Progessing!

Hello everybody!

Here are some updates on Lee’s progress.

It’s been now 2 weeks that Lee is completely in the Amber stage without any cardboard to partially cover the hole. I have to say that it’s been hard.

To pee, she was very naggy in the beginning, meowing a lot and complaining about the LK, but after 2 days she was fine with it and we would let her go alone without worrying about an accident. Number 2 however was much harder…

She pooped on the floor once, but mostly we have avoided that by putting her up whenever she starts digging on the floor. During these past two weeks Lee has basically held her poop for as long as she could (which means 48h). When she finally decides to poop we had to put her up in the litter kwitter 9 times (in the first time), 5-7 times in the subsequence 3 times, but only twice 3 days ago. This means she is getting better and more comfortable with it.

But something very nice happened yesterday. As usual, she was meowing a lot (which means she needs to go) and going back and forth to the bathroom. I went there to help her. When I arrived she was digging on the floor. I talked to her, saying it was wrong and that she should do up the toilet. She actually jumped up to the LK and pooped without me even touching her! I was so happy! She got extra snacks for her good job! I’m not sure if she will do the same today or tomorrow, but that’s already a start.

Therefore, if you have a cat that is struggling with the amber stage, don’t give up! Put them up the LK and be with them until they are done. Pet them and give them rewards once they do it right! It may take time, but it eventually works. It’s just a matter of making them confident enough to use the LK and not fall inside the hole.

Good luck for us all!