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The first thing to do when training your kitty to use a litterbox is to have many many boxes available. I'd suggest using those disposable aluminum baking pans during your training period -- they're easy enough to get rid of when you no longer need them!
Place multiple litterboxes through the house. One in each room, if you have to. Make sure the boxes are easily accessible for your cat or kitten. Every day, move the litterboxes a few inches towards the spot you have picked to be the permanent litterbox spot. Slowly remove the excess boxes until only a few remain. And keep in mind that you may need more than one litterbox if you have more than one cat!
During the training period, you will need to be vigilant and consistent. Keep an eye on your cat, especially if he heads for a spot where he has had an "accident" before. It's much better to stop him before he wets again than to clean up a new mess. Adding strange objects to the area -- like balloons -- can help deter your not-quite-potty-trained cat.
Clean up any accident areas with an enzyme-based cleaner, like Nature's Miracle. This will help eliminate all traces of scent left behind, so your cat won't feel the need to try and cover it. Though if your cat keeps picking the same spot for his accidents, you may want to think about putting a litterbox there. If it's a room where you don't want a litterbox, block access to the room! A closed door can work wonders for keeping a room accident-free.
Above all, remember to be patient! Most kittens will outgrow that awkward "potty accident" stage and become litterbox professionals.
If your cat was using the litterbox and has suddenly stopped, look for what has changed.
The kitten has started frequently urinating on anything that is a box, basket, or storage like object. This includes the sofa, washing, ironing, food boxes, handbags, and blankets if they are folded a curtain way.
We thought when get got her we just needed to toilet train her which we spent months trying with no improvement just an increase in the behaviour. We then took her to the vet to see if it was a physical problem only to be told her bladder was fine, it was behavioural and not an uncommon cat problem.
I am also 4 months pregnant and with a sickness condition that is aggravated by this behaviour (resulting in myself being hospitalised). I will not risk my own health, that of my unborn child, and the other cat's health due to a kitten's bad behaviour. Is it better that she be re-homed by an experienced cat owner who has encountered the behaviour and knows how best to manage it?
We re-homed Marley from a tiny kitten when she was flea ridden and in poor health so we are pleased, if nothing else, to have given her a life and a chance to live in our home. We are sad to have come to this, but as stated above, the risk and damage to my home and health is something we can no longer manage. Our other cat has stopped eating and won't come in the house until the smell has gone and I'm worried she is going to run off.
If any one has any last ideas or advise please please help!
By Kymberz
By Lizzyanny
01/05/2012
Cats can have a condition called cystitis. It is an inflamation if the bladder as opposed to a bladder infection. The both cause the same problem...inappropriate urination. It is easy to diagnose a bladder infection (bacteria), but very difficult to diagnose cystitis(no bacteria). Cystitis is very painful but can be cured.
Cystitis is possibly what is troubling your cat. It also may be that she is marking, and spaying her may change that. It often does, but there are no guarantees. Some cats do continue to spray inappropriately. Those kitties need to be outside cats or barn cats.
However you sound like you don't have much patience left for this kitty. And patience is what it is going to take. You might want to have her spayed before you re-home her, to give her a better chance somewhere else. Otherwise I agree with Deeli... Try to find a no-kill shelter for her.
Why does my five-week-old litter of kittens (mom and kittens are kept in my bathroom) sometimes pee on the floor and sometimes in their litterbox?
By Julie E.
By K9cats
09/09/2011
Hello,
Can they climb in the box? Sometime the box is to high for them to get over. I worked for a Veterinarian for over 27 years and we always used a smaller box to train them. Good luck.
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