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Litter Box Problems Due to litter box problems shelters and pounds are overly crowded with cats. It is the number one reason why there are so many homeless kitties, and why people decide to cast their cats to the outside world. Many people who have multi-cat homes, including myself have had litter problems with our cats. After all the more cats you have the more likely you might experience problems of various natures. Most cats prefer to relieve themselves in a loose grainy substance like dirt or sand, this is why cats quickly learn to use the litter box. All they need is to be shown the litter box, and that’s it. But when your cat’s preferences include the bed, the laundry basket, or the Persian rug, than that becomes a major problem. I have one kitty who after many, many years of using the litter box, decided that he wanted to eliminate in the upstairs bedroom. When my newest cat was a kitten, he preferred the corners of my living room and behind my television. Both problems were easily solved. By taking a closer look at your cat’s environment you should be able to easily identify the factors that contribute to the litter problems. Once identified, you will be able to make changes that will encourage your cat to use the litter box again. Solving Litter Box ProblemsAversion to the Litter BoxSurface Preference Location Preferences Preventing Litter Box ProblemsLitter Training?I have often seen ads in newspapers about “free kitten to good home, kitten has been litter trained”. There really is no such thing as litter training a cat in the way you would house train a dog. A cat does not need to be taught how to use the litter box, it is an innate ability, something that is taught by Mother Nature. What you need to do is to provide an adequate assessable litter box using the suggestions below. Cat SprayingIt is easy to confuse cat spraying with urinating, but behaviorally they are very different.What is Cat Spraying? How to Stop Cat Spraying Go from Litter Box Problems to Home Page
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