I am having problems with my twelve-year-old female Persian mix becoming too vocal and going outside of her litter box. She has been declawed for almost most of her lifetime, spayed and been using her litter box at a young age, doesn't live with any other cats, and my family adopted her 4-5 years ago from our old neighbors because she was unhappy due to their new puppy and one of the dogs she grew up with passed away months before. She is also allergic to anything with fish in it because eating it makes her throw up.
For over a month she's been meowing constantly, usually when no one's around. It’s the worst at night when she wakes me and my parents up around midnight and early in the morning, usually around 4 and 6 am. The meow is not like when she wants to talk. It sounds like complaining, crying or whining. She also wants to go outside onto the back deck or into the garage at least once a day. My cat enjoys lying out in the sun on warm days on the deck. She also is refusing to go in her litter box once a week at least but is still using it. When she goes outside of her litter box, it’s in the hallway in front of the upstairs bathroom, in the upstairs bathroom or my parents' bathroom. What really doesn't help is that every room, except for the kitchen and laundry room, has carpeting.
We tried cleaning out her box every other day, ignoring her, telling her to be quiet and squirting her with a squirt bottle full of water whenever she gets out of line but so far it hasn't worked. For cleaning the mess we tried using Resolve, Resolve Pet Stain, Spot Shot and other carpet cleaners and stain removers but she'll go in or near that area the next day or so. We don't want to pay an arm and a leg just to make sure she doesn't urinate in that same area again.
She has plenty of food and water and is eating and drinking it so that's not the problem. However, she sometimes pushes the food into her water and we have to a separate bowl of clean water for her to drink from when that happens. We haven't changed the brand of litter for years and the brand of dry food for months. I took the lid of her litter box since I read that covering it makes it smellier and I can't move its location due to lack of private areas in the house. She doesn't meow or complain while in the litter box so I don't think she's in pain when she urinates.
I like having her around but I'm tired of her misbehaving and my mom yelling, threatening, hitting, punishing her and sometimes picking her up and tossing her to the floor. She avoids her whenever she goes outside of it or has gotten into trouble in the last couple of days. I want her to be well-behaved and healthy and not worry about the extra costs of seeing a vet and getting medication. Money and time has been tight for me due to high gas prices and college.
Here's a picture of her. It may be a few years old, but she hasn't changed in appearance:
For over a month she's been meowing constantly, usually when no one's around. It’s the worst at night when she wakes me and my parents up around midnight and early in the morning, usually around 4 and 6 am. The meow is not like when she wants to talk. It sounds like complaining, crying or whining. She also wants to go outside onto the back deck or into the garage at least once a day. My cat enjoys lying out in the sun on warm days on the deck. She also is refusing to go in her litter box once a week at least but is still using it. When she goes outside of her litter box, it’s in the hallway in front of the upstairs bathroom, in the upstairs bathroom or my parents' bathroom. What really doesn't help is that every room, except for the kitchen and laundry room, has carpeting.
We tried cleaning out her box every other day, ignoring her, telling her to be quiet and squirting her with a squirt bottle full of water whenever she gets out of line but so far it hasn't worked. For cleaning the mess we tried using Resolve, Resolve Pet Stain, Spot Shot and other carpet cleaners and stain removers but she'll go in or near that area the next day or so. We don't want to pay an arm and a leg just to make sure she doesn't urinate in that same area again.
She has plenty of food and water and is eating and drinking it so that's not the problem. However, she sometimes pushes the food into her water and we have to a separate bowl of clean water for her to drink from when that happens. We haven't changed the brand of litter for years and the brand of dry food for months. I took the lid of her litter box since I read that covering it makes it smellier and I can't move its location due to lack of private areas in the house. She doesn't meow or complain while in the litter box so I don't think she's in pain when she urinates.
I like having her around but I'm tired of her misbehaving and my mom yelling, threatening, hitting, punishing her and sometimes picking her up and tossing her to the floor. She avoids her whenever she goes outside of it or has gotten into trouble in the last couple of days. I want her to be well-behaved and healthy and not worry about the extra costs of seeing a vet and getting medication. Money and time has been tight for me due to high gas prices and college.
Here's a picture of her. It may be a few years old, but she hasn't changed in appearance:
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