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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Felix (Caroline) on September 03, 2007, 15:31:32 PM
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Our Three Bengals are getting neutered tomorrow morning Sabre Simba Sky, hubby has just finnished making them a house in the run and somewhere they can go the toilet, the thing is since we have put the litter out side they have been weeing in their bowls or the kitchen sink, even one of our saucepans :'( Sabre won't even go through the cat flap which enters the cat litter den.He will go if we leave the doors on it open but cant do that in the rain :'( will put some pictures up within the next couple of days can't do it on this pc, will have to use the other one.
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Don't you have a tray in the house, then? :-:
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Our Three Bengals are getting neutered tomorrow morning Sabre Simba Sky, hubby has just finnished making them a house in the run and somewhere they can go the toilet, the thing is since we have put the litter out side they have been weeing in their bowls or the kitchen sink, even one of our saucepans :'( Sabre won't even go through the cat flap which enters the cat litter den.He will go if we leave the doors on it open but cant do that in the rain :'( will put some pictures up within the next couple of days can't do it on this pc, will have to use the other one.
I would definitely get a litter tray back indoor for the time being. They probably just need time to adjust to the new arrangements. Same goes for if they've never used a catflap before, they need time to get used to it. Leave the doors to the den open when you can, and if you need to close the doors, fix the cat flap open so's they don't have to work out how to get out, or have this horrible thing flapping at them everytime they try to go out! They just need time to acclimatise, but deffo get a tray back inside to avoid any more 'mistakes'.
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I think it would be a good idea to still leave one tray in the house even once they've figured out the cat flap as if the weather is really nasty they aren't going to want to walk all the way outside to go to the toilet, also if they have an upset tummy they are more likely to make it to an indoor tray than an outdoor one.
Good luck for tomorow morning.
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hubby has just finnished making them a house in the run and somewhere they can go the toilet, the thing is since we have put the litter out side they have been weeing in their bowls or the kitchen sink, even one of our saucepans
Cats Protection advise always provide a litter tray irrespective of your cats age even if they are allowed out, if you keep an eye on what your cat is passing, you can spot many problems, e.g. cystitis is very common in cats and needs urgent Veterinary treatment. It is shown up if the cat uses the tray frequently and/or passes blood, something you would never know if you didn’t have a tray. Ideally one litter tray per cat is the best option in multi cat households..
Last year it was necessary to have Trudie a long term CP cat PTS due to bowel cancer, I would like to think that Trudie's untimely death has not been in vain as a lesson can be learnt from it, and that is the reason why everyone should always provide a litter tray no matter how old the cat and irrespective of the fact that it may go out. So many times I am told oh! I have no need for a litter tray my cat goes out now. Had Trudie no access to a litter tray the cancer would have continued to get the better of her and she would have suffered, she looked purrfectly well and it looked like there there was no reason to take her to the vets, the only reason we took her was because I noticed she was going into the tray more frequently than usual and there was blood on most pooos and drops in the tray. None of this would have been noticed had we no tray we don't know what our little ones are putting in the hole in the garden.
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Ela as far as I understand it her cats will be having litter trays still so she will be able to keep an idea of what is going in the tray (just the litter trays will be outside in their cat house rather than in the human house)
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Even with litter trays outside it would not necessarily be beneficial as it could be e.g when a cat has cystitis, you keep hearing the cat in the tray if the tray was outside you may not realize soon enough.
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Even with litter trays outside it would not necessarily be beneficial as it could be e.g when a cat has cystitis, you keep hearing the cat in the tray if the tray was outside you may not realize soon enough.
Thats how i caught Isseys Cystitis last week.
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If the weather is horrible and they are in a hurry, trays definately still need to be indoors too ;D
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I would put a tray back in the house and gradually move it towards the run, especially as they aren't sure of the cat flap. And as they are being neutered, they definitely need something closer to them.
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Just come back from the vets,will be ringing them about 4oclock to see how they are.
Our Cats have always had litter trays in the house since we have had them,its just since we put them in there litter den, they have been weeing in the sink e t c quite a few times. They have been used to a cat flap too because they always go outside in the cat run through one. I think Sabre just doesn't like going in the litter den as he might feel shut in.He did seem very nervous when we first brought him home and took a while to get used to people even.I think he is just more cautious than our other two Bengals.
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Hope everything goes well today, keep us posted :)
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Will do and thanks to everyone for your goodluck wishes :Luv:
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I'm sure they'll be just fine, they'll be home in no time demanding sympathy cuddles, give them a gentle head kiss from me and my boys each :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
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Will do thanks Tiggy's mum :Luv:
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Max sends a gentle headbutt too of course :Luv:
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Thanks Clarenmax
just put loads of picts of them taken yesterday on our cat stories hope you enjoy :Luv:
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Just seen them, they're all gorgeous, and the new playhouse is fantastic too ;D
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Thanks Clarenmax :Luv:
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Good luck for your 3 furbabes getting done today ;)
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Thankyou Ruth :Luv:
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Good luck with the neutering. I'm sure they'll be fine but you'll be glad to get them home ;D
It sounds like they prefer to have a tray indoors. Maybe the move to their house is just too quickly. If you keep a tray indoors they may start using the one in the outdoor house more often until you get to the point where you can take away the indoor one.
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:thanks: Susanne
maybe I will put one back inside and keep the other two litter trays outside and see how it goes,they prob won't want to go out for a couple of days or so anyway when they come home. :Luv:
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Picking them up in an hour
couldn't wait till 4oclock to ring,they said everything is fine :) (Iam so relieved)
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Yay :cheer:
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:thanks: yipee :)
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Hey everyone they are great and just as lively as ever, you wouldn't think they have had anything done,gave them a bit of food as the vet said,they want more but they will have to wait,don't want them beeing sick. so I'am eating my tea in piece (otherwise they will be after this)
Only Sky (the female) has to go back the vets next week for a check up. She is jumping up everywhere trying to catch flies. Her stitches are iinternal. But have to keep a close eye on them incase of any bleeding :Luv:
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So glad that they are all okay.
Im hoping that when Mellika is spayed she has the internal stitches - did they glue the skin together ???
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Yep, it looks like it has been glued, its not a very big scar just a couple of inches long, just hope the other two don't start jumping all over her.
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Glad everything went well :)
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Glad everything went well.
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Thanks guys :Luv:
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So glad that they are all okay.
Im hoping that when Mellika is spayed she has the internal stitches - did they glue the skin together ???
You can ask for glue and see what they say. I think its great as my 2 girls had removed their stitches within hours but no probs as the glue held. No cones, just marvellous!
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Thanks MM - I will definately be requesting the glue for Mellika