07-01-2023, 11:46 AM
Because she is now coming and going outside happily, the suggestion is the pooping is a protest against being kept in at night. I don't know if she was a dusk to dawner in her previous homes. Both times she pooped inappropriately were at night, and both times she had asked to go out as I prepared for bed. So maybe I need a cat door, and to be a bit more flexible in the evenings about letting her out. She is safe in the village, but I would still like her in for most of the dark hours because of cat fights with passing strangers.
My thought is maybe put a cat door in the front door, which has a security screen I usually pull closed and lock on my way to bed. That would block the cat door overnight without me needing to bend to fiddle with catches. She is used to the screen door being closed at night, it has been so hot I have been using that as my front door to get the breeze through, so I might look into that if she keeps sending me messages...
My thought is maybe put a cat door in the front door, which has a security screen I usually pull closed and lock on my way to bed. That would block the cat door overnight without me needing to bend to fiddle with catches. She is used to the screen door being closed at night, it has been so hot I have been using that as my front door to get the breeze through, so I might look into that if she keeps sending me messages...