Follow up to female cat litterbox problem by: Heidi
I just wanted to pot an update to this problem of my 5 year old female cat inappropriately urinating anf deficating in front of her littlebox. I went to the vet to rule out medical. I got some really good information. The "ground zero" problem was me moving her food dish. Also contributing may or may not have been that her litterbox was elevated, causing her to mark it, so I moved it to the floor. I also added a litterbox, as apparantly you need 2 litterboxes for every one cat in the house. I also added a small light, as it used to be almost pitch black. The minute I added the second litterbox, she jumped in while I was filling it!, and has not had an incident since then. Thanks for the advise, and hope this helps someone else.
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