Cat litterbox situation
Cat rehoming issues
In August I moved into a home that had two other cats, a male (Zazu) and a female (<PERSON>) cat. The male cat does not like to be touched and came from a hoarding house where he was not treated well. He had been living there since January.
I moved in with my male cat (<PERSON>, about 5 y.o) in August. <PERSON> had been raised with another male cat about 10 years older than him, and his mom. I moved across the United States two years ago with <PERSON> and his mom. We moved together two more times, and I eventually got a third cat (male kitten) with my now ex husband. I was only able to bring <PERSON> with me and had to give up the other two.
I have never had any spraying or litterbox issues with any of my cats, especially <PERSON>. We tried to slowly introduce the cats, but it was difficult since I’m allergic to them and he couldn’t be in my room. <PERSON> got used to <PERSON> and now they love each other, but <PERSON> HATES <PERSON>, and now doesn’t get along with <PERSON> either. <PERSON> will get in <PERSON>’s space, not necessarily looking for a fight, and <PERSON> with hiss and growl at him. 311
It got to the point though that <PERSON> had <PERSON> cornered downstairs and <PERSON> was forced to use the restroom in that corner.
Also, during this time, I split the price on an automatic litter box that my previous three cats had used before with no issue. <PERSON> refused to use it or his own litter box, so we had to move it away from his. The litter box wouldn’t work where we moved it, so we eventually moved it back (especially because <PERSON> wouldn’t use it when <PERSON>’s litterbox was moved upstairs).
We finally just decided to keep <PERSON> upstairs in my roommates room when I caught <PERSON> peeing upstairs, and had cleaned up pee several times downstairs. I have caught Catan spraying downstairs as well.
Everything was going better and I continued to use a no spray bottle downstairs. Until my roommate came home and noticed a really bad smell, and my roommate walked in on him peeing where the old litterbox was. We found out through the automatic litter that <PERSON> had stopped using his litterbox a week ago, even though after we moved it back he was still using it for awhile (so I’m not sure what changed).
My roommate says that the cement will have to be treated (carpet floors) and that I need to find a solution before the next roommate comes (one of our roommates is moving out). I have had <PERSON> since he was born, and he’s one of my close connections from my home on the other side of the country. I also really like where I live and am not ready to move out. We have feliway spray downstairs and it hasn’t done anything. I’m trying to be vigilant about the no spray spray, but idk if it’ll stop him from going #2. I’m desperate to keep him, but I also know there are not a lot of places to live at the price I pay, and my money situation is not the best. 311