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Kitten's pooing here, there and everywhere!

  • 30-08-2010 02:32PM
    #1
    tatli_lokma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    some advice required. I am currently fostering 3 kittens while they try to find their mittens! (sorry couldn't resist! :p) Actually they are waiting for new homes. They are wild cats it seems. From day one they took to the concept of the litter tray, but a few times they have gone elsewhere. And they weren't locked in so they couldn't get to the tray, the tray was clean, they weren't frightened by anything....:confused:

    On two occasions now they have poo'd in the bed! :eek: As I say, they had easy access to the litter tray, but just chose to use the bed instead! First time wasn't so bad - just the linens suffered, but last time the mattress got it and all! :mad: They have also gone in a box, in the linen basket and in a shoe!

    After a mattress and linen change (and a severe telling off) I am now worried they might do it again - it is proving quite difficult to keep them downstairs - they just sit and wait and as soon as a closed door is open the make a dash for it! It seems to be the thrill of the forbidden! Like I said, it has happened a few times now, and I'm not sure which one is the culprit. And its getting a bit waring, to be honest.

    anyway, any cats I have had in the past were very clean and used the litter tray without much fuss. The only times I ever had 'accidents' was if they got locked in somewhere by accident and couldn't get to the tray.

    Just wondering if any one might know of a specific reason for this? is it more common with wild cats (although they are very tame and love to be handled - well 2 of them the 3rd is still quite nervy)?

    Last time it happened I had the three of them on the bed before hand, we were all having a very civilised time, cuddled up together while we read a book (:)). Then I had to go out, they hid under the bed, and when I got back the mattress had taken the hit! Seperation anxiety maybe? Making a dirty protest at me sodding off and leaving them for an hour??

    Any help would be gratefully received, and any suggestions on how to stop this behaviour? I would like them to be well mannered little kitty-cats before they go to new homes! :) (also I can't keep buying new mattresses! I'll be broke by the end of the month!)

    thanks!


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