"The cat poops outside the litter box" is just a superficial phenomenon.
Didn't you hold back on the way to the toilet?
Or deliberately avoid the toilet?
The former situation may be "fecal incontinence", while the latter situation is more likely to be "no litter box" or "nervous".
How to distinguish and subdivide? What is the reason?
Cats that voluntarily pull around, squatting posture, mostly have a fixed place to pull around.
Involuntarily, standing or squatting, pulling the floor irregularly, on the way to the litter box.
"Cann't hold back" is mostly due to health problems.
0 1, too small.
Just as a biped can't control its delivery in infancy, the nerves and sphincter used for defecation reflex in cats are slowly established after birth.
Standard techniques to help defecate (commonly used by cats/pandas). From: CCTV
In most cases, kittens just don't "poop"; And choose the right cat litter and cat litter basin, "using cat litter basin" can be self-taught.
02, the cat is old.
Old cats may be controlled by aging.
Suggestion:
Replace the bedpan with a low-edge one;
At the same time, you can add more litter pots and put them in different rooms, or move them to a place relatively close to the cat activity area.
Jump up when you are young.
I'm tired of walking a few steps when I'm old
03, diarrhea caused by various reasons.
All kinds of large/small bowel diarrhea may make Baba thin, but it can't be suppressed. Include parasitic infection, enteritis, tumor, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, acute and chronic hepatitis, acute and chronic nephritis and leukemia.
Therefore, once soft stool or abnormal stool is found, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination and investigation at the first time to determine the cause.
Do you remember our clever picture about the health of poop? Learn to observe the health status of cats from poop.
Possible examination items include: stool examination, blood routine and biochemistry;
Other tests that may be done according to different conditions include: urine test, X-ray, B-ultrasound, PCR, etc.
04, trauma or genetic defects
Tail nerve injury (pulling the tail hard, stepping on the tail or clamping the tail, beating the tail root too hard), lumbar nerve, internal and external sphincter of anus, pelvic muscle injury (car accident, fall injury), gene deletion in tailless cats, etc. It may cause cats to be unable to control their excretory behavior.
Don't pull your tail From: konekono-heya.com.
The most common reason for "unwillingness" is the toilet problem.
Most of the environment and improper arrangement that lead to cat urine disorder may lead to cat pull. Cat peeing is not revenge. The most comprehensive 17 causes and solutions are attached.
However, the influence of each factor is different.
The two worst-hit areas
In the investigation of cat poop, the two most influential factors are: whether the litter box is clean and the size of the litter box.
05, cats' tolerance for dirty urine is actually far less than that of dirty urine.
Cats are surprisingly concerned about whether there are other suspected excrements in the poop area!
Whether it's your own or other cats', whether it's real or suspected, whether it smells or not ... as long as there are traces of suspected reuse, it may lead cats to refuse to use litter boxes.
This may be related to "the natural environment of cats, in order to avoid cross-infection of parasites, deliberately avoid other poop before going to the toilet."
Therefore, when you find that the cat starts to shit, the first step must be to clean the litter box more frequently and diligently!
A Study on the Causes of Cat Shit —— BaBa should not only be invisible, but also invisible.
20 17 A behavioral survey published in the Journal of Behavioral Process in August studied the tolerance of cats who never defecate in Nestle Purina Animal Center from 1 to 12 years old to "dirty toilets".
Cat litter basin has the smell of urine, excrement, artificial odorless urine ball, artificial odorless gelatin Baba, artificial polyuria ball, own Baba, and other cats' Baba. ..
Experiment:
Conclusion:
The more urine balls or Baba, the lower the utilization rate.
The same used litter box, cats don't like it more than the one that has been peed: the one that has been pooped.
Even if there is no shit smell, as long as there are suspected poop balls (such as artificial gelatin tasteless fake Baba), the utilization rate of the poop box will be reduced.
Whether the existing poop in the litter box is close to the cat or your own will not affect the cat's choice.
06. The litter box must be big enough!
I hope everyone can understand this concept of "big enough", not only wide enough, but also high enough:
▌ 1. That's wide enough.
In view of the fact that in the primitive desert environment, urine is permeable, but Baba is not. It is usually more important for a cat to shit than to pee: turn around a few times, choose a position, step on it, and even reserve a buried space.
When the litter box is not big enough, the cat may "step" with its head inward and its ass outward, and it will pull to the mouth of the litter box. From: petMD
Therefore, the length and width of the litter box must be large enough, and the minimum is 1.5 times!
Can you pull it out? It's really fate, the cat has done its best ~ Figure from: floppycats
The litter box is not a cat nest. Buying a litter box "just right for cats" is "burying mines", and cats may "turn their faces heartlessly" at any time! Maybe even if I put up with it for a few years, one day I couldn't stand it anymore and began to shit at the door of the litter box.
2. The top of the litter box needs to be high enough.
Compared with peeing, cats poop, usually: the body will squat, pout, and the posture will be higher.
The center of gravity of defecation is high, which is a little "foot pad"
Urine has a low center of gravity and is a bit "close to the ground". From: Rickett.
Therefore, the height of the litter box must be high enough, and there is still room on the head when standing!
Other environment and placement factors that can't be ignored.
07. Is the way to the toilet convenient?
Especially for old cats, cats suffering from arthritis, trauma and postoperative, the placement position and wall height of the litter box should be considered emphatically.
Also consider obese cats. Image from: catnapstore
08. Types and thickness of cat litter
Poor jio feeling of cat litter or too little cat litter will lead to untidy urine, but it may also lead to untidy defecation (for example, pulling it to a sofa, bed and other places where it can be "buried").
09. There are enough garbage bins.
Compared with urinating indiscriminately, multi-cat families are less likely to defecate due to pressure and resource allocation. But it is common that cats like to use one litter box to shit and the other litter box to pee.
Image from: member of Cat Research Institute
Therefore, it is recommended that the number of cat litter pots ≥ the number of cats+1. Multi-cat families put litter pots in different rooms according to the relationship between different cats.
There are also cats who have different preferences for whether the bedpan is open or semi-closed when urinating.
The emotional impact of things changing.
Generally speaking, cats are less likely to defecate anywhere because of depression and anxiety. But still need to consider:
10, anxiety caused by new people/things/things
New partners include: cohabiting boyfriend and girlfriend, newborn, overnight guests and other animals (cats and dogs are common).
Common scenes such as moving, new furniture, decoration and maintenance.
How to find out the reasons and improvement methods of your cat's disorderly pulling?
Check the hardest hit area with the highest probability first.
Check one by one according to the possible reasons listed above.
Among them, frequent shoveling of cat excrement, too small nest basin and soft stool/loose bowels can be the most important factors for investigation. In particular, medical problems are relatively clear, and priority can be given to physical examination first.