I know that they poo to mark sometimes, but snix (neutered male) is generally pretty neat, and will pee in his litterbox.
However, when it comes to pooing, he has selected a "poo zone", in which he will sit and do his thing. The Poo Zone is circled in red below:
The poos in his litterbox...
The liquid she drained from the abcess was clear instead of cloudy or puss, so she said that she thinks it will heal. She gave us some anti-biotics to give to him to help.
She thinks it may have been caused by stress. She did not give him a shot (after the surgery) in the area the abcess...
Well the good news is that it is not infected. The bad news is that it is an abcess. :(.
This neuter has been stressful for all of us, especially for Snickers. I'll be happy when this is behind us and Snickers is back to 100%.
OK new problem:
Snix is recovering well from the surgery, and is very active and eating/drinking./pooing like normal.
I noticed he was limping around on one front leg, so I picked him up to inspect. He has an infected sore on his right front leg. Could this be from the shots??
He is going...
Thanks for all of the wishes and advice. Snix is back home and is doing much better. We spiked his water with a shot of organic apple juice and it is encouraging him to drink. He has started pooing again and he is more active than yesterday (albeit still not his old self, as expected). He isn't...
We noticed that Snix was not eating or pooing much after his surgery, so we took him back the next day and the vet confirmed stasis. She provided a powder called "Herbavore critical care", and instructed us to give him 25ml of water mixed with the power 3 times a day. She also gave him a shot...
Snickers is just over 4 months old.
Yesterday he was very good about peeing in his litterbox, but he has been pooing everywhere, which is much easier to deal with.
He must be experiencing waves of hormones flowing through his body. April 6th will not come soon enough!
That's what we had to do when we started training him. It's like a switch was flipped and suddenly he will not use his litterbox. We used to be able to let him out without worry, but yesterday we let him out when we got home like normal, and he began pooing and peeing all over the carpet...
As of yesterday, he refuses to use his litterbox. No changes have been made at all. He spends most of his time in his litterbox, but now leaves to urinate in the cage.
I'm assuming this is a result of him reaching puberty. He is unaltered, but this will soon change.
Yeah he always has hay and pellets available. He has started eating his hay again which is nice to see. I saw plenty of poos in the litterbox this morning so perhaps it was just a weird phase.