Comments for litter box issues Average Rating Click here to add your own comments

Apr 02, 2009 Rating Litter Box Issues by: Mary Hi Kayla Youe post sure sounds familiar to me. I have 2 cats with similar weird actions. My male cat "TommySnow" is a cat who has ALWAYS been one that stays in his box and constantly covers his elimination for about 5 minutes and THEN he spends another 3 minutes wiping his paws on the sides of his box to make sure they are clean. The noise of him "constantly scratching the litter and cleaning his paws" use to drive me wild so I took him to the vet. The vet said some cats are VERY particular about their hygeine and will do this and it is nothing to be concerned about. It is just their individual preference and nature. So...I have learned to accept that he is just a cat that wants to make sure he is VERY clean. NOTE: I scoop my boxes MANY times a day so I know they are clean and I use baking soda in the litter to eliminate odor and it is safe for the cats. I have a female Calico cat named "Paige" who has another weird thing she does in this area. If a "lazy " cat uses one of the boxes and does not cover it...she goes to the box and covers it for them! Talk about a cat who likes clean conditions!!!! She's my lil kitty box supervisor (ha ha ha). I always call out to her and say " Thank you Paige" when I see her cleaning up after a lazy kitty. I guess we could have worse problems, huh? Good luck to you and your kitty. Mary X Close Editor Apr 02, 2009 Rating Submitted by: Mary Title Comment Hi Kayla Youe post sure sounds familiar to me. I have 2 cats with similar weird actions. My male cat "TommySnow" is a cat who has ALWAYS been one that stays in his box and constantly covers his elimination for about 5 minutes and THEN he spends another 3 minutes wiping his paws on the sides of his box to make sure they are clean. The noise of him "constantly scratching the litter and cleaning his paws" use to drive me wild so I took him to the vet. The vet said some cats are VERY particular about their hygeine and will do this and it is nothing to be concerned about. It is just their individual preference and nature. So...I have learned to accept that he is just a cat that wants to make sure he is VERY clean. NOTE: I scoop my boxes MANY times a day so I know they are clean and I use baking soda in the litter to eliminate odor and it is safe for the cats. I have a female Calico cat named "Paige" who has another weird thing she does in this area. If a "lazy " cat uses one of the boxes and does not cover it...she goes to the box and covers it for them! Talk about a cat who likes clean conditions!!!! She's my lil kitty box supervisor (ha ha ha). I always call out to her and say " Thank you Paige" when I see her cleaning up after a lazy kitty. I guess we could have worse problems, huh? Good luck to you and your kitty. Mary Cancel Delete Delete & Ban Updating Comments page...

Click here to add your own comments Return to litter box issues