My cat won't use litter box.
By maria from Houston, TX
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
Some questions come to mind:
Is this the only cat? Some won't share boxes.
Is it kept clean? Cats don't like dirty boxes.
Was this an outside cat that you're trying to convert? Some adult cats won't change.
Does the cat have a regular place it DOES use? You might need to cover that place, because cats like to go back to the same spot.
Just some stuff to think about.
Where is he going? I had a Maine Coon for 18 years that would never use a litter box. I always said he thought he was too good for one. =) He insisted on going outside to potty. We would leave him in the house for a whole weekend, every weekend, to go camping, and he would actually hold it the entire time. As soon as we came home, he almost knocked us down to get out.
I've had a lot of cats in my lifetime (have 4 now), but he was the only cat I have ever owned that simply refused to use a litter box, but yet never went in the house. As he and my dog became elderly, I would lay a "pee pee pad" down for my dog at night in case, like a lot of elderly, she might need to go during the night. She would use it often, and lo' and behold, my Maine Coon started doing the same thing! He would never use a litter pan, but as he got older, he would use the dog's "pee pee pad". Good luck to you!
You left him all weekends??
That's awful. Apart from anything else he must have been in agony . if you can't care for an animal properly you shouldn't have them
I see a lot of posts in the archives about their cats doing #1 or #2 in the litterpan, but not the other. Try getting two litter pans. Seriously!
Take him/her to the vet to see if they have a urinary tract infection, so that it can be treated. UTIs can be fatal in male cats.
This sounds like an easy fix, but we had a similar problem with our cat, which was an indoor cat. We were able to get to the spots easily, where she decided to poop, usually beside or near the litterbox! I scooped up some, put it in the litter box & she went right to the box, smelled her own scent and never had a problem again.
Vet first, to rule out medical problems. Try extra litter boxes. Mine also use one for #1 and one for #2 and 1 cat will only go on a smooth flat surface, with no litter. So I put down a large lid from a rubbermaid storage container, and she uses that...strange, but loveable creatures! They keep you guessing! Good luck.
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
