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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2006kitten occaisionally not using litter tray
I have a 4 month old kitten who in the last week has decided to occaisionally urinate or have a bowel motion outside of his litter tray. The tray is completey clean, and I use a wood based litter (as that was what the breeder used). His bowel motions are completely normal, and it's now happening about 1 in 3 times he uses his tray. Can anyone help me with understanding (and hopefully stopping) this? Thanks Angela 1. You should have two boxes for one cat 2. I would try unscented, clumping litter with no hood on the box 3. The kitten may have a medical problem and should be checked by a vet if the above two do not work. Gail >I have a 4 month old kitten who in the last week has decided to >occaisionally urinate or have a bowel motion outside of his litter tray. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Angela > 1. You should have two boxes for one cat > 2. I would try unscented, clumping litter with no hood on the box > 3. The kitten may have a medical problem and should be checked by a vet if > the above two do not work. > Gail We were at the vets just two days ago and I mentioned it then, he said the kitten is fine and healthy, he said that is could be stress because of my other cat, but the kitten gets on better with the big cat than he does with me!!! he also suggested that I should deny him access to the room where he spoils which means moving his tray.......I have only moved it to outside the room. Someone has suggested changing his litter over gradually as older cats don't like the wood based litter, also to have 2 trays one with a lid and one without as he may have a preference (his current one does not have a lid). Does all this sound right? Yes, I would change the litter over to the clumping kind. Also, you should definitely have at least two boxes for two cats. Gail >> 1. You should have two boxes for one cat >> 2. I would try unscented, clumping litter with no hood on the box [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Does all this sound right? > Yes, I would change the litter over to the clumping kind. Also, you should > definitely have at least two boxes for two cats. > Gail the other cat doesn't use a litter box he goes outside, as will this one when he's a little older I would keep the lids off of the litter boxes. Gail >> 1. You should have two boxes for one cat >> 2. I would try unscented, clumping litter with no hood on the box [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Does all this sound right? >I have a 4 month old kitten who in the last week has decided to >occaisionally urinate or have a bowel motion outside of his litter tray. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Angela The problem is now worse - he is 100% not using the litter tray and likes to pee and poop on or under beds. I have 3 litter boxes...........what's happening why is he suddenly doing this - HELP please!!!
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