Health & Wellbeingmy cat is urinating on the carpet, not burying his pee/poop, and not socializing with other cats. what can I do to make him more sociable?
Poor Buddy! This could be his personality and not want to be around other cats. There could also be another cat that is "picking" on him.
Cats are very finicky. Any small amount of stress can cause them to stop using the litter box. A new cat outside (even if they are strictly indoors), construction around the house, new people/pets in or out of the house, the owners being at home more or less than usual, a dirty litter box, loud noises near the litter box, not enough litter boxes, and many more reasons why they may not use the litterbox.
There are several recommendations I have that may help improve litterbox usage:
1. Follow the rule: a litter box per cat +1 extra litterbox. This means if you have 2 cats, I would recommend 3 litter boxes. I totally understand that if you have 3-4 cats, that having 4-5 litter boxes gets a little crowded, but I would strongly encourage as many litter boxes as you can handle.
2. Try not put litter boxes in any high traffic areas, where dog
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