Oh please help. My little boy is acting up. I went on a ten day vacation without my Gonzo. He stayed at home. My neighbor and I live so close that all we have to do is open a door and we are in each others kitchen, roommates on the weekend. So he took care of Gonzo for me. He is great with Gonz, but I suspect he didn't clean Gonzo's boxes as much as Gonzo likes them clean. Well, I got home from vacation two weeks ago and found my fuzz-man's poop in places he has never went before. He will go in his litter boxes every once in a while, but he prefers the spot right next to them. He has 8 litter boxes in a large one bedroom house and two boxes in his five story cage. What more could the brat ask for. I brought him home when he was a baby and had him trained in one week. Only five or six accidents in that 8 month period. Now there are five or six accidents in a day! Ooh, he drives me nutty some times! Here is a list of things I have tried: 1) Scrub boxes very good and make them nice a fresh (he used to like dirtying them) 2) Treats galore, too much of a good thing 3) Saying I was sorry for leaving him at home (he said he forgave me and kissed me) 4) Playing his favorite games even more than I normally do (that was almost impossible) 5) Putting him back in his cage for a time out when I catch him (It makes me too sad) 6) And More...... I really want him to use the box again, not only because I like a clean house, but I also want to adopt another fert and am afraid he will teach the new one fert his bad habit. Love to fuzzies and friend, Dayna and Gonzo [Posted in FML issue 3919]