9 year old female cat

Question
we have 5 cats the most recent one is six months old and is a male. the other 4 are females including the oldest. She on an every day to every other day basis is (pooping ) on carpet areas, in either our bedroom my oldest son whose in Kansas or on the floor rug in the living room. she does it when I am in the shower or we come home from work we smell and find it. It also occasionally appears to have little tiny blood in the stool as if she has forced it out to be spiteful. At times she does use the basin. what do we do? and yes we brought her to the vet and she was fine    Mike

Answer
Mike,

If the cat is 9 years old (52 years old in human years) and there is blood in the stool I would take a stool sample to another vet for a 2nd opinion to rule out a medical issue.

If it is not a medical issue then your cat is very stressed about the recent kitten addition to the family and is telling you in the only way she knows how. Older cats do not like kittens and they do not deal with routine changes or stress as well as a younger cat.

You can try  a very popular cat calming spray and plug-in called Feliway or Comfort Zone with Feliway. It is available at pet stores or on-line. It copies relaxing pheromones that cats produce from rubbing their faces on things.

There is also another cat calming product that you can add to her food or water that reduces anxiety called Bach's Rescue Remedy. It is available on-line and in health food stores. Here is a link about it: (copy and paste, or type the whole links into your address bar)
http://www.bachflower.com/Pets.htm

As a last resort you can talk to a vet about a temporary prescription to 'kitty Prozac'. It is a popular treatment to relieve stress and calm cats.

I am including some links to read that you may find helpful: (copy and paste, or type, the links into your address bar)

http://www.celiahaddon.co.uk/pet%20problems/cats/new%20cats.html

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1310&articleid=610

I hope this helps.
Tabbi