How to stop one cat from using the wrong litter box?

Stan, I apologize - I was mistaken. The general "rule" among cat owners
is to have one box per cat plus one. It works for me (although I find
odd poops from Tiger around the house. This is because he is long
haired and sometimes a poop sticks to the hair and drops off later-
called a "klingon").


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

But, it noticeably disturbs the older cat when the young cat uses the
older cat's litter box. *She's not OK with it. *Plus, I figure if they
each use their own box, then each box will not get as nasty so quick
and I can scoop them daily without fear of them ever getting full.
With two cats firing away it would get filled twice as fast and be
twice as nasty. *Just my opinions; I don't really disagree with what
you said either :-)

I can understand why the older cat might not like the younger cat to
use 'her' box. I have a similar situation at our home. Adding another
box will give the older cat an alternate place to go if the younger
cat has used the box.

On Feb 9, 9:38*am, "Rene S." wrote:
But, it noticeably disturbs the older cat when the young cat uses the
older cat's litter box. *She's not OK with it. *Plus, I figure if they
each use their own box, then each box will not get as nasty so quick
and I can scoop them daily without fear of them ever getting full.
With two cats firing away it would get filled twice as fast and be
twice as nasty. *Just my opinions; I don't really disagree with what
you said either :-)

I can understand why the older cat might not like the younger cat to
use 'her' box. I have a similar situation at our home. Adding another
box will give the older cat an alternate place to go if the younger
cat has used the box.

Wouldn't it also, though, be another place for the younger cat to go?
The older one seems fixed in her routine, so I doubt she'd venture off
to a 'new' box.

I also understand/but not really - the point about 3 boxes for 2
cats. On one side, people are saying it's OK for cats to share boxes
and I shouldn't designate one box per cat. So then wouldn't 2 boxes
for 2 cats be OK? Others are saying one box for pee and one for
poop. Again, wouldn't two boxes cover that?

I'm not arguing, you obviously have a system and it works. But I too
wonder how much "space" we are realistically able to have boxes for.
We have 2 bathrooms upstairs, and 1 box in each. I don't know where a
third box could be put and not be 'in the way'. I've also not seen a
problem with cats not wanting to pee and poop in the same box as long
as it's well kept. Again, not arguing, as you have a working
system. But I'd like others to chime in on this. Is it totally
COMMON to have 3 boxes for 2 cats? Or is this a 'luxury' that a
handful of people have?

Just wondering, as this really is the first I've ever heard of the
third box idea; if that is true than I think I will insist to my wife
that I also receive an extra toilet :-)
T