Wood Cat Enclosures
A good friend of mine recently began to have problems with his cats and that he had in wood cat enclosures in his yard. One day they just stopped using their litter trays. We often work together with his cats as I really love being around them. My friend had gotten a couple of new cats and had introduced them into two of the wood enclosures that already had cats in them. We did some research for a few days and got some very helpful information. One thing interesting we learned is that a cat doesn't have to look sick to be sick or having problems. For example if a cat suddenly stops using its litterbox, then you should take it to the vet for a checkup, as this may be caused by a medical problem—it might be painful for the cat to  relieve itself, and so it may associate the pain with the litterbox. Your cat could also be suffering from a behavioural problem; for example, the cat may be resentful over the introduction of a new kitten to the household. The reasons why cats somtimes stop using the litterbox for eliminations are large and varied, with far too many reasons to write about them all here. Well we put the cats that were having the problems in cat carriers and rode in my van to the veterinarian. The cats it turned out had no physical problem which we of course were relieved to hear. What the vet told us after talking with us about the cats and their enclosures was to try either putting more cat litter trays into each wood enclosure or at least changing the litterbox gravel more often. Well we tried his first suggestion and this did the trick. It turns out that because we had so many cats using the same litter trays that some of the cats became over whelmed by the mix of scents and so began urinating and defacating elsewhere.
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