How do you train an indoor cat to pee outside?

Question

Our cats are basically indoor cats that we let outside, supervised, quite often. It would be so nice to have them use that big litterbox area in the back garden I set up for them. But no, they wait till they are back inside and make a bee line to the litterbox. Having four cats, it would be so nice if they could at least pee and poo outside now and then. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

See what happens if you remove the indoor litter box. Cats generally are very clean animals - and since they are used to the indoor box, that is where they go.
I have a story about an outdoor cat who came into my first floor flat to use the litter box!! so even outdoor cats are clean, too.

Someone else made a good suggestion - take some of the dirty litter and put it outside in the other area you've created for the cats and they will sniff that and began to use that for their litter box.

Once you remove the indoor litter box, make certain that the cats are not starting to go indoors.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Take their inside litterbox and put it outside where you want them to start doing their business. Take each cat out there and show them where their litterbox is... Then let them out from time to time and see what they do. This worked with my cats when I wanted to make them outside cats. After they are really familiar with where their litterbox is, you can remove it and throw it away- it shouldn't take too long, because cats are pretty smart and usually pick up on things easily. However, do NOT keep an inside litterbox "just in case" because they will still use it regularly.

Answer 4

First, try putting some of the soiled litter outside where you'd like them to go.

If that doesn't work, put a litterbox outside for them to start with then you might be able to remove it.

If that doesn't work, use an extra litterbox where there current one is and slowly move it out to where you want them to go.

If you want them to go in the same spot, have a look online for a self composting litter box. You use pine chips and potting mix in a hole, top it up occasionally and it can be put on your flower garden and changed out every 6 months.

Answer 5

you could place the a litter box outside in the garden for a few weeks so they get used to going out there. Of course you have to show them where it is. After they get the hang of it, you could take the box away and put litter in the spot. Then ween the litter away too.

Answer 6

What we have done with our cats is to gradually move the litter box so that it gets closer to the place you want them to go. Do this over the period of a week or two so that they don't keep going where the box used to be. Once the box it moved out side, the cats usually figure they can go anywhere.

Answer 7

First, i might provide up shifting around the clutter field. it extremely is greater handy to scrub the field a week or 2 than it extremely is to scrub the carpet various cases an afternoon. 2nd, i might make a intense high quality spot for him to apply outdoors -- perchance a small pile of sand field sand. coach it to him/her. you would be in success -- or will possibly no longer. because of the fact the faster poster noted, indoor cats stay longer and greater healthy.

Answer 8

Take it out when u see it like wants to pee

Answer 9

you can't if he is an indoor cat sooooory

Answer 10

that is so hard just a litter box and train him to in that