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Kitten litter training failures....help!

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colby - 02 Jun 2004 01:20 GMT
We have tried all the tricks that have been suggested to train a kitten to
pee in litter box and he is still peeing on carpet.  Here is the background
and what we have done:

He is 3 months old. (had him since he was 8 wks......a loving purring
kitten...great personallity except litter box issue).  He has a litter mate
sister who used the box always.
When they are closed in the kitchen area, he will use the litter box always.
When we let him out to explore the house.......(limited to living room for
now)
He will sometimes pee in a certain spot on the carpet.
We will pick him up every time as soon as we see and put him in the litter
box.
We clean w/ enzymatic cleaner to remove smell each time.
He still pees on the spot on the carpet.
We then covered area so he does not have access and he finds a new spot to
pee in another part of the room on the carpet.
Again we cleaned and deorderized and put a 2nd litter box on the spot on the
carpet in the living room.
He will approach the 2nd litter box box and pee just outside of the litter
box on the carpet.
We cleaned again.   This repeats for a few times.
We then started to spritz him with a water spray when he start to pee.
He will run and then immediately pee on a new spot against the wall on the
carpet.
We have seen him use the 2nd litter box to poop in.
He has a litter mate sister who uses the primary litter box always in the
kitchen.
Again, never accidents in the kitchen.

Any new suggestions?  At this point we hate to let him out of the kitchen
area until see some inclination to pee in the litter box.

Thank you for the advise:)
M.C. Mullen - 02 Jun 2004 05:44 GMT
| Any new suggestions?  At this point we hate to let him out of the kitchen
| area until see some inclination to pee in the litter box.
|
| Thank you for the advise:)

This problem is not easy to solve, but I'm pretty sure that you need at
least one more litter box placed on a strategic spot. Eventually, when the
business works, you may well be able to remove that one again. Make sure
it's big enough for an adult cat since kitten will grow.

Carola
Agua Girl - 02 Jun 2004 13:02 GMT
Is he fixed?  Could he be marking?

> We have tried all the tricks that have been suggested to train a kitten to
> pee in litter box and he is still peeing on carpet.  Here is the background
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>
> Thank you for the advise:)
Ted Davis - 02 Jun 2004 14:04 GMT
>We have tried all the tricks that have been suggested to train a kitten to
>pee in litter box and he is still peeing on carpet.  Here is the background
>and what we have done:

You didn't say what you are putting in the litter pans - this can make
a significant difference: many cats dislike some of the 'modern'
litters, but will happily use unscented ground clay.

T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu)
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Luvskats00 - 02 Jun 2004 17:13 GMT
"colby" colby@hotmail.com
writes
>"We have tried all the tricks that >have been suggested to train a kitten to
>pee in litter box and he is still >peeing on carpet...."

First, it could be minutes or hours between the time YOU spot the pee outside
the box and when the cat actually peed outside the box.  Putting him in the box
as punishment or a learning tool hasn't worked..it won't work.

Since the cat doesn't appear to use the box in an open area (only the enclosed
kitched), you have to see if the box is adaquate for your cat's needs.
1) Is the box totally clean?  Maybe the cat won't go in the box-even it it's
slightly soiled.
2) Is it too small? One of my cats deficated outside the box twice.  He was too
big for the box. It's been a year since he did this, since I bought a bigger
box for him.

Most importantly:it could be that the brand of litter needs to be changed.  I
have two cats/2boxes (one w/newspapers for one cat and one with Feline Pine cat
litter for the other).  One of my cats would not use the box with newspapers or
standard cat litter. She wouldn't share her box either.

There is one brand of cat litter that advertises a guarantees that your cat
will use the box. Maybe someone in this newsgroup knows the brand..meanwhile,
check your supermarket if one of the brands does make such a guarantee. Good
luck.
Gene Royer - 02 Jun 2004 17:53 GMT
> "colby" colby@hotmail.com
> writes
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> check your supermarket if one of the brands does make such a guarantee. Good
> luck.

Cats are odd creatures.

Out of my entire brood, I have one cat that will not urinate in a box with
litter in it.  He has no compunction about dropping his stools there, and he
covers them up nicely; but he absolutely will not pee in it.  I have tried
as many types of product as are available with no success.   Finally, I put
a plain litter pan down with three sheets of paper towels in it, and he used
it immediately and now exclusively.  By experimentation, I have learned that
as many as six sheets to start with will suffice for the first part of the
day.  Then I come along and change it throughout the day.  He is a good
squatter and seldom-seldom overshoots.

Sure, it's a bother, but it keeps him happy and the floor clean.

--Geno
Wendy - 05 Jun 2004 16:07 GMT
> "colby" colby@hotmail.com
> writes
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> check your supermarket if one of the brands does make such a guarantee. Good
> luck.

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