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| 4586.1 | | JUPITR::KAGNO | I'm51%Pussycat,49%Bitch-Don'tPush it! | Wed Apr 24 1991 14:48 | 16 |
| Pat,
Back when Kirby was alive and I was showing him he would never use the
litterbox at shows, even with a privacy curtain. There is really "no
place like home" when it comes to mother nature calling :^). Holly
might simply be one of those cats who doesn't feel comfortable using
the box at shows since there is still a lot of hustle and bustle going
on around her and the overall environment unfamiliar. I'm concerned
that if you did try some of the suggestions mentioned in your base
note, that it would make the urge to urinate that much stronger but
still not cause her to use the box which would no doubt be
uncomfortable.
Hmmm, perhaps a Feline shower who has dealt with this problem firsthand
can shed some more light.
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| 4586.2 | | JUPITR::KAGNO | I'm51%Pussycat,49%Bitch-Don'tPush it! | Wed Apr 24 1991 14:49 | 5 |
| Another thought is that maybe she just doesn't have to go :^)! That
would solve your whole problem now, wouldn't it? :^). If she doesn't
eat/drink much at the show then chances are she might not have a full
bladder.
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| 4586.3 | No Place Like Home | DEMON::MURPHY | | Wed Apr 24 1991 15:33 | 15 |
| Thanks for your response, Roberta. I still can't help feeling that she
does have to go but just won't until she gets home. Was hoping I could
find some way to encourage her to use the box at least once while there
but it's probably hopeless.
My first horse was like that (not that he'd use a litterbox of course)
:-) But no matter how long we'd be out on the trials he seemed to wait
until we returned to the barn before he'd go and ONLY in his stall.
Never could get him to relax enough on the trail to "let down".
Maybe Michele can relate to this since she knows horses too.
"You can bring 'em to the box but you can't make them use it!
Pat, Holly, Buffy, D.P., Jamie, Thai, Midnight (& Cookie)
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| 4586.4 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Wed Apr 24 1991 17:22 | 16 |
| Don't worry too much about it. I have been showing cats for six years,
and many of them do not use the box at shows. Right now I am showing
No Minor Dude! for his owner and we have yet to see him every use a box
at a show. He will use the one in the car (while we are driving), the
one at the hotel, the one at home, the one at my house when he stays
with me, but he won't go at a show. He is not scared, or grouchy, or
acting like he is at all uncomfortable. I don't worry too much about
it, it seems to be his choice.
Off and on over the years I have shown lots of cats that prefer not to
use the box at the show. It has never resulted in any kind of health
problem. The only real problem that we had was with Laci, who would be
"moved" to go by the motion of the car on the way home. Once we
started putting a litter box in her carrier all was well again.
Jo
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| 4586.5 | | USDEV1::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Fri Apr 26 1991 07:46 | 10 |
| I've stayed overnight twice now for shows, once with Shadow only
and once with CC too. (We shared with Diane, Allison and Alex, my
feline Nephew - love that "puffalump"). Anyway, I swear that for two
solid days neither CC nor Shadow used the box! I even tried buying
them a new covered box for the hotel room. I think Alex was pleased
with it, but the didn't use it.
That does bother me a bit, but I have to assume that where this is
concerned they know better than I.
Nancy
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| 4586.6 | | SUBURB::THOMASH | The Devon Dumpling | Fri Apr 26 1991 07:57 | 10 |
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My eldest cat will only go outside, he won't use a litter box at all.
When he cut his paw, I was ment to keep him in for 5 days, after 2 days
when he was sat by the cat flap cring to get out, I relented.
I let him out, then brought him back in and re-applied lotion and a new
bandage. I ended doing this twices a day for the next 3 days until it
healed.
Heather
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