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Inappropriate Elimination - Cat (view source)
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In all cases, psychoactive drug therapy should only be considered after reaching a specific diagnosis and taking into account the risks of disinhibition of aggression. Obstructive urinary tract disease should be ruled out before initiating therapy with SRI or SSRI drugs, which have a risk of increasing outflow obstructions through their effects on acetylcholine transmission.
In all cases, psychoactive drug therapy should only be considered after reaching a specific diagnosis and taking into account the risks of disinhibition of aggression. Obstructive urinary tract disease should be ruled out before initiating therapy with SRI or SSRI drugs, which have a risk of increasing outflow obstructions through their effects on acetylcholine transmission.
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| colspan="2"|<center>'''Treatment of Inappropriate Elimination'''</center>
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| style="width: 20%; background-color: white;"|'''General environmental and social issues''':
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* Increase resources available to the cat and strategically locate them for easy access by the various cats and factions within the household.
* Give the cats indoor-outdoor access with an electronic coded cat door.
* Switch feeding to activity feeding.
* Provide more choice of resting and hiding locations.
* Install F3 diffusers, to reduce anxiety and improve inter-cat relationships in the house.
* Use scent swapping to improve group odour.
* Consider temporarily isolating and then reintroducing cats if there are problems of aggression.
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| '''Latrine number, location and substrate''':
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* Latrines should be relocated to quiet areas.
* Litter trays should be deep filled [3cm] with a mineral-based or clumping litter [not pine or wood-pulp based or scented].
* In some cases using pure sand or a 50% mixture of litter and sand as a substrate in trays, is attractive to cats.
* A mixture of covered and open litter trays may be trialled.
* Additional outdoor toilets should be provided.
* Total latrine number may need to be as many as one per cat plus one extra.
* A specific latrine location may be made to feel more secure by locating an F3 diffuser [Feliway] next to it.
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| '''Owner behaviour''':
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* Stop punishment of inappropriate elimination.
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| '''Psychoactive drug therapy''':
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* Selegiline: specific fear with behavioural inhibition that limits normal behaviour
* Clomipramine/Fluoxetine: chronic anxiety [concomitant signs of stress such as over grooming].
* Clomipramine/Amitriptylline: FIC
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