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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004Littermaid OK for non-covering cat?
Much to my chagrin, I have a cat who does not cover his poop. He'll make useless scratching motions, but he just never learned how to cover properly. I've pretty much given up on the hope that he'll learn to cover his creations. I'm wondering whether the automatic Littermaid catboxes would be a bad idea for a cat who doesn't cover his poop. Don't they rely upon a "kitty clumps" of kitty litter to operate effectively? Would uncovered poop just get stuck in the tines of the Littermaid's scooping fork? Any input appreciated. -> Much to my chagrin, I have a cat who does not cover his poop. He'll -> make useless scratching motions, but he just never learned how to -> cover properly. I've pretty much given up on the hope that he'll -> learn to cover his creations. -> -> I'm wondering whether the automatic Littermaid catboxes would be a bad -> idea for a cat who doesn't cover his poop. Don't they rely upon a -> "kitty clumps" of kitty litter to operate effectively? Would -> uncovered poop just get stuck in the tines of the Littermaid's -> scooping fork? Any input appreciated. In my experience the only time the Littermaid got stuck was when the cat dug down to the bottom of the box, peed, and then covered it. The pee/litter would stick to the bottom of the box. I'm 99% sure you wouldn't have a problem except on the rare occasion that your kitty got very messy diarrhea. Have you ever tried to teach your cat to cover his poop? You'd have to be there when he pooped with scoop in hand, then cover the poop before he left the box. (This may or may not work.)  Signature8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ ***Revelation 22:12*** ICQ: 349878998 http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ >-> Much to my chagrin, I have a cat who does not cover his poop. He'll >-> make useless scratching motions, but he just never learned how to [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >then cover the poop before he left the box. (This may or >may not work.) Hasn't worked for my Nipsy. The box is in the bathtub. He does whatever in the box, then comes out and tries covering it with porcelain. He never quite figures out that he has to try covering it while he is still in the box. > >Have you ever tried to teach your cat to cover his poop? > >You'd have to be there when he pooped with scoop in hand, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > porcelain. He never quite figures out that he has to try covering it > while he is still in the box. I took Gnarly to the box whenever I noticed an uncovered poo and put her in the box and very gently took her paws and covered it up. I did it maybe three times and she started covering, likely because she hated me picking her up and putting her in the box--but whatever works! He never quite figures out that he has to try covering it > while he is still in the box. LOL! Yeah, I'm not sure that my cat would win any Pulitzer prizes or anything. My older cat is quite bright, but this new addition is just a tad on the dumb side. :' -F > Have you ever tried to teach your cat to cover his poop? > You'd have to be there when he pooped with scoop in hand, > then cover the poop before he left the box. (This may or > may not work.) Well Sue, I have tried on occasion to actually take his little paw and shovel sand with it. Needless to say, he wanted no part of it and scurried away. (He's *extremely* skittish to begin with.) Are you suggesting that covering with a scoop before he leaves the box might teach him to cover? I'll try just about anything at this point. Thank for the suggestion. -> > Have you ever tried to teach your cat to cover his poop? -> > You'd have to be there when he pooped with scoop in hand, -> > then cover the poop before he left the box. (This may or -> > may not work.) -> -> Well Sue, I have tried on occasion to actually take his little paw and -> shovel sand with it. Needless to say, he wanted no part of it and -> scurried away. (He's *extremely* skittish to begin with.) Are you -> suggesting that covering with a scoop before he leaves the box might -> teach him to cover? I'll try just about anything at this point. -> Thank for the suggestion. Well, I'm not guaranteeing anything! Just making a suggestion. Cats learn from their mommies, and you're mommy. Signature8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ ***Revelation 22:12*** ICQ: 349878998 http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ >Much to my chagrin, I have a cat who does not cover his poop. He'll >make useless scratching motions, but he just never learned how to >cover properly. I've pretty much given up on the hope that he'll >learn to cover his creations. how old is he? mother-cat's usually teach their kittens how to do that. when Shaina was little, i would take her paw and make scratching motions in the litter box, after she poops. she still tries to scrape the walls of the litter box, though. -L Mary, I'm envious that your cat learned so quickly. I'll give it a shot, but I'm not sure my cat is bright enough to pick it up. Laila, he's about seven months old now. We adopted him when he was about six weeks old, probably too young to leave his mom, and he hadn't quite learned the more refined aspects of being a house cat. Ya think seven months is too old to teach a young cat a new trick? -F |
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