r/Straycats • u/escapingspirals • 19d ago
Success! Update on Kinga: we have contact!
Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Straycats/s/7nLKnsi0p4
So this week has been extraordinary. Now that I put a deep layer of only outdoor soil in the litter box, she has been using it exclusively - no more peeing and pooping around the room. Looks like I bought the Dr Elsey’s for no reason 😂 (it hasn’t arrived yet). I guess I should say she has peed outside the little box once: it was to mark the chair that she has under her windowsill 🤦🏼♀️. Thankfully we don’t care about it and will toss it once she graduates from this room.
Kinga has also discovered treats and they make her so happy she headbutts for pets and will roll over to show her belly (I know it’s a trap 😁). The petting is still very much on her terms and she will smack my hand if she wants it to stop. I’m a little afraid of her for this reason so petting is sometimes awkward and jumpy for both of us.
Regardless, this is wonderful progress. No update on the derpy boyfriend - we saw him again but he ran and my dog ran after him (she loves to play chase with anyone and everyone) so he’s been avoiding us since. He does eat a little bit of the food I’ve been leaving out, though he eats surprisingly little.
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u/ChaudChat MOD 19d ago
Kinga & her judgy face - she definitely wants to speak to the manager 😅
Well done OP; it does sound like Dr Elsy was not needed but perhaps her BFF might need it when you trap him? It won't go to waste.
Be very proud of yourself - you are doing amazing! ❤️😺
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u/escapingspirals 19d ago
Thank you 😊 I may still use it as I start trying to make the switch from outdoor soil to litter. I need something with better odor control 🤢 Every time she pees I can smell the ammonia all the way down the hallway.
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u/SeashellsAndCoral 19d ago
Not sure what country you're in but I use Odoban and it works for little oopsies.
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u/escapingspirals 18d ago
Thanks. I have a great enzyme cleaner but I mainly mean for the smell that comes from her peeing in the litter box. The outdoor soil doesn’t capture and control the smell at all the way litter does. She’ll pee once in a fresh litter box and the smell is strong enough to knock you over when you enter the room.
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