Hi
I'm 18 weeks pg with my first. We've got a 4 year old inside female cat, who we adopted a couple of years ago. She's never been outside and we stay in a top-floor flat, so putting her in and out would be difficult.
Basically, our cat occasionally goes in a sulk and poos on the carpet. It's not very often usually, but she's done it 3 times since I got pg - once when we went away overnight, once when we started clearing the spare room, and once for no discernable reason.
I've had an ectopic, a miscarriage and a number of failed IVFs, so the cat's used to it just being me and DH, sleeps in our bed, gets a lot of attention and is probably just a wee bit spoiled.
I'm a bit worried that when the sprog puts in an appearance the cat will be extremely put out and step up the random crapping action.
I love the cat to bits and there's no question of re-homing her, but is there anything we can do to stop her guerilla shiting in the immediate term, and also anything we can do to make her transition from being a DINK cat to a family cat easier on everyone?