well, first off, i'm here in the u.s.a. i know what a pram is, that's a boat. alright, pram means something else in n.z. is kitty only peeing in the pram, and not anywhere else? first, is kitty's box clean? if the box smells kitty won't use it. next thing to do with a cat, that stops using the box, and starts peeing else where, is to confine kitty to one room with the box in it and, keep kitty there untill they start using the box again. if none of the above work then, most likely kitty is having psychological shit going down. kitty might be stressed by something; i'm playing a hunch, and thinking it might be your child that has kitty strssed out. if your not giving kitty as much affection as before, then you have a 'sibling rivalry' going down. kitty sees you as her mommy just as your child does. if that is the case then, you need to reasure kitty that you still love them by giving kitty more affection. i got to go. one of my four kitties wants some affection.
I wonder perhaps, I know when introducing new Cat's to each other it can help by keeping them isolated from one another and then mix a bit of each ohers litter together just so they familiarize with each others scents more. Mabey it could help in this situation if the baby is a new arrival, or the Cat is?? I should add my pack of "War Kittens" to an album soon, mabey when I wake up. (God this forum's huge, every day I find another sub-forum I didn't know was here)
First, my fellow Americans, pram=perambulator=stroller. "Two people separated by a common language..." Does the pram already smell like baby pee? Not to you, of course, but to the cat's more sensitive nose. There's this new thing in Tom's territory, (i'm guessing the cat is an unneutered male) and the new arrival is scent marking it, so he has to leave his calling card, too. Having the cat fixed might fix the problem. Or it might not, if he's already developed the scent marking behavior. Maybe buy a new pram? Friend of mine had a similar problem with their dog. Dog would scent mark the crib, and sleep under it when the baby was sleeping. That was his baby, and he wanted everybody to know it. Anybody other than mommy or daddy that went into that room needed to beware of the ferocious guard beast.
The cat's a male but he has been neutered. The pram hasn't been peed on by bubs cos bubs sits in the car seat bit that attaches to it and the cats been peeing on it when the car seat's not attached. He used to pee on our clothes until we got told to wash them in vinegar by the vet - this seems to have worked so I washed the pram with vinegar and now I'm putting the rain cover over it to stop that cat getting on it. It's actually my flatmates cat and she can be kinda slack at cleaning out his litter, which I think is terribly unfair on the cat, but I don't have time to do it seeing as I'm looking after my baby.
There's your problem, then. And I had a roommate with a similar problem. The cat ended up with an infection in his claw sheaths from it.
kitty says... mommy, it smells like the toilet NO WAY AM I USING IT! clean it for me. bad slacker mommy! bad slacker mommy!
I'm going to assume you were talking about my flatmate and not me. I don't see why I should be expected to clean up after a cat that isn't mine, when I've been up half the night with my three month old and then spend all day looking after him. I don't have time - I do however feed the cat and make sure he has water. I know it's unfair on the cat but I can't do anything about it. My baby wont sleep anywhere but my arms so it's not even like I can clean it while he's sleeping
yes, i was refering to your roomate and not you. i am sorry, if i did not make myself clear in that post. you got your hands full to no end with a new baby! your roomate should be caring for her child (kitty) too! i have 4 cats and one dog. i do manage to clean out both litter boxes every other day. i have been there and done that with slacker roomates too... it is just no damn fun at all.
not to freak you out but you need to be careful cats are know to get very weird when new babies come in the house.you really gotta watch that cat around your baby.my aunt had a similar problem only the cat actually attacked the new born.i would start by keeping the cat out of the baby's room altogether.also don't ever leave the baby unattended with that cat around.
I had a roommate that did not clean the litter. I gave her a few months warning, then after no progress I told her she could get rid of the cat or i would do it for her. People first, animals second, babies before people. Your roommate is putting your baby at risk by not cleaning the litter.
