Thread: Is this for attention?

Our Vet charges € 22 euros for a consultation.

Originally Posted by debbie560

Our Vet charges € 22 euros for a consultation.

Wow... I wish I lived closer to the German border...

@Laura - How did things go at the vet's? Did your mum manage to take them in yesterday? Would love to hear an update.

Did your kitty go to the vet?

Yes, hi guys, sorry for the late reply - Dodge did go to the vets and he was checked over and is fine. He had completely perked up in the morning actually and vet didnt think he needed any bloods being taken if he was doing everything normal, other than the occasional accident. And believe it or not, i have not had a single accident since the last one.... His faeces is becoming more solid and hes eating like he hasn't eaten all week! I don't know what it was that had caused him to not use his litter tray, maybe he had decided he didn't want to share with Dizzy any more?! Who btw does the biggest pile of mess known to man, i didn't know cats, let alone kittens could do poo that big!!
Ive kept both litter trays out and although both cats use both trays (go figure! lol) there has been no accidents - so it must be working....

So looks like ill keep a close eye on things but for the time being things are looking on the up.

Great news that Dodge is doing fine. So true about the big poos - I was astonished that my 4-month-old kittens could poo like a labrador!!! (and still can!) I have 3 cats altogether and although they are all allowed in the garden now they still come in to use the trays (ugh!) Over the last few months I have tried a few different tray combinations and arrangements, and what works best is having FOUR trays down under the cellar stairs, one of which is a BIG shallow storage box, twice the size of the other 3 trays. I think they like to have options and if I'm out all day I need to cater for several visits... With only 3 trays down sometimes someone would 'go' on the floor, probably because a favoured tray had been visited and was considered too smelly. I also have an 'emergency' covered tray in a spare room upstairs, in case anyone is caught short at night time. So far, so good....

When you get a chance, more pictures of Dizzy and Dodge please! xxx

Originally Posted by Maybe_Maincoon

Yes, hi guys, sorry for the late reply - Dodge did go to the vets and he was checked over and is fine. He had completely perked up in the morning actually and vet didnt think he needed any bloods being taken if he was doing everything normal, other than the occasional accident. And believe it or not, i have not had a single accident since the last one.... His faeces is becoming more solid and hes eating like he hasn't eaten all week! I don't know what it was that had caused him to not use his litter tray, maybe he had decided he didn't want to share with Dizzy any more?! Who btw does the biggest pile of mess known to man, i didn't know cats, let alone kittens could do poo that big!!
Ive kept both litter trays out and although both cats use both trays (go figure! lol) there has been no accidents - so it must be working....

So looks like ill keep a close eye on things but for the time being things are looking on the up.

Good news that he seems to be over whatever caused the dodgy stomach.

We've got two trays down too, and Wicca and Freyja use both of them. Freyja does seem to have a preference but not to the extent that she won't use the other. Wicca likes to hop straight into one for a pee, then straight into the other for a poo. Very strange. And man that cat can dig; both trays are quite high sided but she still manages to turf more OUT of the tray than there is in it.

I remember Freyja's first 'delivery' - mainly because OH went into shock. Aside from the anti-social aspect of poo in your kitchen, he was truly stunned by the sheer size of it. He thought she had possibly lost half her own body weight in one bowl movement. Here we are, 6 months on, and he's still struck dumb on some mornings.

Originally Posted by Maybe_Maincoon

Yes, hi guys, sorry for the late reply - Dodge did go to the vets and he was checked over and is fine.

That is fantastic news, you must be ever so relieved.
Over here it's not so much the size of the poos that surprises me, but the amount and number of pees. Particularly since they eat mostly wet food now... I've finally managed to get them all to eat ground raw food (the 'barf' type) which has no indigestible stuff like grain husks. The poos have diminished in size and number, but the pees make clumps the size of tennis balls!

We used to have three 'Jumbo' trays - two rectangular ones underneath the cellar stair and one triangular one on the 1st floor landing. But one downstairs tray always remained unused, so we got rid of that one. For our three furries the two trays are sufficient, as long as there's enough 'grit' (as it's called over here) for them to dig around in. I use an entire 15 kg bag for the rectangular tray and about a 3/4 bag for the triangular one, scoop once or twice daily, and refresh the lot once a week.
So far, there have never been any 'accidents', except for one time when Tatja sat down in the upstairs tray, facing inside with her bum still outside over the rim. There was a neat but very smelly little package on the plastic mat in front of the tray.

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I remember Freyja's first 'delivery' - mainly because OH went into shock. Aside from the anti-social aspect of poo in your kitchen, he was truly stunned by the sheer size of it. He thought she had possibly lost half her own body weight in one bowl movement. Here we are, 6 months on, and he's still struck dumb on some mornings.[/QUOTE]

LOL, Thanks for making me smile, but how very true,