Well it was a little worrisome there for awhile on whether or not Bambi was going to get to continue to hang out in the world of the living. Her peeing and pooping on the carpet problem was just getting out of hand. And having a baby amplified the problem. We had done a spot check on the carpet and found that it was worse than we thought. Luckily, Tony had won some carpet cleaning services he had won for free as part of a charity fundraiser for our soccer club, so we got the whole house cleaned! We haven't done that at all since we moved in 4 years ago. The result is that the carpets look great! And the smell is not a problem.
After a couple more vet trips and lots of research on cats, we decided to alter a few things. We lifted the door to the cat box going into the garage so Bambi can always know - this is you spot. And that hopefully the extra smell factor will help draw her to the spot. The second thing we did was to put less litter in the pan - which apparently cats don't like 5 inches of litter - who knew? And then we switched out our good brand of litter and went back to the clay kind and using an unscented version. The vet's rationale is that cats typically don't like what humans like. Our sense of smell is conditioned to be more odor pleasing, but to a cat since their sense of smell is so much greater than ours, they feel like they are being perfumed out.
I am happy to report that there have been no foul ups with the carpets since the cleaning! I have not had to stuff her once either! AND I have seen her go in the box on her own twice! I can't tell you how happy Tony and I are. Now I know it is only a few days - but it seems we have turned a corner on this. That and we are still giving her the prescription food. But who cares. I am just happy she gets to remain in the land of Mortenson.
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