How do I train my cat to stop using her litter tray but to go outside instead?

Answer 1

Why not just keep your kitty an indoor kitty- less chance of disease or wild animals getting her not mention getting hit by a car Linda

Answer 2

I would make sure there is somewhere outside she would like to use instead of a litter tray. cats like to dig in loose earth or sand when going to the toilet. Perhaps scatter some cat litter around the area you think she would use outside - she should pick up the hint from that. Show her the area - start putting the tray there when you find it covenient to do so. If it works take the tray back inside.

I would keep a tray indoors anyway for emergencies - what if she could not get out or got caught short or it was pouring with rain.

Answer 3

as has been said before start by moving the tray towards the door and as you are doing this gradually start adding a small amount of dry seived soil to the edges of the litter tray so that the cat starts to get the smell of the soil around her when she is using it, then you can move the tray outside into a sheltered corner of the garden and i know that she will gradually start to meow to go outside or let you know in some other way that she needs to go outside.

I have used this process with several cats in the past and it has worked every time. one of my cats actually tries to jump up at the back door to reach the door handle, and the other just sits at the door meowing.

Answer 4

with my kitten who is now just over a year, once she started to go outside i put the cat litter tray amongst some plants and dirt in the garden, and kept putting her on it when she went outside, gradually i emptied the tray of litter and just left the empty tray in the garden, and finally took the tray away completly and she soon started to go in the garden,Once she started to go in the garden i didnt bring the litter tray back into the house, but where the tray had been kept i did put some sheets of newspaper just in case of an accident, and luckily she has never done her business inside since taking her tray out. Good Luck.

Answer 5

Start moving the letter tray to by the door, then outside the door and further away from the house, if there is a place you want your cat to go to the loo you can bury a bit of wet litter, the scent will identify that area as the toilet to the cat

Answer 6

Pretty simple..cats are easier to train than dogs -believe it or not-
After she eats, just put her out. Don't let her in for minimum 1-3 hours, depending on how soon after she eats she uses the box. My little guy goes pretty much within like 5 minutes, so it's quick nd painless.
Once she goes outside a few times, chances are, she wont even WANT to go inside anymore...cats are really clean animals, and would rather go off someowhere quieter than a litter box in your house.
You always run the chance of her being the type of cat who is set in her ways, and nothing (and I do mean NOTHING) is gonna change her mind), but if she is on the younger side, this shouldn't be any sort of problem.
Good Luck!

Answer 7

move the tray a few feet every day towards a window where the cat normally goes outside. once it reaches the window and you see the cat near the tray pick it up, put it through the window. then when it seems that the cat is getting used to you doing that, place the tray outside teh window. everyt ime you see the cat sniffing pick it up, put it out the window into the tray. eventually it will learn. i did that with my kitten and it worked - eventually. remember they have little minds of their own like no other animal!!

Answer 8

Move the litter tray towards the door each day and eventually outside. Then remove the litter tray.

Answer 9

hi there,
yes gradually move the litter outside, and slowly add soil, grass gravel from outside into the litter, then remove it.
you seem the same kind of cat lover as me.
I love my cat to bits but I dont think it would be fair to have him in the house all day!!
Cats get bored too, so called cat lovers dont think thier cats should be allowed outside, they deserve the excitment of smellying new scents, discovering new things, insects, plants, puddles, for goodness sake it is a cat not a child, it is still an animal and must have some degree of freedom!
also cats do not naturally go in litterboxes! haha hundreds of years ago i'm sure they just did doo doo outside rather than in a nice purple conviently shaped plastic litter tray!

Answer 10

You could always try putting some soil from outside in the tray along with cat litter.....saying that though, your cat will eventually go outside to poop on its own eventually without any help.

Answer 11

I would think pretty much the way you trained it to use the litter box. When your cat goes to the litter box get him/her out and put him out doors for a short time, it may take a few trys but cats are
smart and they learn quick. Then take the litter box up and the cat will associate using the bathroom to going to the door and will start letting you know when he wants to go out and when he
wants to come in. Good luck. I wish I could teach my 2 how to use the toliet and flush.