Cat toileting rug :-( SHES AT IT AGAIN :-(

sheramber

Until you get a full vet check up with blood tests done you cannot know whether there is a medical problem or not.

That should be your first call as until you rule that out trying anything else is futile.

If she is given the all clear then next is to get help from a behaviourist as only someone who can assess the situation fully can be aware of exactly what is going on.

A qualified behaviourist had knowledge and experience that strangers on the internet do not have.

We can only offer advice based on our own experience. You dismiss the suggestions made.

So , now, you need to consult the experts.

Repeatedly saying 'she is a dirty cat. I can't keep her. Nobody will want her' doesn't' achieve anything.

Being a rescue is not a reason fro her behaviour. Her early upbringing may be however. All the more reason to consult a behaviourist.

GwylimT

What has her vet said?

How many litter trays does she have?

tea_lover

Has this poor cat still not been taken to a vet?? Come on OP, that should be your first port of call. There are any number of medical issues that can cause this behaviour.

kidcat

One of our cats has struvites so is one special food, it does make him a bit fussy about where he goes though, his preferred place being curtains!! after lots of changing litter, adding in more trays etc I hit upon puppy pads - he now has a puppy pad in a tray and happily uses that.

Lilyjade

One of my cats was quite young when he took to toileting in the hallway by the front door, would even hold himself until we left the door open by accident and then he would go. We thought it was maybe the smell as we took our shoes off in that area. We moved the litter trays to where he was peeing and then slowly over a few months moved them bit by bit down the hall, through the living room and eventually into the conservatory where we wanted the trays. It seemed to work as after that he was fine.

We now have cats that if we change the litter it causes upsets. We use a clay non clumping, but wanted to try a wood based, we did it gradually but after a few days one started going next to the tray (luckily on tile) and the other used the bath. We went back to the clay as they hated wood based and it made too much mess anyway. After moving back to clay it took ages to get them using the trays again. We had to resort to water and orange peel in the bath for weeks on end. Even now years later we sometimes get a lovely present in the bath!

One of our current cats when he pees digs around in the litter fine. When he poops he doesn't want any feet on the litter so he has taken to either, standing with one foot in the tray and 3 on the tray lip, or all 4 feet infront of the tray and aiming his bottom in the tray! This is not always successful, especially when he thinks he can aim round corners!

And we have an old lady who lifts as she pees. We bought her a covered tray and a low front with high back tray. So predictably she often gets in and turns round, so lifts and pees out of the tray!

One thing you could try is using an old tea towel in the tray in place of litter, this worked for a cat at the rescue I volunteer at. After she successfully used the tea towel for a month they left it as an empty tray and then after a few weeks started adding really small amounts of litter, gradually building up to the standard amount over a month.