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Our 3½-year-old male cat, Orion, occasionally doesn’t squat in the litter box. He steps in with his behind facing out of the box and lets loose all over the floor. He has been diagnosed with crystals and is mostly on a wet food urinary diet . The little dry food he does get is a c/d variety as well.
Otherwise his behavior is normal and he’s very affectionate and playful. Do you have any idea why he might be doing this and what we could do to help him stop?— Rod Miller, OaklandThe first thing that comes to mind is also the easiest to remedy. The litter box might be a tad too small for Orion. While cats seem happy to squeeze themselves into tiny spaces, that doesn’t hold true for litter boxes. Cats like a little elbow room, so to speak, to do their business and scratch around.
You should consider buying a larger box and making sure you have multiple boxes. It sounds like you already have an assortment, but the general rule of thumb is one box per cat, plus one more.
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