Because urination is painful, your cat may start to associate the litter box with pain and eliminate
outside of the litter box in search of relief.
Many older cats have trouble or experience pain when attempting to get in or
out of a litter box with high sides.
Your veterinarian should be your first stop whenever there is any
kind of litter box problem.
Taking care
of litter boxes for multiple cats isn't that different from managing a single cat's litter box.
The
size of the litter box makes a difference, and could be a leading factor in why your cat is refusing to use it.
Try filling a couple
of litter boxes with different types of litter and observe what your cat chooses.
Your pet may have difficulty walking up and down stairs, climbing over the
edge of the litter box or jumping into the car.
The next time you're in a pet store, take a look around — you'll be amazed at the
variety of litter box choices you have available.
Your cat simply doesn't like the
style of litter box you have chosen — try something that offers more privacy or a larger litter box.
With all the
choices of litter boxes available to pick from, there will be at least one which should suit your cat well.
In the case
of litter box issues or if there's any tension between cats then the rule changes to having one more box than you have cats.
This way, a cat won't decide to go to the bathroom outside
of a litter box if it sees a box is already occupied.
Speaking of litter boxes, many hamsters will use a litter box in the corner of their cage, and special tiny litter boxes just for hamsters are available.
Even if the memory of the punishment has faded they may still associate the sights and
smells of the litter box with an uneasy feeling.
As you can see,
features of litter boxes vary widely and are often targeted towards certain problems that cat owners and their pets might face.
Some cats will never get used to this type
of litter box while others will take to it with no problem.
This particular
model of litter box does not come with the privacy hood that is included with the «ultra» version.
We have listed several situations that you may find that this type
of litter box works really well.
Another important
aspect of litter box appeal has to do with something that isn't even on the radar screens of most cat parents... safety.
In a perfect world, each litter box is in a separate place, because to a cat, a
row of litter boxes just equals one giant litter box.
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