How do I get my kitty to use the litterbox and not go under my bed?

Question

She usually goes in the litterbox, but yesterday she went twice under my bed, in almost exactly the same spot.

Answer 1

Clean that spot under your bed with strong vinegar. The first time may have been an accident, but now she can smell it. Keep the bedroom door closed for a few days when you are not in there with her.

Make sure her litter box is scooped out every day. Cats will go other places if their pan is not clean enough.

Answer 2

I have a three year old cat who is problematic when it comes to using the litterbox. If there is a pee in it, shewon't do anything else. She'll poop besdie the box, but not in it until it's cleaned out. Of course, onve the poop is in there, she can't do anything else in it so pees beside it. Because she is so fussy, I've been cleaning the litter boxes twice a day. Now, I thiink I've found a solution. There is a littler you can get called "Cat Attract". It was designed by a "feline only" vet to help with litterbox problems. It works, and it's 100% guaranteed.
As for under your bed, the nature's miracle does work, just make sure you keep kitty out of the until it's had a chance to work. I would treat the area twice, just to be sure.
Whatever you do, don't punish your cat, that can cause bigger behavioral problems in the long run.
Good Luck

Answer 3

When a cat or dog goes in ANY spot, they have a tendancy to want to return to that spot again and again unless you COMPLETELY remove the smell (which is VERY difficult).
The first thing to do is to find a way to keep the cat OUT of that particular area (probably for at least a month). THEN, clean the spot with bleach (if possible), or whatever you have. DON'T USE AMONIA as it will intensify the urine smell. Pouring baking soda on the spot and just leaving it for a couple of weeks MAY help.
GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 4

Was the litter box not cleaned out? They will find somewhere else to go if the box is not clean enough. We had to leave our cat home over a weekend with an auto feeder and auto waterer and when we came home the cat had choosen the bath tub to go in because the litter was too dirty. It sounds nasty but I couldn't think of a better alternate place for the cat to have gone that would have been as easy to clean after the fact.
Best of Luck

Answer 5

Now that this spot smells like cat pee she'll likely return to it again and again to defile it. Try "Nature's Miracle." That works really well. You'll have to keep that area covered with cardboard or something while it dries. That's because while it's drying it smells even more like pee. No worries, though. Once it's dry it'll be fine.

BTW, keep your cat box very clean. Some kitties are more sensitive to this than others and won't use a litterbox that is even slightly dirty.

Answer 6

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Cindy L :


you are so freaking predictable!!! It'll be a sad day when your German Shepherd starts getting incontinent....

Now to the matter at hand.....make sure it is not a medical problem. sometimes when they go where they are not supposed to, it could be a sign of an infection or something....so just check with the vet to be sure.

If that gets ruled out, then do what others suggested, make sure her litter box is cleaned out well. You just didn't change the brand of litter recently, did you? A lot of cats get real funny when you make "quick changes" on them. They like routine, and when something gets changed around, they kind of "rebel". (I've seen dogs do this too, by the way!!!!)

Sometimes, our cat would get himself stuck in the bathroom while I was taking a shower (he would hide behind the toilet.) So, of course, he would start meowing like crazy when I shut the door and turned on the shower. So, one time I just said, you'll have to wait, you keep coming in here, so wait until I'm done! You know what the freak did then? He peed all over my bathroom rug. Grrrrrr...I think they can be very spiteful too at times.

Good luck!!!

Answer 7

only enable her be. She'll come round. She of route feels more effective well-off there. the perfect aspect you may want to do is make confident you keep some toys, her nutrition, and water interior of reach. go away the door to the position the muddle field is, open and accessible. do not go shifting it round if thats the position you plant to keep it for the lengthy haul, otherwise it is going to easily finally end up being complicated. She's particularly startled on the replace of surroundings, and could slowly comply with the replace. only be affected man or woman.

Answer 8

Clean the litterbox often. They do not like to use a dirty box.

Answer 9

Clean the spot really well, and if you can, block off her passage to under the bed (such as filling it with under the bed storage boxes (lidded!).

Answer 10

if it went under your bed it might need some personal space, because if a cat has *went* under the bed, it may have sprayed, which means to wet a spot with urine. some cats spray because they want to mark places that they think is their territory ormaybe if you have another dog in the house, it might feel that the dog is trying to harm him/her