litter box issues

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:55:51 GMT, "meee"
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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
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"meee" wrote in message
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I was just wondering if there is any way to train a cat to cover her
'deposits'? Most of my cats have great litterbox manners, but every so
often i would find one uncovered. I finally found the culprit yesterday;
Cougar!! She doesn't even sniff, just gets up and leaves. Any ideas???
It's rather unpleasant....


Most cats cover, but some cats don't. As far as I know, there is no way
to train a cat to cover her "deposits." Just keep a litter scoop by the
box and quickly scoop some litter over it (or remove it) when you notice.
Fortunately, the smell usually will dissipate quickly even if it doesn't
get covered (as the feces dries).

MaryL

Ok!! Thanks for that. I will just have to live with it!!

Or you could do what I did and toilet train your cat. Then you have no
litter and nothing to cover up.

RC

"Anna via CatKB.com" u18214@uwe wrote in message news:5dbefae37b8d0@uwe...
I was just wondering if there is any way to train a cat to cover her
'deposits'? Most of my cats have great litterbox manners, but every so
often
i would find one uncovered. I finally found the culprit yesterday;
Cougar!!
She doesn't even sniff, just gets up and leaves. Any ideas??? It's rather
unpleasant....

Sometimes they do this as a "warning" to the other cats, kind of a
territorial thing. If you have 5 others, that might be why. Not much
you
can do about it, just scoop it right away if you can. The other kitties
probably don't appreciate it just sitting there on top either.

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Ok, that could be why. She hasn't done it yet this week, so maybe she was
cranky that week....

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:55:51 GMT, "meee"
wrote:


"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
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"meee" wrote in message
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I was just wondering if there is any way to train a cat to cover her
'deposits'? Most of my cats have great litterbox manners, but every so
often i would find one uncovered. I finally found the culprit yesterday;
Cougar!! She doesn't even sniff, just gets up and leaves. Any ideas???
It's rather unpleasant....


Most cats cover, but some cats don't. As far as I know, there is no way
to train a cat to cover her "deposits." Just keep a litter scoop by the
box and quickly scoop some litter over it (or remove it) when you
notice.
Fortunately, the smell usually will dissipate quickly even if it doesn't
get covered (as the feces dries).

MaryL

Ok!! Thanks for that. I will just have to live with it!!

Or you could do what I did and toilet train your cat. Then you have no
litter and nothing to cover up.

RC



They are trying to rip off $99 toilet training kits here (Orstrayliar) ATM.
They are basically a plastic toilet seat with no hole, but a removable dish
for litter. Oh, and an instruction book and cd......WTF???

"meee" wrote

They are trying to rip off $99 toilet training kits here (Orstrayliar)
ATM.
They are basically a plastic toilet seat with no hole, but a removable
dish
for litter. Oh, and an instruction book and cd......WTF???



Have you at least tried taking her to the box and using her paws to
cover her mess? Very gently? It worked well for me. They want to
please you. Try it.

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:47:09 GMT, "meee"
wrote:


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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:55:51 GMT, "meee"
wrote:


"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
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"meee" wrote in message
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I was just wondering if there is any way to train a cat to cover her
'deposits'? Most of my cats have great litterbox manners, but every so
often i would find one uncovered. I finally found the culprit yesterday;
Cougar!! She doesn't even sniff, just gets up and leaves. Any ideas???
It's rather unpleasant....


Most cats cover, but some cats don't. As far as I know, there is no way
to train a cat to cover her "deposits." Just keep a litter scoop by the
box and quickly scoop some litter over it (or remove it) when you
notice.
Fortunately, the smell usually will dissipate quickly even if it doesn't
get covered (as the feces dries).

MaryL

Ok!! Thanks for that. I will just have to live with it!!

Or you could do what I did and toilet train your cat. Then you have no
litter and nothing to cover up.

RC



They are trying to rip off $99 toilet training kits here (Orstrayliar) ATM.
They are basically a plastic toilet seat with no hole, but a removable dish
for litter. Oh, and an instruction book and cd......WTF???

Yep. A waste of money. I toilet trained my kitten with supplies under
$10 total. And after a total of thirty dollars spent on litter, my
kitten is now litter free and I likely won't have to spend another
penny of litter not to mention the task of cleaning and changing the
litter.

Many of those plastic jobbers are too flimsy and poorly made.

RC

"cybercat" wrote in message
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"meee" wrote

They are trying to rip off $99 toilet training kits here (Orstrayliar)
ATM.
They are basically a plastic toilet seat with no hole, but a removable
dish
for litter. Oh, and an instruction book and cd......WTF???



Have you at least tried taking her to the box and using her paws to
cover her mess? Very gently? It worked well for me. They want to
please you. Try it.


Ok. Thanks, I will give it a go!! I am also going to put a litterbox inside
one of my cupboards that she usually hangs out in, just in case she needs
some privacy, and has been rushing the job.

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On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:47:09 GMT, "meee"
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:55:51 GMT, "meee"
wrote:


"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
news:Bx7Uf.62$C85.29@dukeread10...

"meee" wrote in message
...
I was just wondering if there is any way to train a cat to cover her
'deposits'? Most of my cats have great litterbox manners, but every so
often i would find one uncovered. I finally found the culprit
yesterday;
Cougar!! She doesn't even sniff, just gets up and leaves. Any ideas???
It's rather unpleasant....


Most cats cover, but some cats don't. As far as I know, there is no
way
to train a cat to cover her "deposits." Just keep a litter scoop by
the
box and quickly scoop some litter over it (or remove it) when you
notice.
Fortunately, the smell usually will dissipate quickly even if it
doesn't
get covered (as the feces dries).

MaryL

Ok!! Thanks for that. I will just have to live with it!!

Or you could do what I did and toilet train your cat. Then you have no
litter and nothing to cover up.

RC



They are trying to rip off $99 toilet training kits here (Orstrayliar)
ATM.
They are basically a plastic toilet seat with no hole, but a removable
dish
for litter. Oh, and an instruction book and cd......WTF???

Yep. A waste of money. I toilet trained my kitten with supplies under
$10 total. And after a total of thirty dollars spent on litter, my
kitten is now litter free and I likely won't have to spend another
penny of litter not to mention the task of cleaning and changing the
litter.

Many of those plastic jobbers are too flimsy and poorly made.

RC


Details please??? It's a great idea, pity it's taken this long to filter
down to Oz. Pity also that people are being greedy about it. It will be just
another gimmick that end up in people's closet. I would looove to train them
to do this, if it is at all possible.

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:23:34 GMT, "meee"
wrote:


Yep. A waste of money. I toilet trained my kitten with supplies under
$10 total. And after a total of thirty dollars spent on litter, my
kitten is now litter free and I likely won't have to spend another
penny of litter not to mention the task of cleaning and changing the
litter.

Many of those plastic jobbers are too flimsy and poorly made.

RC


Details please??? It's a great idea, pity it's taken this long to filter
down to Oz. Pity also that people are being greedy about it. It will be just
another gimmick that end up in people's closet. I would looove to train them
to do this, if it is at all possible.


I began by putting the litter box on the floor near the bathroom.
Every day I would raise the litter box another inch or two until it
was at the level of the toilet. Precious had no problem with this at
all. She just hopped right up on the toilet seat and did her business.
You can put a stool next to the toilet to facilitate the cat getting
up and not falling in the toilet if they lack agility.

After a couple weeks I purchased a Sitz Bath at a local drug store for
about ten dollars. I put it in the toilet and filled it with litter.
Precious had no problems with this either.

After about another week I made a hole in the Sitz Bath about the
diameter of a toilet roll tube and pushed an empty toilet roll holder
through the hole so that it extended a couple inches. I put litter in
the Sitz Bath as before. When Precious first got up she was very
curious about the hole and put her paw inside only to find it was wet.
This did not deter her from using the new litter box for her toilet
needs. I would give her a special treat whenever she used the toilet.

At night I would put her in a luxurious crate next to my bed and first
thing in the morning take her down to do her business. I did not want
to have any accidents at night.

Every week or so I would gradually enlarge the opening in the Sitz
Bath. When the opening got about six inches in diameter Precious was
unable to put her all her paws in the litter so she began to put her
from paws on the toilet seat to do her business.

I would flush the solid wastes down the toilet after Precious went #2.
She was fascinated by the water going down the toilet and would watch
as her feces disappeared.


When the opening got to the point where there was only a small rim of
litter Precious had to have all four paws on the toilet seat. I got
some of those no stick shower strips to prevent any slippage. She did
it like a champ.

Well she is now six months old and has been toilet trained a month.

Now all I have to do is teach her to flush the toilet:-) This should
not be a problem since she has occasionally done it for me when I am
on the toilet.

Yesterday while I was peeing in the toilet, Precious jumped up and
began peeing herself. If only I had a video of that.

I encourage anyone with a new kitten to consider toilet training. It
is much easier to train a kitten and I believe it is much healthier
for the cat especially for those who used silica based litter which
are harmful when inhaled or eaten. I used Feline Pine for the toilet
training as it is flushable and totally natural. It also has a
wonderful woodsy odor. I still have two bags of it left.

I am very happy with the fact that my Precious no longer has to put
her feet into disgusting feces and urine soaked litter and track it
all over the house not to mention ingest it when cleaning her paws.

She also does not have to inhale the dust from the litter.



When she gets too old to jump up on the toilet seat I will set up a
stool or some other system to help her do this.

RC

That is very interesting!!! As I have six cats, it might take me a bit
longer, and I doubt I will be able to get ex-stray Jasmine to do it, but
hopefully the kittens will be ok learning, and perhaps they might learn off
each other!! Thanks for that!!
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:23:34 GMT, "meee"
wrote:


Yep. A waste of money. I toilet trained my kitten with supplies under
$10 total. And after a total of thirty dollars spent on litter, my
kitten is now litter free and I likely won't have to spend another
penny of litter not to mention the task of cleaning and changing the
litter.

Many of those plastic jobbers are too flimsy and poorly made.

RC


Details please??? It's a great idea, pity it's taken this long to filter
down to Oz. Pity also that people are being greedy about it. It will be
just
another gimmick that end up in people's closet. I would looove to train
them
to do this, if it is at all possible.


I began by putting the litter box on the floor near the bathroom.
Every day I would raise the litter box another inch or two until it
was at the level of the toilet. Precious had no problem with this at
all. She just hopped right up on the toilet seat and did her business.
You can put a stool next to the toilet to facilitate the cat getting
up and not falling in the toilet if they lack agility.

After a couple weeks I purchased a Sitz Bath at a local drug store for
about ten dollars. I put it in the toilet and filled it with litter.
Precious had no problems with this either.

After about another week I made a hole in the Sitz Bath about the
diameter of a toilet roll tube and pushed an empty toilet roll holder
through the hole so that it extended a couple inches. I put litter in
the Sitz Bath as before. When Precious first got up she was very
curious about the hole and put her paw inside only to find it was wet.
This did not deter her from using the new litter box for her toilet
needs. I would give her a special treat whenever she used the toilet.

At night I would put her in a luxurious crate next to my bed and first
thing in the morning take her down to do her business. I did not want
to have any accidents at night.

Every week or so I would gradually enlarge the opening in the Sitz
Bath. When the opening got about six inches in diameter Precious was
unable to put her all her paws in the litter so she began to put her
from paws on the toilet seat to do her business.

I would flush the solid wastes down the toilet after Precious went #2.
She was fascinated by the water going down the toilet and would watch
as her feces disappeared.


When the opening got to the point where there was only a small rim of
litter Precious had to have all four paws on the toilet seat. I got
some of those no stick shower strips to prevent any slippage. She did
it like a champ.

Well she is now six months old and has been toilet trained a month.

Now all I have to do is teach her to flush the toilet:-) This should
not be a problem since she has occasionally done it for me when I am
on the toilet.

Yesterday while I was peeing in the toilet, Precious jumped up and
began peeing herself. If only I had a video of that.

I encourage anyone with a new kitten to consider toilet training. It
is much easier to train a kitten and I believe it is much healthier
for the cat especially for those who used silica based litter which
are harmful when inhaled or eaten. I used Feline Pine for the toilet
training as it is flushable and totally natural. It also has a
wonderful woodsy odor. I still have two bags of it left.

I am very happy with the fact that my Precious no longer has to put
her feet into disgusting feces and urine soaked litter and track it
all over the house not to mention ingest it when cleaning her paws.

She also does not have to inhale the dust from the litter.



When she gets too old to jump up on the toilet seat I will set up a
stool or some other system to help her do this.

RC

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:43:17 GMT, "meee"
wrote:

That is very interesting!!! As I have six cats, it might take me a bit
longer, and I doubt I will be able to get ex-stray Jasmine to do it, but
hopefully the kittens will be ok learning, and perhaps they might learn off
each other!! Thanks for that!!

Six cats? How old are they?

That is going to make it very difficult since unless you are closely
monitoring them you won't know who is going correctly and who is not
when they have an accident. Also often cats don't like to go right
after another cat has gone so you will have to be fastidious about
keeping the Sitz Bath clean.

Give them lots of praise and special treats when they go correctly in
the set-up.

I would suggest that you join the cat toilet training group at
Yahoogroups.com. They have a lot of experience in training multiple
cats.

Good luck.

RC



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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:23:34 GMT, "meee"
wrote:


Yep. A waste of money. I toilet trained my kitten with supplies under
$10 total. And after a total of thirty dollars spent on litter, my
kitten is now litter free and I likely won't have to spend another
penny of litter not to mention the task of cleaning and changing the
litter.

Many of those plastic jobbers are too flimsy and poorly made.

RC


Details please??? It's a great idea, pity it's taken this long to filter
down to Oz. Pity also that people are being greedy about it. It will be
just
another gimmick that end up in people's closet. I would looove to train
them
to do this, if it is at all possible.


I began by putting the litter box on the floor near the bathroom.
Every day I would raise the litter box another inch or two until it
was at the level of the toilet. Precious had no problem with this at
all. She just hopped right up on the toilet seat and did her business.
You can put a stool next to the toilet to facilitate the cat getting
up and not falling in the toilet if they lack agility.

After a couple weeks I purchased a Sitz Bath at a local drug store for
about ten dollars. I put it in the toilet and filled it with litter.
Precious had no problems with this either.

After about another week I made a hole in the Sitz Bath about the
diameter of a toilet roll tube and pushed an empty toilet roll holder
through the hole so that it extended a couple inches. I put litter in
the Sitz Bath as before. When Precious first got up she was very
curious about the hole and put her paw inside only to find it was wet.
This did not deter her from using the new litter box for her toilet
needs. I would give her a special treat whenever she used the toilet.

At night I would put her in a luxurious crate next to my bed and first
thing in the morning take her down to do her business. I did not want
to have any accidents at night.

Every week or so I would gradually enlarge the opening in the Sitz
Bath. When the opening got about six inches in diameter Precious was
unable to put her all her paws in the litter so she began to put her
from paws on the toilet seat to do her business.

I would flush the solid wastes down the toilet after Precious went #2.
She was fascinated by the water going down the toilet and would watch
as her feces disappeared.


When the opening got to the point where there was only a small rim of
litter Precious had to have all four paws on the toilet seat. I got
some of those no stick shower strips to prevent any slippage. She did
it like a champ.

Well she is now six months old and has been toilet trained a month.

Now all I have to do is teach her to flush the toilet:-) This should
not be a problem since she has occasionally done it for me when I am
on the toilet.

Yesterday while I was peeing in the toilet, Precious jumped up and
began peeing herself. If only I had a video of that.

I encourage anyone with a new kitten to consider toilet training. It
is much easier to train a kitten and I believe it is much healthier
for the cat especially for those who used silica based litter which
are harmful when inhaled or eaten. I used Feline Pine for the toilet
training as it is flushable and totally natural. It also has a
wonderful woodsy odor. I still have two bags of it left.

I am very happy with the fact that my Precious no longer has to put
her feet into disgusting feces and urine soaked litter and track it
all over the house not to mention ingest it when cleaning her paws.

She also does not have to inhale the dust from the litter.



When she gets too old to jump up on the toilet seat I will set up a
stool or some other system to help her do this.

RC