I moved a year ago from an apartment to a home, and placed the litter boxes for my two cats in the basement. I wasn’t sure how they were going to accept having to travel down a flight of stairs to use the bathroom, but they did really well and I had no problems up until 2 months ago. My male cat started wetting upstairs in different spots, he would meow and meow as if he was in pain and then he would just let loose! He also seemed slightly odd to me, acting very skittish and on edge. I immediately went down stairs, emptied and cleaned the boxes as well as creating a better space for them by purchasing a large area rug to put under the boxes, and night lights so that they could have light even at night. Well that did not work, so I tried to force him a bit by carrying him down the stairs. That was a mistake he freaked out crawled up my back and refused to even get near the basement door.

So, I decided that I would just have to bring the boxes back up-stairs! And that worked great up until this week (he has continued to act odd and skittish though) while at work he wet on my purse and on the couch, and honestly I don’t know where else.. Unfortunately I had to leave this weekend and could not monitor him, now that we are back Fred (the cat) is wailing in frustration or maybe pain until I come running into the room to see if he has wet or even better (pooed) somewhere. And now he refuses to enter the room on the main floor that contains the litter boxes. I do not know what to do! Is this a physiological problem? Is there some way to fix this?