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Q.: OK, I have quite a few questions. First, my cat is caught up on all of his shots and is neutered. So, I am just wondering if he may be angry with me for getting him fixed. He is a pure black cat (someone told me once that the type he is starts with the letter "M"---he is very sweet and calm. He will play a lot but when it is time to stop, he knows and he will stop).
When he was younger he would get very angry if I would stay away for the night (even though my mother would take care of him). He would have accidents on the floor. Now, he has diarrhea. Well, he has had it since after he had gotten fixed and I think it is emotional problems.
But, it could also be his food. I see him eat a lot of his dry food and he does eat the Homestyle Favorites by Whiskas. He absolutely loved it and will not touch Nine Lives (or the other brands like that). I would like to put him on a wet food that is more healthy for him, but which ones should I try? I would be willing! to order them special....he is my baby. I do have a young kitten. She is @ 2 months old. She may be a little older, she is old enough to eat some of that hard food (she still has her baby teeth) and she eats the wet food a lot. But, now she is getting the diarrhea looking poopy and this really makes me think that it is the food.
Now, my question is: What would prompt a potty-trained nine month old cat to have accidents (every once in a blue moon) on the carpet? He also cannot aim his behind in the kitty litter pan so he poops on the edge of the box, what is up with that? And please recommend some better food (I want them to have a little wet food in their diet) that I can give them.
A.: I'm not so sure that emotional problems is likely to be the reason for his diarrhea, since both of the cats have this problem.
Have they been dewormed lately? If not, I think you should try it, so you can rule out worms.
As their basic food I would recommend dry food, either Hill's Science Diet, Iams or Eukanuba. Wet food is not necessary and besides very expensive, especially as basic food, since it contains up to 80 % water.
Wet food may of course be used as "candy" now and then, and both Hill's, Iams, and Eukanuba have wet versions as well, all very fine except for being terribly expensive for daily use.
If deworming and change of food don't work, I think you should see a vet about it. Some cats simply have more delicate guts than others, and there are special diets for them.
I think, however, that you shouldn't give up on the food change if it doesn't work at once, because it often takes a couple of weeks or three, before it comes through.
Accidents can be prompted by the diarrhea itself. We all know that if we suffer from that, it may be difficult to get to the bathroom in time. Cats may also "punish" owners who have been away too long (in their opinion), but I don't think he's mad at you for having him fixed. Cats don't think that way: to him, you were the one who came and rescued him from that terrible vet!
As for his problems with aiming in the box, he's not alone. Not all cats are good at this, and sometimes there's only one thing to do: get one of those closed boxes (sort of with a roof), so it doesn't spill on the floor.
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