![]() Hill’s, the food brand, has a “Feline Stress” blend infused with kitty Prozac. Feliway products-a line of room sprays and outlet plug-ins that release an odorless pheromone that’s said to help calm cats and help them feel more at home-work for many (not us, but many). Olive’s vet recommends 15 minutes of play a day. While many stress factors are out of your control (see: squirrel), you can help alleviate the tension with regular play (laser pointers are great for lazy people) and catnip. And a stressed cat can be a cat that plays fast and loose with the litter box. Things that can set them off: moving the furniture, bringing a new person or animal into the house, a squirrel lurking outside (three months ago). And there’s no way to know if she’ll love it forever or change her finicky feline mind, like, tomorrow. Cat Attract was literally our 14th brand of litter. Elsey’s Cat Attract, which helpfully offers a 100 percent litter box use guarantee (that I’ve never had to use!). Cats can be finicky about choice of litter too, with everything from scent (or non-scent) to potential ouch-factor on their paws a possible deterrent. (Some math for you: Got one cat? You need two boxes.) Also: Do you like using Porta-Potties? No? Neither does your cat, so ditch the hoods and clean the boxes daily. Whether or not your cat is peeing where she shouldn’t, vets recommend having one litter box per cat, plus one. If your cat has started to exhibit this behavior, get her in a carrier and get her in to see the good doc. She got better-yet my bed remained a target. ![]() This was treated with antibiotics and a switch to a prescription diet (Hill’s c/d Multicare is a commonly used food to aid bladder health). A trip to the vet when Olive was a couple months old revealed that she had a bladder infection. Illness is the first thing to rule out when a cat starts peeing outside the box. ![]()
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