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Rob - 17 Apr 2005 21:21 GMT

Hi,

We have a 9 mouth old kitten called Cleo, we are having difficultly getting
her to do her business outside. We have two other cats who only use the tray
in real emergencies, yet Cleo will be quite happy to go outside, but will
still hold on until she can come in and use the tray. Bobby and Daisy we
have had no such problems with and have taken to going outside instead of
the tray.

Any ideas

Rob

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Catherine - 18 Apr 2005 00:48 GMT

Why is it a problem for her to use an indoor litterbox? If she prefers to
do this, I'd simply provide her with an indoor box.

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Rob - 18 Apr 2005 08:11 GMT

> Why is it a problem for her to use an indoor litterbox? If she prefers to
> do this, I'd simply provide her with an indoor box.

We do still let her have the litter tray, but although she has got plenty of
toys she for some weird reason she feels the need to play in it some times,
hence flicking waste and litter on the floor. This is more of a problem as
my wife is pregnant, and therefore can't sort out the litter tray and any
flicked litter etc. I sometime have to work 23 hour shifts at work so it
would be better if we could get Cleo to stop using the tray.

Rob

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Catherine - 18 Apr 2005 08:44 GMT

Can you get a covered box that would prevent waste and litter from going
everywhere? Booda Domes or a large, deep, rectangular box might work well
for this.

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Candy Cane - 19 Apr 2005 05:08 GMT

>> Why is it a problem for her to use an indoor litterbox? If she prefers
>> to
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> tray and any flicked litter etc. I sometime have to work 23 hour shifts at
> work so it would be better if we could get Cleo to stop using the tray.

So you sometimes have to work a 23 hour shift. Cleaning up after a cat only
takes a few minutes, why don't you take this on? No doubt doing so, will
prepare you (in a small way) to being a responsible parent.

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Rob - 19 Apr 2005 08:05 GMT

>>> Why is it a problem for her to use an indoor litterbox? If she prefers
>>> to
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> only takes a few minutes, why don't you take this on? No doubt doing so,
> will prepare you (in a small way) to being a responsible parent.

I do clean up, but my point was, if there is any mess I clean it up when I
get in, normally at most 7-8 hours, but I have no problem clean up after a
23 hour shift, just that it isn't ideal for litter/waste to be hanging about
for that long if it was flicked out of the tray. Not being funny, but I
think that you may have taken my last post the wrong way. I am actually
quite a tidy/clean person so in some ways when we have children making mess/
running about the place I will probably have to lossen up a bit.

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Knucklehead - 18 Apr 2005 01:32 GMT

Put the tray outside.

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