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It was brought to my attention that someone I work with was thinking of taking their cat to the SPCA because it was pooing on the floor. When I heard the details I was shocked (to put it mildly) and need to find a loving home for this poor cat. Here are the details:
She is a five year old calico with allergies (to what they don't know, since the vet couldn't be bothered with trying different things and just pumped her full of injectible steroids ). Allergies kicked in at about eight months of age. She is also unspayed And they don't know if she's ever been tested for feline leukemia...
About a year ago when this woman and her hubby moved into their new house the cat began pooping on the floor. She pees in the litterbox but poops in certain places throughout the house -- it's not random but rather in specific places.
Other than that she is a well-adjusted normal cat who gets along with other kitties (they have three other cats, I believe). She is affectionate and loving.
The thing is, this woman is due to have her baby at the end of July and is determined to get rid of the cat by then if she can't break her of the habit. I've given her suggestions as to things to try (the first one being to try two litterboxes), but considering the fact that she's let it go on for a year before finally doing something about it and is really taking a defeatist position from the beginning ("If she's been doing it for a year, I don't think anyone would be able to break her of it" was her viewpoint. I told her that it could be sorted out, but it would take some time and perhaps some money), I doubt she'll have good results and I'm afraid she will just take the cat to the SPCA although I've told her they will kill the cat, as nobody is going to adopt a cat who poops all over the house She says she would much rather see the cat in a good home, but she will go the SPCA route if the cat either hasn't stopped pooping on the floor or gone to a good home.
I would take the poor girl myself in a heartbeat and get her spayed, tested, etc. then bring her home to work with patiently, if I had a bigger place. But I don't have a spare room to give her for the settling in period before she'd be meeting the other cats (the rats are in the spare room and there's no way I can put her in there with them, and the bathroom doesn't have a window), and I'd be doing nobody any favours by trying to cram another cat in this apartment, especially if Aoife decided to be as nasty as she was with Fionagh.
So if anyone here knows of anyone who would be able to take this girl and give her a loving home, please let me know. Thanks.


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UPDATE:
Good news -- this woman I know from work put down a second litterbox (there are three cats in total) and since they did that, their calico hasn't gone on the floor. It turns out also that the man of the house is in charge of scooping the box and....need I say more? I think if they keep with the two boxes and and keep them clean, they shouldn't have any more problems. I'm still putting out feelers for potential homes, though, just in case she relapses.
Also, apparently the allergies have cleared up - it was something environmental in their last house.


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Great news!!
Two litter boxes cleaned every day should be good enough. Max would sometimes go on the floor if he stepped in something wet and/squishy in the litter box.


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Yeah, I don't blame the poor cat for going on the floor. I'm lucky in that my four cats are all happy to use one (mind you, the one box I have is ginormous and I scoop it in the morning and at night every day), but the general rule is one box per cat and even one extra sometimes. And when she said that her husband is in charge of cleaning the litterbox and rolled her eyes, then said that she hadn't scooped the litter in years except when it's gotten "really bad"...well, I think that's the problem right there. Poor kitty


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That is good news, I'm glad everything worked out