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WHY ARE MY CATS SUDDENLY FIGHTING? Thomas: If that’s out of reach financially, try blocking the view from the bottom half of the windows where the cats might have seen the intruder. This can be done with cardboard or paper. Bella: If you can’t figure out why the aggressor cat got so agitated, just proceed with the reintroduction. Be aware that it can take quite a while, so MY CAT HATES HER PRESCRIPTION DIET. WHAT DO I DO? Thomas: At your cat’s age, the prescription diet may not be the best choice for her. But we’ll leave that to you and your veterinarian to make the final call. Bella: One more thing: A lot of kidney kitties experience nausea because of the buildup of toxins in their blood. Your vet may also be able to prescribe an anti-nausea medicine and an HOW CAN I CREATE A CAT-FRIENDLY KENNEL? Line the floor of the kennel with puppy training pads. Thomas: Make sure your cat has a litter box and a comfortable bed in that kennel. Bella: Put a blanket over the top of the kennel so your cat feels like she’s in a cave. Tara: Here’s a picture of what this cat-friendly kennel setup can look like: This is how Mama set up a cat-friendly IS MY CAT TOO OLD FOR DENTAL DISEASE Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My Kangs is now 20 years and seven months old. I have had her for almost 20 years. She had two other cat buddies most of her life: I put Tigger down 8 months ago at age 19 and 2 months, and Sedrick died in his sleep 5 years ago at age 16 years and 8 months. MY NEW KITTEN IS HISSING AT EVERYTHING. WHAT'S UP? The defender is trying to make himself look bigger and more intimidating by showing off his whole body to the aggressor. Dahlia: But as Siouxsie said, since your new kitty is hissing at everything, he’s probably scared and overwhelmed. Siouxsie: We’re not sure how you went about introducing your new cat to your home and family. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY ELDERLY CAT'S DENTAL DISEASE Thomas: Ultimately, the guardian decided to have the vet treat her cat’s dental disease with an anesthetized cleaning and extraction of teeth that had resorptive lesions (which are like “kitty cavities”). Bella: Because the vet did a thorough physical, monitored the anesthesia carefully, and made sure that all the cat’s

diseased teeth

WHY IS MY YOUNG CAT ATTACKING MY SENIOR CAT? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Help! I have 3 cats in the household — a 15-year-old female, a 6-year-old male and an 8-month old male. For the last few years the 6-year-old had been incessantly harassing and biting the 15-year-old, to the point where she was really stressed out and often hiding. He would WHY IS MY DIABETIC CAT BITING HIS BACK FEET? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Hi. Just found your blog and the great information on diabetic catsthanks! Mars is our 18 year old gray/black/white tabby that we’ve had since he was about 6 months old. Mars was getting skinny so I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with diabetes — he’s on MY CAT WON'T LET ME TRIM HER CLAWS. HELP! Please help. Siouxsie: Well, Sharon, it sounds like you’ve got two issues here. The first is that your cat is skittish and fearful, and the second — which is influenced by the first — is that she won’t let you trim her claws. Thomas: In order to get to the point where you can trim her nails, you’re going to need to deal with the

fear.

WHY DOES MY CAT EAT TOYS AND SHOELACES, AND HOW CAN I STOP Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My male cat is 8 months old. Lately he has been eating toys and shoe laces, chewing strings off clothing and eating them, chewing bristles off the broom and eating them, and then vomiting them up. Last WHY ARE MY CATS SUDDENLY FIGHTING? Thomas: If that’s out of reach financially, try blocking the view from the bottom half of the windows where the cats might have seen the intruder. This can be done with cardboard or paper. Bella: If you can’t figure out why the aggressor cat got so agitated, just proceed with the reintroduction. Be aware that it can take quite a while, so MY CAT HATES HER PRESCRIPTION DIET. WHAT DO I DO? Thomas: At your cat’s age, the prescription diet may not be the best choice for her. But we’ll leave that to you and your veterinarian to make the final call. Bella: One more thing: A lot of kidney kitties experience nausea because of the buildup of toxins in their blood. Your vet may also be able to prescribe an anti-nausea medicine and an HOW CAN I CREATE A CAT-FRIENDLY KENNEL? Line the floor of the kennel with puppy training pads. Thomas: Make sure your cat has a litter box and a comfortable bed in that kennel. Bella: Put a blanket over the top of the kennel so your cat feels like she’s in a cave. Tara: Here’s a picture of what this cat-friendly kennel setup can look like: This is how Mama set up a cat-friendly IS MY CAT TOO OLD FOR DENTAL DISEASE Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My Kangs is now 20 years and seven months old. I have had her for almost 20 years. She had two other cat buddies most of her life: I put Tigger down 8 months ago at age 19 and 2 months, and Sedrick died in his sleep 5 years ago at age 16 years and 8 months. MY NEW KITTEN IS HISSING AT EVERYTHING. WHAT'S UP? The defender is trying to make himself look bigger and more intimidating by showing off his whole body to the aggressor. Dahlia: But as Siouxsie said, since your new kitty is hissing at everything, he’s probably scared and overwhelmed. Siouxsie: We’re not sure how you went about introducing your new cat to your home and family. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY ELDERLY CAT'S DENTAL DISEASE Thomas: Ultimately, the guardian decided to have the vet treat her cat’s dental disease with an anesthetized cleaning and extraction of teeth that had resorptive lesions (which are like “kitty cavities”). Bella: Because the vet did a thorough physical, monitored the anesthesia carefully, and made sure that all the cat’s

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MY CAT MAY BE PREGNANT BY HER SON. HELP! Hello I just went through the exact same thing my female cat got pregnant by her almost one-year-old son cat she had 5 kittens all of them died I could tell they had something wrong with their breathing every time I went to check on him when would be dead and then tonight there was one left a little calico girl I held her even trying to give her CPR and she just couldn’t make it I didn’t MY CAT WON'T LET ME TRIM HER CLAWS. HELP! Please help. Siouxsie: Well, Sharon, it sounds like you’ve got two issues here. The first is that your cat is skittish and fearful, and the second — which is influenced by the first — is that she won’t let you trim her claws. Thomas: In order to get to the point where you can trim her nails, you’re going to need to deal with the

fear.

WHY IS MY DIABETIC CAT BITING HIS BACK FEET? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Hi. Just found your blog and the great information on diabetic catsthanks! Mars is our 18 year old gray/black/white tabby that we’ve had since he was about 6 months old. Mars was getting skinny so I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with diabetes — he’s on MY CAT NEEDS DENTAL WORK BUT HE HAS A HEART MURMUR. HELP Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat, Rockie, will be 16 in March. He has a few health concerns. To start he has a mouth problem. The vet said the only way to fix this problem is to take about 10 teeth out of his mouth. His mouth gets swollen and it hurts

to do

SCOTTISH FOLD HEALTH ISSUES: WHAT'S THE REAL SCOOP? The reason for this is because if two fold-eared cats are bred together, the offspring develop a crippling joint deformity known as congenital osteochondrodystrophy. Bella: This is one of the main Scottish Fold health issues, and early warning signs include thickness

or lack of

MY TAILLESS CAT HAS TROUBLE POOPING. HELP! The reason we say this is that if Bobbie has been chronically constipated, she could have developed a complication called megacolon. Bella: That’s just like it sounds: When the colon fills up with lots of feces, it can expand and lose the muscle tone needed to push poop out of the body. Tara: Also, since she is tailless, and assuming she

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WHY DOES MY CAT EAT TOYS AND SHOELACES, AND HOW CAN I STOP Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My male cat is 8 months old. Lately he has been eating toys and shoe laces, chewing strings off clothing and eating them, chewing bristles off the broom and eating them, and then vomiting them up. Last WHY ARE MY CATS SUDDENLY FIGHTING? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Two of my three cats suddenly started not being able to stand being in the same room together after living together for four years with no problems. They have all been to the vet and have ruled out major health issues. Other than a constant need to have their ears cleaned, the vet WHY IS MY YOUNG CAT ATTACKING MY SENIOR CAT? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Help! I have 3 cats in the household — a 15-year-old female, a 6-year-old male and an 8-month old male. For the last few years the 6-year-old had been incessantly harassing and biting the 15-year-old, to the point where she was really stressed out and often hiding. He would WHY IS MY ELDERLY CAT MEOWING ALL THE TIME? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a female silver tabby of 16 years old this year (but have only had her for the last 7-8 years). In the past several months, she has started ‘crying’ meowing for no apparent reason. She has a clean litter tray, fresh water, milk and food. I give MY CAT HATES HER PRESCRIPTION DIET. WHAT DO I DO? Happy to see that more and more cat parents ( and veterinarians ) understand that prescription diets are not always appropriate. Actually , if you read the labels on some of them you might even consider them junk ;) My 17 year old’s lab tests are starting to show signs of kidney stress so I have complied partially with my vet’s suggestion to switch him to a “senior” diet by feeding him WHY DID MY CAT DIE SUDDENLY, WITH NO SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESSSEE MORE ON

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WHY DID MY CAT SCREAM AND DIE SUDDENLY? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Today our nine-year-old cat died suddenly. Last week I noticed his left eye looked a bit off–I remarked to my husband that I wondered if he was losing his

sight in that eye.

WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY ELDERLY CAT'S DENTAL DISEASE Does your vet take Care Credit or a similar short-term health loan? I am so sorry you are dealing with this, Kenneth. You could also try calling 211 (they are a resource helpline that often know a lot about local non-profits), and local animal shelters to I CAN'T AFFORD TO TREAT MY CAT'S DENTAL I’ll say! That was a horrible response you gave that poor pet owner. You’ve no idea if the owner had health problems of their own, how dire their financial situation was — and that big screen tv thing was just beyond reprehensible. MY CAT'S BACK LEGS WENT LIMP AND HE DIED SUDDENLY. WHAT Siouxsie: Although vets don’t know why blood clots form, they are much more common in cats that have a heart disease called cardiomyopathy.There are three types of cardiomyopathy: dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Thomas: Dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle gets weak and swells (dilates), isn’t seen much HOW CAN I KEEP MY CAT FROM PEEING OVER THE EDGE OF HER BOX Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat is female almost 15 years old. Recently when she uses the litter box, pee goes over the side. More comes out of the box than stays in. I bought a new box with 8-inch-high sides and still have the same problem. The litter is clean

and she

WHY ARE MY CATS SUDDENLY FIGHTING? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Two of my three cats suddenly started not being able to stand being in the same room together after living together for four years with no problems. They have all been to the vet and have ruled out major health issues. Other than a constant need to have their ears cleaned, the vet WHY IS MY YOUNG CAT ATTACKING MY SENIOR CAT? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Help! I have 3 cats in the household — a 15-year-old female, a 6-year-old male and an 8-month old male. For the last few years the 6-year-old had been incessantly harassing and biting the 15-year-old, to the point where she was really stressed out and often hiding. He would WHY IS MY ELDERLY CAT MEOWING ALL THE TIME? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a female silver tabby of 16 years old this year (but have only had her for the last 7-8 years). In the past several months, she has started ‘crying’ meowing for no apparent reason. She has a clean litter tray, fresh water, milk and food. I give MY CAT HATES HER PRESCRIPTION DIET. WHAT DO I DO? Happy to see that more and more cat parents ( and veterinarians ) understand that prescription diets are not always appropriate. Actually , if you read the labels on some of them you might even consider them junk ;) My 17 year old’s lab tests are starting to show signs of kidney stress so I have complied partially with my vet’s suggestion to switch him to a “senior” diet by feeding him WHY DID MY CAT DIE SUDDENLY, WITH NO SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESSSEE MORE ON

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WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY CAT'S RECURRING CYST? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My female cat is 13 years old and has had a “cyst” on her neck for the past 2 years. I have taken her to our vet and she drained it. When it continued to come back within days, Dr. Lisa taught me to drain it at home. I HOW CAN I KEEP MY CATS FROM GETTING INTO Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have two cats, Murfie and Tywin, and they get into everything. If we leave the garbage can out, they knock it down and eat everything they can out of it. While we’re gone from home or sleeping they get I CAN'T AFFORD TO TREAT MY CAT'S DENTAL I’ll say! That was a horrible response you gave that poor pet owner. You’ve no idea if the owner had health problems of their own, how dire their financial situation was — and that big screen tv thing was just beyond reprehensible. WHY DID MY CAT SCREAM AND DIE SUDDENLY? So sorry to hear about your kitty. My daughter had a beautiful cat named Tigger who died suddenly at the age of eleven. Although when very young Tigger was very active (an in and out cat) running so quickly in the grass and up a tree that we often referred to this orange tabby as an ocelot. ARE THERE ANY CAT-SAFE TOILET CLEANERS Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cats have always liked drinking from the toilet. If I close the lid, they will yell at me and be sure I don’t repeat this terrible offense. I have regular bowls around the house that I change everyday, but they hardly use them. My problem is that I HOW CAN I KEEP MY CAT FROM PEEING OVER THE EDGE OF HER BOX Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat is female almost 15 years old. Recently when she uses the litter box, pee goes over the side. More comes out of the box than stays in. I bought a new box with 8-inch-high sides and still have the same problem. The litter is clean

and she

MY CAT MAY BE PREGNANT BY HER SON. HELP! Hello I just went through the exact same thing my female cat got pregnant by her almost one-year-old son cat she had 5 kittens all of them died I could tell they had something wrong with their breathing every time I went to check on him when would be dead and then tonight there was one left a little calico girl I held her even trying to give her CPR and she just couldn’t make it I didn’t MY CAT WON'T EAT AND MY VET SAYS TO EUTHANIZE HER. WHY Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Our 16-year-old cat, Pebbles, started to get “picky” about her food a month ago and started to lose weight. We took her to the vet, and after a blood test that showed no health concern, the vet asked for poop MY CAT WON'T LET ME TRIM HER CLAWS. HELP! Thomas: And Mama’s friend and fellow cat blogger, Catherine Holm, wrote a great post on the ways she helps to make the claw trimming experience less stressful for the cats that share her home. Bella: Good luck, Sharon, and please let us know how things turn out, both with helping your kitty recover from her fear and with the nail

trimming.

WHY IS MY CAT PEEING IN THE SINK? I wonder what would happen if you put the litter box in the sinkjust to see if she’d go there. It could just be a location preference, or being harassed by other pets, or feeling exposed when going to the litter box (whereas you see others coming high up on the sink), or it really could be a litter box aversion because there is something wrong with the box itself – like the sand. WHY ARE MY CATS SUDDENLY FIGHTING? Thomas: If that’s out of reach financially, try blocking the view from the bottom half of the windows where the cats might have seen the intruder. This can be done with cardboard or paper. Bella: If you can’t figure out why the aggressor cat got so agitated, just proceed with the reintroduction. Be aware that it can take quite a while, so MY CAT HATES HER PRESCRIPTION DIET. WHAT DO I DO? Thomas: At your cat’s age, the prescription diet may not be the best choice for her. But we’ll leave that to you and your veterinarian to make the final call. Bella: One more thing: A lot of kidney kitties experience nausea because of the buildup of toxins in their blood. Your vet may also be able to prescribe an anti-nausea medicine and an MY CAT WON'T LET ME TRIM HER CLAWS. HELP! Please help. Siouxsie: Well, Sharon, it sounds like you’ve got two issues here. The first is that your cat is skittish and fearful, and the second — which is influenced by the first — is that she won’t let you trim her claws. Thomas: In order to get to the point where you can trim her nails, you’re going to need to deal with the

fear.

MY CAT HAS A RECURRING ABSCESS. WHAT DO I DO? Thomas: The typical treatment for an abscess is that the vet drains the pus out of the wound, flushes it with an anti-germ liquid, and then prescribes antibiotics to fight the infection. Bella: You may also have to continue to flush the wound when you get home from the vet. If that’s the case, the vet will show you how. WILL MY FERAL CAT EVER STOP BEING FEARFUL? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We bought a piece of property. While cleaning up the land we found three tiny kittens with their eyes still closed. We took them to the vet to get checked out. A few days later we saw the mom, who we named Emma, and we started

feeding her. It

WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY ELDERLY CAT'S DENTAL DISEASE Thomas: Ultimately, the guardian decided to have the vet treat her cat’s dental disease with an anesthetized cleaning and extraction of teeth that had resorptive lesions (which are like “kitty cavities”). Bella: Because the vet did a thorough physical, monitored the anesthesia carefully, and made sure that all the cat’s

diseased teeth

MY ELDERLY CAT CAN'T KEEP ANY FOOD DOWN. HELP! Before we begin this week’s column, we’d like to give a giant Happy Birthday purr to our great-great auntie cat, Asti, who just turned 19 yesterday. That’s like 92 in human years! Many happy returns, Asti — and Mama sends lots of petties your way, too. Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a MY CAT'S FLEAS ARE GONE, BUT SHE'S STILL Bella: Ridding your home of fleas is a very labor-intensive process, but it’s worth the effort. Mama’s had to do it before, and she hopes she never has to do it again! Siouxsie: Sometimes all this itching and biting leads to secondary bacterial or yeast infections, so we definitely recommend that you bring your cat to the vet. MY CAT WON'T EAT AND MY VET SAYS TO EUTHANIZE HER. WHY Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Our 16-year-old cat, Pebbles, started to get “picky” about her food a month ago and started to lose weight. We took her to the vet, and after a blood test that showed no health concern, the vet asked for poop WHY IS MY YOUNG CAT ATTACKING MY SENIOR CAT? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Help! I have 3 cats in the household — a 15-year-old female, a 6-year-old male and an 8-month old male. For the last few years the 6-year-old had been incessantly harassing and biting the 15-year-old, to the point where she was really stressed out and often hiding. He would WHY ARE MY CATS SUDDENLY FIGHTING? Thomas: If that’s out of reach financially, try blocking the view from the bottom half of the windows where the cats might have seen the intruder. This can be done with cardboard or paper. Bella: If you can’t figure out why the aggressor cat got so agitated, just proceed with the reintroduction. Be aware that it can take quite a while, so MY CAT HATES HER PRESCRIPTION DIET. WHAT DO I DO? Thomas: At your cat’s age, the prescription diet may not be the best choice for her. But we’ll leave that to you and your veterinarian to make the final call. Bella: One more thing: A lot of kidney kitties experience nausea because of the buildup of toxins in their blood. Your vet may also be able to prescribe an anti-nausea medicine and an MY CAT WON'T LET ME TRIM HER CLAWS. HELP! Please help. Siouxsie: Well, Sharon, it sounds like you’ve got two issues here. The first is that your cat is skittish and fearful, and the second — which is influenced by the first — is that she won’t let you trim her claws. Thomas: In order to get to the point where you can trim her nails, you’re going to need to deal with the

fear.

feeding her. It

diseased teeth

MY ELDERLY CAT CAN'T KEEP ANY FOOD DOWN. HELP! Before we begin this week’s column, we’d like to give a giant Happy Birthday purr to our great-great auntie cat, Asti, who just turned 19 yesterday. That’s like 92 in human years! Many happy returns, Asti — and Mama sends lots of petties your way, too. Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a MY CAT'S FLEAS ARE GONE, BUT SHE'S STILL Bella: Ridding your home of fleas is a very labor-intensive process, but it’s worth the effort. Mama’s had to do it before, and she hopes she never has to do it again! Siouxsie: Sometimes all this itching and biting leads to secondary bacterial or yeast infections, so we definitely recommend that you bring your cat to the vet. MY CAT WON'T EAT AND MY VET SAYS TO EUTHANIZE HER. WHY Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Our 16-year-old cat, Pebbles, started to get “picky” about her food a month ago and started to lose weight. We took her to the vet, and after a blood test that showed no health concern, the vet asked for poop WHY IS MY YOUNG CAT ATTACKING MY SENIOR CAT? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Help! I have 3 cats in the household — a 15-year-old female, a 6-year-old male and an 8-month old male. For the last few years the 6-year-old had been incessantly harassing and biting the 15-year-old, to the point where she was really stressed out and often hiding. He would HOW TO DEAL WITH INAPPROPRIATE URINATION 2. Clean the bejezus out of your place. You’ll have to find all the spots where your cat has peed and clean them. Do this with a black light in a dark room. Look for spots in the carpets and on the furniture, and also look on the walls to a height of about 2 feet to check for urine spray marks. WILL MY FERAL CAT EVER STOP BEING FEARFUL? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We bought a piece of property. While cleaning up the land we found three tiny kittens with their eyes still closed. We took them to the vet to get checked out. A few days later we saw the mom, who we named Emma, and we started

feeding her. It

I CAN'T AFFORD TO TREAT MY CAT'S DENTAL Dental disease is not just painful, it can make your cat sick in lots of other ways. It can affect the heart and the kidneys, for one thing. And if your cat is diabetic, it can actually make the disease worse. Bella: It’s unfortunate that there’s no way you can treat dental disease at home. After all, you can’t treat your cavities at home MY CAT'S FLEAS ARE GONE, BUT SHE'S STILL Bella: Ridding your home of fleas is a very labor-intensive process, but it’s worth the effort. Mama’s had to do it before, and she hopes she never has to do it again! Siouxsie: Sometimes all this itching and biting leads to secondary bacterial or yeast infections, so we definitely recommend that you bring your cat to the vet. SHOULD I LET FERAL KITTENS SEE THEIR MOM? Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: A few days ago, my daughter found a cat with three kittens in a nest under a pine tree in our back yard. They appear to be 6 or 7 weeks old. We started picking up the kittens and holding them and petting them and they would let

us. The

WHY IS MY CAT BEING AGGRESSIVE AFTER HER SPAY? Thomas: Well, Dena, there are a couple of reasons your cat might be aggressive after her spay. It will take a couple of weeks for her hormones to calm down, but cats don’t typically become aggressive just because of hormonal changes. Bella: We suspect that what you’re dealing with is a case of redirected aggression. MY CAT MAY BE PREGNANT BY HER SON. HELP! Hello I just went through the exact same thing my female cat got pregnant by her almost one-year-old son cat she had 5 kittens all of them died I could tell they had something wrong with their breathing every time I went to check on him when would be dead and then tonight there was one left a little calico girl I held her even trying to give her CPR and she just couldn’t make it I didn’t MY CAT IS PEEING UP THE WALL. HELP! Siouxsie: Well, Colleen, in fact we have heard of this, and we think we can help you! Thomas: This is actually a pretty common problem that cat caretakers have, so rest assured that you’re not alone in your dilemma. Dahlia: Basically, what you need to do in order to keep the pee in the box instead of all over your walls is to get a larger box

with higher sides.

HOW CAN I KEEP MY CAT FROM PEEING OVER THE EDGE OF HER BOX Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat is female almost 15 years old. Recently when she uses the litter box, pee goes over the side. More comes out of the box than stays in. I bought a new box with 8-inch-high sides and still have the same problem. The litter is clean

and she

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