It continues

She's been using it with the small hold for about 2 weeks. So it's time to change it up!

AND here we go. A bigger hole.

Hope she still uses it! :)

Amber Stage/Cardboard Method Update

Well, it's been a while since we've had an update. 

Popes, again, decided she was not going to use the amber stage. This time, we waited about 38 hours. She didn't go at all. It was a battle of stubbornness, and we won! She finally used it! She tried to kick all the litter over the small hole and was partially successful. I had to continue to push the litter down the hole so it wouldn't cover it up. 

For a while, she'd only use it once a day and she'd poop in it less, bu she has been using it more regularly now and has accepted the fact that the hole is there! Once she gets more comfortable we are going to have to cut some new cardboard and make the hole a little bigger. On the litter kwitter forum, where I got the idea to use the cardboard method, the person said it only took days to get from a small hole to the regular amber ring's hole, but this is taking us a lot longer. Every reviewer who I've read has said that this training process can take a long time and to be patient. Sometimes when people have switched too soon, it's had adverse effects. We want to avoid that! So we are going very slow, especially in this case because I know how much Popes distrusts that hole being there! 

In other news, Popes has been throwing up her food... since we got her. We just decided to get a good-for-her quality kind of cat food so we went with Wellness, Complete Health. It's been about 2 weeks since we made the transition and we came home from church today to find she'd puked up this food too! I don't know what the reason is and I don't know what to do about it! Could it be the treats? Temptations? Could it be the small amount of Swheat  litter she nibbles? I don't think there's anything else that she eats, and the puke is never anything but food. 

She does have seasonal allergies to the out-doors (we think). Sometimes when we leave the windows open, her eyes get red and goopy/itchy for about 24 hours. Could that have something to do with her stomach?

I don't know what to do! Any suggestions?

Amber stage take 2

  Alright! We're trying this again. First tho, arts and crafts:

 

Now I've switched out the red for amber. The hole is much smaller this time!

Cardboard box under there.... but we're going to cover it up with litter... don't tell Popes!!

 

I am hoping this works. So far, all she has done is eat the litter. Big surprise. I just pray that she uses it this time instead of holding it for hours!

First reactions:

*sigh* I know she knows it's different, but I hope she doesn't think it's too drastic of a change this time. I know she wants to be a good girl... she's just stubborn! :)

And just look at this overachiever:

Man, once she gets over the fact that there's a hole... she's going to be so great at balancing!!