My kittens are about 6 weeks old and they seem to like to go to the bathroom right outside the litter box or under my computer desk. I moved the box but they continue to pee and poop outside of it.
2006-06-07 06:40:27 · 12 answers · asked by kimberly_ware10 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Each newborn kitten comes with the instinctual knowledge that bowel and bladder elimination must be deposited in a hole dug in the earth and then covered up. Start out with a litter box large enough to accommodate your cat as an adult. This eliminates the need to change boxes, which can sometimes be a factor in its future disuse. Pour in absorbent cat-box filler (unscented. scented can be too strong for their sensitive noses.) about three to four inches deep. The advantage to using scoopable litter is that you remove only the waste on a daily basis, then clean and refill the litter box once about every 2 weeks. If you use regular filler, clean it everyday, and completely change it every three or four days.
It is important to place the litter box in a semi-private location such as under a table or inside a closet with the door partially open. Cats like their privacy. As soon as you bring home your kitten, place her inside of the litter box. She will probably jump out immediately…that’s okay. Place her in the litter box several times a day during the first days of training. She will soon find out that this is the only place where she will be able to dig a hole for elimination purposes. During training, every time she does get into the litter box, praise her with "Good Kitty!"
If your kitten does not use the litter box after this procedure, have her thoroughly checked over by a veterinarian. Cats/kittens with UTI's often won't use the box. If she is healthy, but still insists on going in places other than the litter box, clean these areas with soap and water and then use an enzyme cleaner like Natures Miracle. This will remove the ammonia smell which might encourage her to go back to these same spots. If she is returning to the same spot, place the litter box there. If this does not work, confine her to one room, such as bathroom, for a week. Place her food, water, and bed in one end of the room and her litter box in the other. Once she has started using it again, you can let her roam freely.
2006-06-07 06:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by Stick to Pet Rocks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all eliminate the smell of their urine and feces on the floor. Once you have eliminated that scent, they won't go in those areas. Every time you see them squat to go to the bathroom, pick them up and place them in the litter box. Take their front paws and lightly scratch the cat litter with their paws. Eventually they will get the idea to use the litter box instead of the floor. Be patient with them and do this several times a day. It takes an average kitten 4-8 days to get the concept of using a litter box. Good luck and may you enjoy your kittens companionship and friendship for many years to come!
2006-06-07 06:49:53 · answer #2 · answered by Lyndee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put a little of the litter on the mess they made outside the box, mix it up and put back in the box. Clean the area outside the box. They will go where they smell the urine and feces. Clean the box after they have used it 3 or 4 times. they will continue to use the box with clean litter thereafter.
2006-06-07 07:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by jag5845 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to pick up the poo and put it in the box. I would get the kitty and put him in the box and show him.... "look kitty cat ! this is your poo! you go in here." Believe me... I've had over 3 litters of kittens to care for in the past. This works.
Kittens smell everything... and they smell there poo so they know it's there own... dont ask me why but....
When they get used to it being in the box all the time... they will go right back to it to do it again.
P.S. dont rub there face in it thats just mean.
and if they dont know how to bury it. Get there paw and push the litter around the poo just like an adult cat would. I had to teach a few kittys how to do this because momma kitty was a ho and wouldn't care for her babies...lol
Good luck.
2006-06-07 06:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by BeezKneez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place them in the box a few times, make sure the edges of the box are too high, make sure the litter is CLEAN, cats don't like to use really dirty litter.
2006-06-07 06:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are still having trouble after placing them in the box, try using a covered litter box.
2006-06-07 06:44:11 · answer #6 · answered by master_akhkharu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pick them up and put them in the box so they will get used to using it. also don't move the box, that way it will become routine and they will know where to go. try a covered litter box, ive found that works best
2006-06-07 06:59:55 · answer #7 · answered by northwestgrl88 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must watch them, and when they look they have to go to the bathroom PUT THEM IN THE BOX.
You have to keep the box in the same place, don't move it until they know how to use it, and where it is. If after you've trained them to use it, and want to move it, show each of them where it is many times.
We've trained many abandoned kitten this way, it takes a little while, but they learn
2006-06-07 06:45:21 · answer #8 · answered by MousieZ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just let the cat in the litter box about a week
2006-06-07 06:53:24 · answer #9 · answered by honeybaby_all_year@yahoo.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats are generally very clean animals, and if the litter box is at all smelly, they'd prefer to relieve themselves elsewhere.
Just FYI: Also, they like privacy, and they don't like to eliminate close to where they eat.
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2006-06-07 06:48:22 · answer #10 · answered by Muddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋