Alright, we're going insane here, this is getting ridiculous.
We have four cats, and a dog. The only problem we have with our dog is that he's an idiot, but that's tolerable. We're having major problems with our cats. The one is over 16 years old, and she's lost her hearing. Since then, she's gained some odd traits like crawling into tiny, tight spaces (which she never did before), and refuses to come out. She'll also stare at the water dish for ages without doing anything, but I'm just attributing that to old age. Our second-oldest cat has a bulimia problem, where she'll push the other cats out of the way, eat the entire bowl of food, then about 10 minutes later, puke it up.
Our biggest problem, though, is with our third-oldest. Recently, he refuses to use the catbox, unless its spotless. If one of the other cats jumps in there after we clean it out, too bad, so sad, he'll go anywhere he feels like: the table, the window sill, in the cat bowl, the floor, the clean dishes...he's also recently begun to go to the bathroom on something DIRECTLY after we clean it, such as the floor, the bathtub, or the table.
Our kitten is fine - she's just fearless.
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any advice on ANY of these? x-x We've changed the food we're giving them countless times, make sure the litterbox is clean (we clean it out 5 times a day, whether it needs it or not), make sure they have clean bowls for their food/water...but nothing's changed. We're getting to the point where its almost fruitless to clean anything because of these cats. They've ruined the couch and two desk chairs from throwing up/using it as a toilet, and we have no clue what to do anymore.
We've had cats around my entire life, so we're used to dealing with small problems...but nothing like this...