Kaylee stopped laying on my lap.

She did a couple of days ago for a few minutes, but that was it. That was the first time in probably nearly a month.

I hope I'm wrong but I'm beginning to suspect ginger tom may be incontinent.

The nurse at the vets who checked him for a chip commented on how much like a tom cat he smelled, she was being kind as he reeked of cat pee. I decided to change his box in the shed earlier, and while said shed has had the smell of cat pee for some time and not all of it can be put down to ginger, once the box was removed it didn't take long for the air inside to get a whole lot sweeter. The bottom of the box was pretty wet as well, strange as I'd put it on top of a old metal pc case to avoid ground moisture, so it could well be pee having soaked down.

If he is incontinent that may explain why he's been abandoned/rejected at home as it wouldn't be the first time I'd seen/heard of this happening. Owners who couldn't be bothered to neuter will hardly have bladder issues investigated. I'll have to keep a close eye on him, tho' a lot easier said than done when he's not here that much.

Kaylee stopped laying on my lap. :

She's on my lap!

While he was out and about yesterday morning I put newspaper down over the bedding in his box and said newspaper was still dry when I checked and found him in there at 10pm last night. It was still dry at 6.15am today after his spending the night in there and while not conclusive proof he's isn't incontinent, it points that way

I'm still a bit miffed at his refusal to even look at the wooden box I cobbled together for him, he much prefers the old cardboard box instead. I may throw that away (or just hide it) in the hope he'll use the new wooden box as it'll at least be warmer.

Ian,

If he's happy with the box, why throw it away? If he really needs the warmth, he'll move to the wood box you made for him. Otherwise, why upset him?

True enough now the weather is/will be getting warmer, but this box will have to go at some point, sooner rather than later imo, as it's getting very, very tatty now. I've put another cardboard box down and will see if he tries this when he returns tonight, if not the old one is still in the shed.

'EDIT'

Just checked and he was in the new box, tho' it had all the *bedding* from the old one so will have smelled the same even if it looked different.