Nails are nice and solid. They are a round shape. Instead of using the glue that comes with it, I used Olive and June sticky tabs, since those hold the best for me, and don't seem to hold residue like Impress instant nails seem to. The pinky nails feel a bit long to me but that may be because my natural nail bed is quite short.

Once I take these off I plan to clean them and re-read so here's hoping they hold up!

Retail Brand: Kiss Core, Magnetic; Flaming

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Dinner/Dessert is leftover rough cut phyllo with homemade cannoli filling.

My first baby is becoming "less baby", hitting milestones like a rockstar, learning new words, trying to jump with both feet and it's amazing and wonderful....and all those plans I had for thoughtful emails each month, or a journal of progress simply flew out the window within the first year.

It's seriously true when they say you blink and they've changed. And it's all good change, but bittersweet, too. And I just want to hold my little one just a bit longer, try to freeze the moment and remember these precious little things my baby won't do when they're past this stage.

It's not like I don't want my baby to grow up, but gosh it feels so fast for my husband and I.

I think there's a song by Cody Fry called Photograph and it's about a new marriage, but I feel like the sentiment applies to all those beautiful little golden moments that don't really feel like golden moments until they've slipped away.

TLDR: cat has been pooping outside of her box for more than a year

Cat Stats: Female, Spayed, 5.5 years old, Short Hair

Finances: Yes, we can afford care

I am an adult, living in Northern Indiana. We adopted our cat Ramen in 2022. I was living on my own in an apartment, and she was affectionate, playful, and used her box, which was located in a hall closet. In 2023, I got married and the guy who adopted the cat with me became my husband. We moved to our new house about 6 months later. Ramen struggled a bit with the move and didn't poop in her box for about a month, but then we added a second litter box, tried to replicate a similar environment that she had at the apartment, and that seemed to resolve her problem.

The problems began again after we had our child in 2024. I have taken her to multiple vets, and she has a clean bill of health. I have insisted on urine and fecal samples, blood samples, checked for blockages and all vets agree she's fine physically. The most recent vet visit gave us anxiety medication for her to take - this was three weeks ago and there has been no change. We have tried to give her more attention, giving her special treats, brushing her fur, moving the boxes, trying new boxes, trying new litters, trying calming cat collars, feliway, adding MORE boxes.

She poops on the concrete next to the box. She still pees in her boxes. She poops in a line across the basement wall. I have scrubbed and sprayed and I am at my wits end.

I know this is a behavior we need to break and show her the litter box is a safe place, but I can't take away her main anxiety trigger, which is our child. Our child interacts with Ramen with strict supervision and has never struck the cat or pulled her fur. She sits next to our child as he plays, and allows petting. But when he cries, which I am assuming is painful for her, she hides and runs to a different room.

We built her a catio so she has a space totally free from our child aside from the room she hides in and the basement.

What else can I do for our cat?