Getting rid of the litter tray

melvis

Our two youngest were neutered a month ago, the oldest had already been neutered a few years back. Once they were fit and well, stitches removed and given the ok by the vet we decided it was time to get fade out litter tray use.

We started by letting them out in the garden, which after a couple of days they started to enjoy. We then moved the litter tray to just outside the back door so they could get used to 'going' outside. The two oldest cats are fine with this, have given up on the litter tray and therefore going to the loo elsewhere. The youngest refuses to go to the loo outside the house, only til yesterday I didn't realise how much! We'd found 2 poos shortly after introducing the outside world but nothing since.

Yesterday I caught her squating over the kitchen sink having a wee! Initially I was in a state of shock and my OH picked her up, told her off and put her outside. Later, I found it quite amusing but obviously it can't continue! Then this morning (about 6am) she pooed on our bed.

The back kitchen window is constantly open so they permenantly have access in and out and are never locked in or out of the house.

Has anyone any tips to prevent her going to the loo in the house?

Thanks, Mel

wornoutmumoftwo

She may just need a little more time then the older cats, mine is 14 now but thinking back I used to put a little mud on the litter tray, then a bit more the next day so that he got used to the texture.

I didn't really have a problem with him going outside but he does prefer a nicely dug over garden.

Best of luck.

mattogier

Try this...

http://www.karawynn.net/mishacat/toilet.html

Cheers

Matt

melvis

Thanks, I may try the mud idea!

I was wondering why the dog wasn't laying on his bed, one quick sniff and yep, she's wee'd on there too! So I'm cleaning both lots of bedding now (his and ours). We're only letting her in the kitchen unsupervised, all other doors are closed if no ones in the room so at least we can narrow down the messy areas!

pollyanna24

We had this for a little while and when I asked for a solution on here, the answer I got was to keep a litter tray. Not helpful, as one, it smelt, and two, the dog would eat the contents (nice huh).

Our cat used to wee on our lodgers' beds and on the dog's bed. Never on our bed as she sleeps on it (clever thing, huh?). Now she doesn't wee on the lodgers' beds as they lock her out of their rooms and she seems to have stopped on the dog's bed as she prefers to sleep in it herself now (the dog has been demoted to the rug).

We persisted with no tray, but I would suggest the mud idea and to limit where in the house she is allowed to go. And make sure you don't leave anything tempting on the floor for her to go on.

SkintMonkey

My friend had a similar problem and in the end the only thing that seem to resolve it and relax the cat was by putting the cat litter tray (come rain or shine) outside the back door and make sure the cat saw it was there. The cat only needs to go out the flap and it's right there and she's finally got the hang of it (it's covered so not to bad if the weather is bad) and she has actually been spotted a couple of times doing a poo in the garden, which is progress!

spirit

Cats will never wee/poo near their food so you could try putting a bowl of dried cat food where you don't want the cat to go......

melvis

Just thought I'd update!

Since my last post on 24 April there has been NO weeing in the house of any kind! Exactly a month since the last mess!

The litter tray is well and truly gone. Suki goes of somewhere out of the garden to do her business. Barley is using the fire pit as a litter tray :rolleyes: and Jager wees and poos in the garden with the dog