Purchase a covered litter box and keep it clean (cats don't like
using dirty litter boxes) and make sure your kids know this is not a play area.
Cats do not like
using dirty litter boxes, so you should clean it every time your kitten relieves himself in it.
Using a dirty litter box is, at best, uncomfortable for them, and at worst, will cause them to eliminate outside the box.
When cats
use a dirty litter box these germs contaminate the cat's paws and this means every time the cat cleans itself those germs will go to the cat's intestine.
It's pretty gross, and that's how your cat feels every time she has to
use her dirty litter box.
Most cats will avoid
using a dirty litter box in favor of a cleaner place.
Cats are very clean animals and may refuse to
use a dirty litter box, so it's imperative that you scoop the litter boxes every single day and change out the litter as often as needed to reduce the smell.
Bunnies are clean and fastidious animals and they will not want to
use dirty litter boxes.
Not exact matches
There are many reasons a cat may refuse to
use a
litter box, a
dirty box is a major one.
Dirty litter boxes are the number one cause cat's stop
using them.
Your cat may not be
using its
litter box if the
litter box is
dirty, crowded, difficult to enter, or if your cat has made negative associations with the
litter box.
Provide a clean and fresh
litter box as any cat is bound to start refusing to
use a
dirty, smelly one.
Scoop the
litter box every day — a
dirty box is the primary cause of cats refusing to
use their
litter box.
Other cats will stop
using the
litter box if it gets too
dirty (it should be scooped at least once a day).
A cat that
uses constantly a
dirty litter box is an unhappy cat.
A
dirty box is one of the biggest reasons why cats stop
using the
litter box.
Cats don't appreciate
dirty litter boxes and they will hold in the urine before
using it.
This is also important because if the device gets clean and ready fast, it's more likely to be accepted and
use by several cats because most cats don't like
dirty litter boxes, especially with waste created from another cat.
Let the current cat
litter box get
dirty and do not scoop it... this will encourage your cat to
use the clean automatic
litter box.
It could be as simple as the
box is too
dirty and needs to be emptied more often, or it could be more complicated if the cat has started to associate the
litter box with a negative experience like being frightened by a loud noise while
using the
box.
If your cats are in a relocation cage it is easier to swap out a clean
litter box for a
dirty litter box and then clean out the
dirty litter box for
use the next day.
Actually, keeping the
litter box dirty is one of the main reasons why cats stop
using the
litter box.
This means the
litter box will be
dirty most of the time when 2 cats or more
use it.
With more than one cat you will need to set the cleaning cycle with 10 minutes delay so each cat can go to do its business in a clean
litter box or 30 minutes delay if they can
use it
dirty.
Cats tend to avoid things that they associate with a negative experience — if the
litter box is
dirty or something startles the cat while
using it, he will most likely avoid that
box in the future.
But not
using the
litter box often is traced to nothing more than a
dirty litter box.
If the
litter box is located in another cat's territory or in a noisy or a busy location, or if it is
dirty, the cat will be less willing to
use it.
At this point your cat might start
using the new unit, if not, try to keep the old
litter box dirty.
If you have multiple cats and one of them is
using the
Litter Robot and the others aren't, leave the old litter box
Litter Robot and the others aren't, leave the old
litter box
litter box dirty.