pooping next to litter box - don't know what to do
hi everyone i have 2 cats, and have had them for a very long time.. I used to use clay litter up until about a month ago but i was getting furious about the tracking especially on my bedsheets, so with the advice of many cat owners, i made the switch to wood pellets. It started out amazing, there was no tracking, they were using it without issue, life was good. about a week ago my girl started pooping outside of the box for some reason i couldn't identify. I didn't make it a big deal, mind you the litter box would be clean of poop and sawdust when she did this, I clean it every morning. I started waking up to find poop next to the litter box. I know you guys will say she doesn't like the wood pellets, but she used it fine for 3 weeks straight. I started giving their daily wet food on the mornings where there was no poop next to the box while showing her, hoping that would train her, but it didn't, she started being more demanding on the days she did get the wet food even if she had her treat and when I didn't comply because she already had the wet food, she started pooping out even mid day after i wasn't giving her what she wanted. Did she start using this method to try to control or punish me or something??? Or are the wood pellets really the problem? Guys I HATE clay litter, wood pellets were truly a miracle hygiene wise as well as being economic, I really don't want to go back to clay. What do I do, does anyone have a solution? I am having the hardest time not to get angry, she knows she's not supposed to do it, when i catch her next to the litter box after pooping she quickly crawls away, please help me... I'm losing my mind...