How do I get a kitten to use the litter box? :)

Turkish · Apr 7, 2004

Again, I am considering getting a cat, but this is for my friend who just got one

The kitten is 8 weeks old and she just got it

She lives in a 1 bedroom apartment, and we were wondering how she can get her to use the litter box? Please hit your "Back" button if you are a cat hater.

Thanks

Shelly21 · Apr 7, 2004

Do what I do, during the first week, lock the kitten in the bathroom with the box.... works everytime.

Don't forget to close the toilet lid.

spidey07 · Apr 7, 2004

put the kitten in the box (make sure it is low enough to the ground that they can step in it.

take kittens paws and move them around to simulate digging. If you want to try to get them to go then wipe their little hiny with a warm towel/cloth (simulates mother licking them)

Aves · Apr 7, 2004

http://www.healthypet.com/Library/pet_behavior-5.html

http://www.healthypet.com/Library/pet_behavior-6.html

Litter box training is pretty easy since it's in a cat's nature to use one. What will be tougher is keeping them from scratching up all of your stuff which is also in their nature.

Jeff7181 · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: spidey07
put the kitten in the box (make sure it is low enough to the ground that they can step in it.

take kittens paws and move them around to simulate digging. If you want to try to get them to go then wipe their little hiny with a warm towel/cloth (simulates mother licking them)

Exactly.

Lola · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: spidey07
put the kitten in the box (make sure it is low enough to the ground that they can step in it.

take kittens paws and move them around to simulate digging. If you want to try to get them to go then wipe their little hiny with a warm towel/cloth (simulates mother licking them)

LOL! yep, thats how. if you have the time, put them in the litter box several times an hour.

teckmaster · Apr 7, 2004

when I got my kittens they were 6 weeks old and I put the litter box down and they just went to it and did their business. Didn't have to train them at all

notfred · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: teckmaster
when I got my kittens they were 6 weeks old and I put the litter box down and they just went to it and did their business. Didn't have to train them at all

Yeah, that works most of the time.

spidey07 · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: teckmaster
when I got my kittens they were 6 weeks old and I put the litter box down and they just went to it and did their business. Didn't have to train them at all

Click to expand...

Yeah, that works most of the time.

they don't need much encouragement. They just need to know where it is.

<---love my three cats.

Mayfriday0529 · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: teckmaster
when I got my kittens they were 6 weeks old and I put the litter box down and they just went to it and did their business. Didn't have to train them at all

Same here no training, the natural sense just told them where to go, they look to dig and stuff so they found it.

Don Vito Corleone · Apr 7, 2004

I think in general, if a cat has spent sufficient time with its mother, it won't need any training at all. I have owned or lived with at least 6 different cats, and none has required any training whatsoever. Be sure to play with it a lot if you want a big, strapping athlete like Vito (see my sig)!

ecklipZ · Apr 7, 2004

Is it possible to train little dogs to use the litter box? You know, the little ones that are as big as cats.

Aves · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: ecklipZ
Is it possible to train little dogs to use the litter box? You know, the little ones that are as big as cats.

http://www.kturby.com/litter/litter.htm

TwinkleToes77 · Apr 7, 2004

I just walked both of my cats to the room where we were keeping the litter box and put them inside it.. and they took over from there.. Easiest potty training eva!

ggavinmoss · Apr 7, 2004

I've heard you should demonstrate it for the kitten -- show them how to do it. It's embarassing yet effective.

-geoff

dabuddha · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
I've heard you should demonstrate it for the kitten -- show them how to do it. It's embarassing yet effective.

-geoff

pics?

SagaLore · Apr 7, 2004

When my wife brought home our kitten, I just setup the litterbox and after about ten minutes I just set her in it and she squated. Since then no problems.

Although there was a time when she started going in our houseplants because of the dirt, so we did have to lock the cat in the bathroom for a few days with the litterbox as mentioned above, and also put cayenne pepper on the mulch in the potted plants. Her urine/poop managed to kill a grapefruit tree I had been growing for about 5 years.

PingSpike · Apr 7, 2004

I just showed our 7 week old kitten where it was a few times. She's never gone anywhere else and we've had her a year now. Cats instinctively want to bury their waste, so you don't actually have to train them to do anything.

Hey Vito, thats a nice cat. He looks huge.

GasX · Apr 7, 2004

All my cats have come hardwired for litter boxes.

Yossarian · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: SagaLore
When my wife brought home our kitten, I just setup the litterbox and after about ten minutes I just set her in it and she squated. Since then no problems.

you set your wife in it?

bleeb · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: aves2k
http://www.healthypet.com/Library/pet_behavior-5.html

http://www.healthypet.com/Library/pet_behavior-6.html

Litter box training is pretty easy since it's in a cat's nature to use one. What will be tougher is keeping them from scratching up all of your stuff which is also in their nature.

declaw that shiznit... I KNOW I KNOW it may be inhumane, but whats MORE inhumane is when the owner KICKS THE CAT FOR SCRATCHING UP ALL HIS SHIZNIT.

StageLeft · Apr 7, 2004

If your cat isn't already using one it's probably stupid!!

Aves · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: Skoorb
If your cat isn't already using one it's probably stupid!!

ROTFL! Probably so.

Don Vito Corleone · Apr 7, 2004

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Hey Vito, thats a nice cat. He looks huge.

Thanks!

He is indeed pretty beastly in size (I am 6'4") - he's the biggest cat I have ever seen.

FlashG · Apr 7, 2004

How do you get an older Cat (3 yrs) to start reusing the litter box again? We have 2 cats and the younger one, who is litter trained, started regressing to other duty locations.

She is a good cat and they have separate boxes that are kept cleaned. But for some reason she started going #2 on the hall floor. She also started preferring to go outside in the small flower garden around the pool.

Do I need to get her a kitty shrink?

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