I own a two year male cat who still uses its litter box. How do i get it to stop this irritating habit???

Question

I live on the 1st floor of a flat and emptying and refilling the litter box for my cat is alot of unnecessary work. And what irritates me is that my small apartment reeks of cat wee!! I need to get rid of this embarassment. How do i get my cat to quit using the litter box asap???

Answer 1

Is he an outdoor cat, can he get outdoors? if so take away his box and at the beginning only put it down at night when hes in. And for the smell use a litter deoderiser called Stayfresh it uses micro-organisms to get rid of the smell, it works!

Answer 2

If you buy or borrow a black light, you can use this as soon as it gets dark to find out exactly where the smell is coming from. Cat pee will glow bright green. Chances are if your entire flat smells like cat wee, he's not using the litterbox all the time. The cat wee smell is stronger if a male cat is not altered. When you find where there the odor is coming from, you should clean it with an enzymatic cleaner like Simple Solution or Nature's Miracle (there are others). This will remove the smell and leaves a pleasant frangrance that is barely noticed. However, you need to realize that if you find very many places, it could have soaked into the carpeting and replacing it will be the only remedy. Wood floors and concrete can absorb odors, but you can spray varnish those to seal in the smell. If you don't want your cat to use the litterbox, what are you planning to use as a substitute? Teaching a cat to meow at the door to get out so he can dig in the garden seems unreasonable and probably wouldn't work anyway. Easier to go in the corner. Some people say you can teach a cat to use your toilet, but for myself, I don't wish to share.

I use a product called "X-O" as a deodorizer and it works very well. It has been my experience that the scoopable litters make it easier to manage the smell as long as you scoop out the solids every day, and replace the litter when needed. I keep a spare litterbox so I can use one and clean one. The box should be cleaned at least monthly. Plastic can absorb odors, so the plastic litterbox could be a source for some of the odor. They're cheap to replace, so I'd do that.

Answer 3

Where do you want it to go relieve itself? If it is not an outside cat, then you are stuck with cleaning the litter box. Also male cats spray and that may be what is smelling up your apartment. Have the cat neutered and he won't spray anymore. You should have thought of that before you adopted this cat. Cats are very clean animals. Your apartment reeks because you are possibly not cleaning the litter box enough or the cat has relieved itself on your carpeting. Also get a litter that has a deoderizer in it. Also have all your carpets cleaned and deoderized. Buy plug in deoderizers by Glade, they are great. They will deoderize a room for over a month.

Answer 4

OK it's too much work cleaning the litter box that's really the wrong kind of attitude to have considering you took on the responsibility of a pet.

Maybe you're not cleaning out the litter box enough, if you are, could be as simple as using cheap litter, if that's the case maybe you should switch to a better brand (I have a male cat and 3 male kittens - use tidy cat scoop able and scoop several times daily and never have this problem myself).

Answer 5

Well better the litter box than your bathroom floor or closet. Where exactly do you want your cat to go potty? Is it a male or female? If it's a male and not neutered the smell in your house maybe cat spray. Its' way of marking its territory. Does the cat often if at all go outside?

Answer 6

cats NEED there litter trays if you were a responsible pet owner you would realise this, Were else do you expect them to go? on the floor? how would you like it if your toilet was taken away? I have 3 cats myself, " litter trays i empty them out completly twice a week and scoop all the clumped stuff out everyday and my house doesnt smell of cat wee at all!!
So you eithier dont clean it out enough or your cat is weeing all over the floor

Answer 7

Ok, you're upset that your cat USES it's box when everyone else on this list is upset because they can't get theirs to do the same?

That makes no sense to me.

It won't stink if you clean it out more, not let it sit there. We have 4 cats and the place doesn't smell like cat pee or anything else cat-related because the box gets sifted through two times a day plus whenever I see the surface is disturbed. The box is there for their toilet, it's up to us to keep it clean.

Answer 8

You're joking right??!! If your apartment smells like pee, then sweetie pie, you've got your wish because your cat is NOT using the litterbox because:
1) You're not changing the litterbox correctly, as in not scraping ALL the pee and poo out of it.
2) The cat also thinks you're not doing a good job of changing the litterbox either and it's going potty elsewhere.
3) The cat has a urinary tract infection in which case the cat is going to pee all over the place and not use the litterbox.
4) All of the above and that you're a complete and total moron for NOT wanting your cat to use the litterbox!

Answer 9

umm where else is he supposed to go????? i mean i have only had my cat for 19 years, but they are supposed to go in the litter pan?!? i bleach my litter pan twice a week and scoop it everyday and it is fine. if you think cleaning a litter pan is a lot of work , then i sincerely hope you don't have any dependents....grow up!

Answer 10

Huh? Not really sure what "still uses its litter box" is supposed to mean. Where else is it supposed to go? On your bed???