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I have a fish with a very red and swollen vent area. He is always trailing a bit of fecal matter as well. I've searched the internet for some ideas of what may be wrong with him and have found nothing. Anyone have any ideas?

We have a kitten who is almost 6 months old. We found him almost dead in the neighbors back yard. The vet felt that he was about 4 weeks old. He has grown to be an amazingly beautiful cat. But, he won't use the litter box! When he was very small we, of course, cleaned up after him but at about 6 weeks we started putting him in the litter box whenever he looked as if he had to go and I thought he got the hang of it. I believe he did use it intermitently. Now he looks for anything on the floor. If someone leaves a towel on the bathroom floor, that's were he goes to the bathroom. If someone leaves part of the Sunday paper on the living room floor that will be what he'll use.

We have another cat who always uses the litter box and we have 3 boxes. I keep them clean and have tried many different types of litter.

Right now I leave a section of the paper next to each litter box and he goes on the paper. But I'd like him to use the litter box. Help!