Cat crapping in our bedroom

jonewer

Help! This cant go on!

We recently had our bedroom re-done. After the plasterers had been in, there was a fair bit of dust on the floor and I think thats what started our cat off thinking it was his new toilet.

I cleaned up half a dozen specimens and kept the door closed till the room was finished and we move the furniture back in.

However, he started crapping to the left of the chimney breast where there was no furniture. I seem to have sorted this by placing a bowl of dried food there to let him know thats not his toilet.

HOWEVER!

Tonight I came in and straight away could smell it! 2 crusty big ones under a chair on the other side of the chimney breast!

This has got me really worried. He should know not to do that under a chair. He obviously thinks the room is his toilet and I'm worried he may start thinking the same about other rooms.

Short of keeping the door closed for the rest of our (his) lives, how can we stop this?

Is there some spray that cats hate but humans cant detect?

I love my cat dearly but I cant be cleaning up cat feaces for half an hour when I come home from work or at 2:30am!

sleepymans

Keep cat out of the affected room. I think it will in future always be using it as a tiolet.
Presumably your cat has access to the big outside??
If it hasnt, then you need to provide a clean and regularly changed cat litter tray.

jonewer

Hmm thanks but not wanted I hoped to hear!

Yes he normally does his business outside, very unusual behavior for him.

geri1965_2

Our cat did it inside the house (before we had the litter tray) a couple of times as she was being bullied by a bigger cat outside. I now have a litter tray although the other cat is gone and she goes outside some times, inside at others.

Addiscomber

We had a home visit today as we are hoping to get a rescue cat. As part of the chat we were advised that if the cat toilets outside of the tray/box, we should thoroughly clean the area with biological washing powder to destroy the enzymes and smell and discourage the cat from going back to the same place to toilet. Obviously as a not yet owner I can't speak from experience, but am offering it as a possible answer to your problem.

joansgirl

My cat used to poo on the floor when he was stressed. Maybe having the room plastered etc has stressed him out a bit? Hopefully he'll settle down.

oldandhappy

I would also say the Cat is stressed.....that is usually the reason as far as I know. We had a lovely boy who out of the blue started weeing on our beds and we had to shut him out of all rooms for a few months...it did stop when the stress reason was sorted out.

Tiglath

I too think it could be stress. One of our cats is a chronic piddler, but since I got a Feliway plug-in from Amazon last week, she hasn't had a single accident.

Brallaqueen

changes in routine, stressors (moves, changes to environment, attacked by another cat), cat feeling neglected or picking up on a stressed environment can all cause inappropriate toileting. I've had it with my cat on several occasions, and it is very frustrating but the thing to remember is the cat is not doing it on purpose.

gettingready

Your cat does not have a litter tray indoors at all?

jonewer

gettingready wrote: »

Your cat does not have a litter tray indoors at all?

He's never needed one before - apart from when it snows and he will. not. go. out.

The room has been finished for quite a while now so no stress from there anymore. I cant imagine what else could be causing trouble.

He did get attacked by another tom but that was many months before this started.