Working Toward a Solution

Millie is doing well. She has not wet outside the litterboxes in a number of days. After finding that she had wet above the rim at the back of her open litterbox (but against a soaker pad I had fixed in a vertical position behind it), I decided to cover both boxes. She has used both (one with corn-based litter, the other with clay) since then. I have also blocked off the wall against which she has previously wet.

The theory is that she should grow accustomed to using the covered boxes - which seem to be her preference - and forget about wetting anywhere else. The flaw in this theory is that it is based solely on supposition. Since I don’t know what causes her to wet where she shouldn’t, I can’t really devise a proper solution to the problem. And introducing her to the other beasts will of course add another unpredictable dimension to the situation.

However, first things first. I will take Millie upstairs this weekend and let her roam about the house, while I confine the others to one or two rooms. She seems happy enough in the library but I don’t spend enough time down there, in my opinion; I don’t have the available time, which is something that must always be considered when fostering multiple cats. It should figure in the quantity of cats in one’s care. Millie, of course, was an emergency case, and had to be accommodated anyway. Too few people are willing to foster these days, and no one wants to foster a cat with issues. She will remain with me for as long as she needs a home. Until her wetting problems are proved solved, though, even the loving and sweet nature of this cat won’t avail her in finding a family.