Cats using the house as a toilet :(

katepnlo

peeing in kitchen

Sagz_2

Get the litter tray back quick!

For whatever reason the kittens are not happy to toilet outside, they are still only young after all, so you have to give them somewhere to 'go' inside. If you get the litter tray back at least you can stop scrubbing and clearing up all over the place which should make things more manageable for you.

One of my own cats started peeing inside last week so i've got the litter tray back for a while. We have a new cat in the area that is strutting his stuff and I think my little old lady cat is frightened of peeing outside. Hopefully things will settle down soon and I'll try taking the litter tray away again - but it's not the end of the world if I have to keep the tray, it's just part of owning pets.

tosker

why is the current situation more bearable than having a couple of litter trays indoors? they are only youngsters, and shutting them in at any time without providing a litter tray is asking for trouble - and telling them off is not going to work, as they do not know they have done anything wrong

during the winter months the ground is often very wet or frozen solid, and most cats will look for alternative places to wee and poop

try putting down a couple of covered litter trays, clean them out at least once a day, and hope they use them

cjmumto2

Ditto I would put a littler tray back and I also thought Bleach attracts cats or atleast I read that many years ago. There may be a new tomcat in town which scares them so indoors feels safer.

My cat is 7 months and she will play in the garden then come in to use the litter tray so there is no way I am taking it away just yet.

picklepick

Get the litter tray back pronto.

Dont use bleach to clean up. It contains ammonia which smells like cat wee to them, so it'll smell like the right place to go. Even if it smells clean to you. Instead use a solution of water and biological washing powder. The enzymes in it break down the ammonia in the wee and the smell will go.

MiniMoo

I would definitely suggest getting the littertray back, my cat does her business in the woods near to our house but i still leave her litter tray out as shes in all night, and sometimes i have to pee in the night so expect sometimes shes gonna get caught short, you may find that as it gets warmer they will start using outside again more often.

Moo x

Energize

picklepick wrote: »

Get the litter tray back pronto.

Dont use bleach to clean up. It contains ammonia which smells like cat wee to them, so it'll smell like the right place to go. Even if it smells clean to you. Instead use a solution of water and biological washing powder. The enzymes in it break down the ammonia in the wee and the smell will go.

Bleach is sodium hypochlorite, it does not contain ammonia so you don't need to worry about that.

picklepick

Ah right, i stand corrected. It still doesnt get rid of the cat pee smell to them anyway. So still dont use it to clean up.

@Cat

Defo bring the tray back in x

pinkcandyflossprincess

as a side note- thanks to you lot I now know why my female kitten is obessed with the bleach bucket. I have replaced all my cleaning products today - thankfully my two kittens havent been weeing outside tray but dont want them starting!:T

digitalphase

Get the litter tray back for indoors.

Also make sure you clean any area that they have fouled with something like Simple Solutions which I have found to be excellent stuff. You can buy it at Pets at Home. It has enzymes in it to break down the ammonia, so they aren't attracted to wee/poop there again.
Bio washing powder is also recommended but haven't had any success with that myself, and you'd have to be careful what areas you use it on.

Don't use bleach around cats, I don't think that can be good for them. If they walk in it then lick their paws it could upset their tummies.