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Question
why is my cat pooing on the floor she is 3years old she has not been neutered she is apedigeee

Answer
Julie,

Being spayed may not have anything to do with her current actions, but if you are not going to breed her you should have her fixed. Spaying cures a lot of behavior problems.

It could be a medical problem. If a cat has pain using the litterbox then she will go somewhere else because she will associate that pain with the litterbox.

Since I cannot put all the possibilites and cures for her behavior in this reply, I am including some links to good articles about improper elimination. Please read them. They will have good information that you should find helpful in dealing with the cat's behavior.
(copy and paste or type the whole links into your address bar)

http://www.catsinternational.org/articles/housesoiling/unabridged_litterbox_1.ht...

http://cats.about.com/cs/behavioralissues/a/outsidebox_two.htm

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/pointe/9352/litterboxhelp.html

http://www.apbc.org.uk/article10.htm

Tabbi