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===Using a House Plan===
===Using a House Plan===
Owners should be asked to draw a floor plan of the house, indicating when and where urine and faces have been discovered. The owner should mark onto this diagram the location of urine and faeces that they have found, as well as the location of major resources (food and water locations, litter trays, cat doors), and the position of doors and windows (see figure). This can be annotated during the consultation with information about the cat(s) preferences for resting locations, and the frequency , volume and characteristics of deposited of urine/faeces. The client should also be asked to indicate in which locations urine/faeces was first found, and how this spread to other locations.
Owners should be asked to draw a floor plan of the house, indicating when and where urine and faces have been discovered. The owner should mark onto this diagram the location of urine and faeces that they have found, as well as the location of major resources (food and water locations, litter trays, cat doors), and the position of doors and windows (see figure). This can be annotated during the consultation with information about the cat(s) preferences for resting locations, and the frequency, volume and characteristics of deposited of urine/faeces. The client should also be asked to indicate in which locations urine/faeces was first found, and how this spread to other locations. A standard method of annotation is to mark the frequency of urine deposition with using a number of "X"s, and a number to indicate whether the location was one of the first, or later, places that was soiled. (see example)
The pattern of urine and faecal deposits can point to the source of the problem. For example, if the first deposits were found close to external doors and windows, this suggests that the perceived threat is from outside the home, whilst initial deposits furniture and internal doorways and passages would suggest that the problem originates in the relationship between resident cats in a multi-cat household.
The pattern of urine and faecal deposits can point to the source of the problem. For example, if the first deposits were found close to external doors and windows, this suggests that the perceived threat is from outside the home, whilst initial deposits furniture and internal doorways and passages would suggest that the problem originates in the relationship between resident cats in a multi-cat household.