow has always been pretty good about using her box. Well since we have been home she will only pee in the box but she will poop all over my kitchen floor. Anyone have any ideas on how to get her using her box again. I dont want to get rid of her but I cant have this going on

[Alejandros Mommy]

WOW! Some one is jealous! I have no clue Kristin as we have no pets and never had a problem with this. I hope someone can help you out.

[purelegance]

it's pretty common for pets to regress their house training when a major change occurs (i.e. new baby!). the only thing i can tell you is you have to re train her. unfortunately i'm a dog person and have no clue how to train box-train.

[landj111]

I would try giving here some of your undevoted attention that may help, and keep reminding her where her litter box is good luck.

[QueenAngie]

Pets, just like your older child, will protest about potty issues
when the new baby comes home.

It is an attention seeking device. Give plenty of positive attention to the cat. But kitty cat has to realize that baby is now #1.

[mcmama]

Yes, attention is important. And positive reinforcement when she is good with baby. Try putting the poopies in the box, see if she gets the idea.

[LeanyBean]

Agreeing with Janet and Angie here. Perhaps even placing her poos back in the litterbox while holding her. Telling her that you still love her like before Jaxon's arrival but she needs to do her part and go potty in the right place.

I know I will have some major set-backs with Ebony~my dog~come January. It's hard enough to get her to go poo outside right now. She's still the baby around here. She'll be a year old on Sunday. I never really had any issues with Copper~my late cat~involving jealousy towards a baby and he made it through 3 of them just fine. Jax~my late dog~would just sniff the baby upon our arrival home and that was that. he never changed his habits or anything. Ebony however is a lap dog and adores attention, so I know she'll be thrown off by the baby's arrival. My youngest child~Charlie~still hasn't quite gotten the concept that Mommy won't be at his beck and call, or that there will be a new baby at his house. So we'll see what the winter brings.

Good Luck with Shadow!

[swt1899]

My cat did the same thin during the summer. I was working a lot and not coming home till late. She is pretty much our child till our baby is born. We also had changed litters. Come time find out, she is picky on her litter. So we went back to the original litter. Also when we would see her go into the litter box we would wait for her to come out and give her treats, pet her and scratch her for about 10 miutes. Just giving her some TLC. Try that. She may be jealous about the new baby.

[swt1899]

Well, our cat has started up again with pooping on the floor. She was doing this over the summer and she seemed to come out of it, but now it is worse than ever. She pees in the litterbox, but on and off she'll poop on the floor in various locations of the house: dining room, living room, entry way, etc. We can't figure out any patterns to it... like if her litter box has enough litter, if she's low on food/water, etc. And what's bad is that we both spend a lot of time with her... giving her attention, playing with her, treats, cuddle time, etc.

We have tried every solution out there... rubbing her nose in it, squirt bottle, making a loud noise if we catch her, putting the poop back in the litter box, etc.
There isn't anything physically wrong with her. She isn't sick. We are frustrated because our baby is due in 3 weeks and we can't have that around the baby!
Any kitty people out there who can help???

THANKS!

[JeanLynn81]

My suggestion would be to get a lid for the littler box. They aren't that expensive (on the chance it doesn't work). And it makes it quite difficult for the cat to hang her butt over the side. We did this when my cat was having this problem and she loved her new box so much, she was more inclined to use it.

If your box already has a lid, take it off for a little bit and see what she does.

And I also have to wonder if her litter box was moved to a different spot? That can do it also. Cats are VERY sensitive to change. Hope I helped a little!

Oh and wanted to add, cats DO respond to treats when they are behaving properly.