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Just found our sweet angel peeing in our potted plants (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/cat@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Putting a cat in your obviously small bathroon for hours upon hours? That sounds like a terribly sad life you're providing your companion with. No wonder they are developing behavioural issues like that.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Don't pretend to know the situation. He's a new adoptee, raised in the shelter from a newborn kitten. The behavioral issue is likely due to anxiety and loneliness. I'm training him that the only acceptable place to poop is the bathroom. I spend 5 hours a day in the bathroom with him, because I give him an extra handful of food when I see him use the litterbox, 2 if he poops in the litterbox while I'm there.

    The situation is not permanent either. The story I told about holding his poop happened Sunday night/Monday morning. He's staying in the full-time bathroom until next Monday, and then we're going to try hanging out in the living room again.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    That's true, I can't really know the situation and have only the description of the first post to go by which had me a bit worried. The longer explanation draws a way different picture than first one suggested.

    So thank you for clarifying that.

    Good on you for putting in the effort on training him like that. Cheers

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Now that you say it, the concern makes sense. I can understand how it could be concerning, behavioral issues are a common reason for neglect and abuse.

    I realized how easy it could be to ignore him if I didn't put equal effort on my end into solving the problem, so I've decided to show him that if it's good enough for me, it's good enough for him. I even eat in the bathroom with him (eating from the seat at the bathroom counter). The only part of the night I'm not in the bathroom is when I'm sleeping, cooking, and smoking a bowl

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