Floor Licking
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:45 pm
As most of you know I inherited my Mother's 17 year old cat earlier this year. Stroppy spends most of her time in our lounge out of choice, though she does have access to the rest of the house she only ventures out occasionally through the dining room to get to the back door and cat flap, and every so often pokes her head into the kitchen to see if the others have left anything she prefers. She has her food bowls against one short wall, her litter tray against the other short wall, with her water fountain against a long wall about half way between. She is fed on Felix AGAIL and Gourmet Pate and Melting Heart (she much prefers the Pate and Melting Hearts, but we try and ring the changes). She also has Purina One Dried food available at all times.
I've noticed several times that she is licking the laminate flooring in the lounge, normally the area between the water fountain and the litter tray, but closer to the litter tray than the water fountain. The litter tray is on a board with a layer of newspaper between the board on the tray. With one exception there is no sign that the tray has been missed and when that did happen the newspaper absorbed most of the liquid.
I hoover the floor (not as often as I should I will admit) but don't actually wash it, I just use a lemon scented floor wipe if any one has thrown up etc in the specific area to clean any mess, and have a cat urine odour and stain remover spray in case of accidents and to help keep the trays a bit fresher.
She has had blood tests done recently and they showed all her organs were working fine but her red blood cell count was low, while her white cell count was high.
Has any one got any ideas why she should start licking the floor by the litter tray like she has. i haven't noticed her do it else where and we have the same laminate in the lounge and dining room. Nothing has been spilt there. I did wipe the floor over when I noticed her doing it the first time and it stopped her for a while, but then she started again. If it was by the food bowls I probably wouldn't think too much about it, but by the litter tray seems a bit odd.
I've noticed several times that she is licking the laminate flooring in the lounge, normally the area between the water fountain and the litter tray, but closer to the litter tray than the water fountain. The litter tray is on a board with a layer of newspaper between the board on the tray. With one exception there is no sign that the tray has been missed and when that did happen the newspaper absorbed most of the liquid.
I hoover the floor (not as often as I should I will admit) but don't actually wash it, I just use a lemon scented floor wipe if any one has thrown up etc in the specific area to clean any mess, and have a cat urine odour and stain remover spray in case of accidents and to help keep the trays a bit fresher.
She has had blood tests done recently and they showed all her organs were working fine but her red blood cell count was low, while her white cell count was high.
Has any one got any ideas why she should start licking the floor by the litter tray like she has. i haven't noticed her do it else where and we have the same laminate in the lounge and dining room. Nothing has been spilt there. I did wipe the floor over when I noticed her doing it the first time and it stopped her for a while, but then she started again. If it was by the food bowls I probably wouldn't think too much about it, but by the litter tray seems a bit odd.