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Yeah that's great and all but I've tried that. 3 litter boxes. All cleaned twice a day, and he still shits on the carpet 2 feet away from the box. Lid on, lid o

Yeah that's great and all but I've tried that. 3 litter boxes. All cleaned twice a day, and he still shits on the carpet 2 feet away from the box. Lid on, lid off, big sidewalls, different cat litter. I've tried it all. The little shit just likes shitting on carpet I guess. And putting the fear of god into him does nothing.

zrail 12y ago
Then there's something else about his environment that isn't right, or he's sick. Have you taken him to the vet lately?
- post_break 12y ago
  He's completely normal. Has done this for about a year. Multiple costly vet visits for them to say "What have no fucking clue". I think he just likes leaving me presents to come home to at this point.
  - zrail 12y ago
    Otherwise normal cats who go outside of their litter box are usually upset about something in their environment. Are the boxes near something noisy or surprising? Are they in a private spot where he's not going to get approached while he's using them? If there's a regular spot where he goes, maybe try putting a box on that exact spot. We had a similar problem a few months ago, where our cat was peeing in the basement on a stack of paper he found. We moved everything away from that spot and put a box there and now he's happy as a clam.
charleso 12y ago
Your cat might have a bladder or kidney stone which is causing extreme pain when pooping. Please take your cat to the vet and have that checked out. I ran into the same thing: Cat pooped in exotic, awkward places, but never the litter box. Never looked like she was in pain -- just being stubborn, I figured. Turned out to be a bladder stone brought on by the ingredients in modern cat food (put in place to help other feline health issues, but which causes stones in a small subset of cats). After the stones were cleared up, all litter box issues disappeared.
- pavel_lishin 12y ago
  Cats tend to hide their pain: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/02/03/how-to-know-if-your-cat-is-in-pain-and-what-to-do-about-it.aspx http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/201...
- post_break 12y ago
  He's had xrays done not 3 months ago that showed nothing like that. They ruled it out. He pisses in the litter box, just refuses to poop in it.
  - Mc_Big_G 12y ago
    Maybe he doesn't like to do different business in the same place? Try getting another box.
    - crazypyro 12y ago
      >3 litter boxes
      - Mc_Big_G 12y ago
        yeah, didn't see that when I commented.
    - post_break 12y ago
      So at what point do you go insane? Should I just turn the whole place into a litter box? I have 3.
      - GFischer 12y ago
        Did you try different kinds of litter? My cats don't like the uber-expensive clot-forming synthetic crystal litter, and don't like various types of alternatives either - almost none from this list: http://www.petco.com/Shop/ShoppingGuides/petco_ChooseCatLitter_ShoppingGuideID_4_Nav_288.aspx http://www.petco.com/Shop/ShoppingGuides/petco_ChooseCatLitt... ) ..but they do love some simple pebbles, which are, fortunately, dirt-cheap (or pebble-cheap :) ) although a little messier to clean than the above alternatives. I think they'd like sand as well (I live in Uruguay and those pebbles are from Argentina, so I don't know what alternatives are in the U.S.).
mediaman 12y ago
I had a similar problem but with peeing, despite three litter boxes and regular cleaning. He'd go in the same room, five feet away. It go so bad that the carpet started developing some sort of fungal growth, which was gross. I read up on it and apparently some cats develop a "texture preference," especially for carpet. So in the utility room I used for the litter boxes, I replaced the carpet with some cheap engineered wood flooring (Pergo or some similar knockoff brand). Problem went away. I think it is very weird/uncomfortable for them to go on a smooth hard surface, and carpet is a rougher surface that sort of could feel like dirt or grass.

zrail 12y ago

Then there's something else about his environment that isn't right, or he's sick. Have you taken him to the vet lately?

post_break 12y ago
He's completely normal. Has done this for about a year. Multiple costly vet visits for them to say "What have no fucking clue". I think he just likes leaving me presents to come home to at this point.
- zrail 12y ago
  Otherwise normal cats who go outside of their litter box are usually upset about something in their environment. Are the boxes near something noisy or surprising? Are they in a private spot where he's not going to get approached while he's using them? If there's a regular spot where he goes, maybe try putting a box on that exact spot. We had a similar problem a few months ago, where our cat was peeing in the basement on a stack of paper he found. We moved everything away from that spot and put a box there and now he's happy as a clam.

charleso 12y ago

Your cat might have a bladder or kidney stone which is causing extreme pain when pooping. Please take your cat to the vet and have that checked out. I ran into the same thing: Cat pooped in exotic, awkward places, but never the litter box. Never looked like she was in pain -- just being stubborn, I figured. Turned out to be a bladder stone brought on by the ingredients in modern cat food (put in place to help other feline health issues, but which causes stones in a small subset of cats). After the stones were cleared up, all litter box issues disappeared.

pavel_lishin 12y ago
Cats tend to hide their pain: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/02/03/how-to-know-if-your-cat-is-in-pain-and-what-to-do-about-it.aspx http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/201...
post_break 12y ago
He's had xrays done not 3 months ago that showed nothing like that. They ruled it out. He pisses in the litter box, just refuses to poop in it.
- Mc_Big_G 12y ago
  Maybe he doesn't like to do different business in the same place? Try getting another box.
  - crazypyro 12y ago
    >3 litter boxes
    - Mc_Big_G 12y ago
      yeah, didn't see that when I commented.
  - post_break 12y ago
    So at what point do you go insane? Should I just turn the whole place into a litter box? I have 3.
    - GFischer 12y ago
      Did you try different kinds of litter? My cats don't like the uber-expensive clot-forming synthetic crystal litter, and don't like various types of alternatives either - almost none from this list: http://www.petco.com/Shop/ShoppingGuides/petco_ChooseCatLitter_ShoppingGuideID_4_Nav_288.aspx http://www.petco.com/Shop/ShoppingGuides/petco_ChooseCatLitt... ) ..but they do love some simple pebbles, which are, fortunately, dirt-cheap (or pebble-cheap :) ) although a little messier to clean than the above alternatives. I think they'd like sand as well (I live in Uruguay and those pebbles are from Argentina, so I don't know what alternatives are in the U.S.).

mediaman 12y ago

I had a similar problem but with peeing, despite three litter boxes and regular cleaning. He'd go in the same room, five feet away. It go so bad that the carpet started developing some sort of fungal growth, which was gross. I read up on it and apparently some cats develop a "texture preference," especially for carpet. So in the utility room I used for the litter boxes, I replaced the carpet with some cheap engineered wood flooring (Pergo or some similar knockoff brand). Problem went away. I think it is very weird/uncomfortable for them to go on a smooth hard surface, and carpet is a rougher surface that sort of could feel like dirt or grass.