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litter training a cat

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  • 26-08-2005 2:13pm
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    coversmonkey
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    has anyone any good advice for training a cat to use a litter tray. how should i go about it? does it take long for them to learn?


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Very simple really ...

    Gently put the cat into the tray, take its two front paws and make scratching movements, moving a bit of the kitty-litter while doing so.

    That'll make it pretty clear to the cat.

    If necessary repeat this excercise when the cat is about to go (somwhere else) ... pick it up and put it into the tray ...possibly without frightening it, though.

    Once the business has been done in the correct place, a little praise would be ok too :D


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    tk123
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    what peasant said is all you have to do. I was a bit sceptical that a kitten would understand but they do - i showed my cat this when i got him and he used the tray from then on..


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    Dave!
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    Yeah, just show them that it's a nice place to... deficate, lol. They naturally like to bury their business, so once they know that they can dig a hole in the litter bin better than your carpet, you should be set.


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    doctor evil
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    Thats pretty much it, you may want to keep the kitten and the litter tray closes by to help prevent accidents.

    tk123, I like your sig


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    adharc
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    one of our cats goes into ythe shower when he cant get to the litter tray and piddles in the shower plug and tries to rake over after!


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    coversmonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭coversmonkey


    i shall try that so...thanks guys


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    Goodshape
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    adharc wrote:
    one of our cats goes into ythe shower when he cant get to the litter tray and piddles in the shower plug and tries to rake over after!
    caught my cat doing this once (although in the bath, not the shower). Crafty bugger didn't spill a drop :) straight down the plug-hole it went.

    Fairly smart creatures when it comes to this sort of stuff it seems. I've had a few cats and only ever had to point them in the direction of the litter for them to know what to do. Aside from the odd case of doors being closed I never had a problem after that.


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    Grem
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    Try leave the litter tray in a room that doesnt have carpet (it can get messy!) like the kitchen if there's lino or tiles and have the cat sleep in there too.
    Our cat picked it up fairly fast, we just kept lifting her up when we thought she needed to go and putting her in it. If she jumped out we'd put her back in and within a week she would get in herself and do the business. Good luck!


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