Litter box situation! Need advice

[columbine]

Some people have had great success with Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract Litter. I myself haven't had occasion to try it, but it gets rave reviews.

Love, Columbine

[jennielynn1970]

I wish I knew the answer.... I have one older cat who refuses to use the litter box to poop in. REFUSES!!! I have 6 boxes and 4 kitties in the house as of now. He'll poop next to the box, but not in the box. Even does it when I'm right here staring at him. Loud clapping deters him, but only for a while.

I hope you can find something to help your kitties use the box.

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[sev116]

Thanks for the replies. We've considered getting something like the Catgenie, that is connected to the toilet and flushes it away immediately. It's pretty expensive though, but has anyone used it or had success with something like that?

Oh, and Nature's Miracle is a staple in this house with our 2 dogs and 3 inside cats =) We've used Feliway before to help calm them down when introducing our cats, but haven't tried it for the improper elimination. All good ideas. I don't love giving them meds, but I'm also not opposed to it if it doesn't hurt them and helps the problem!

[moosmom]

Meds, I've been told by my vet is a last resort. I tried meds on my cat Casey (RB 2001) that made him cranky and withdrawn. I finally had to rehome my other cat, Tucker, now known as Otto. Tucker was sabotaging Casey when he was in the litterbox and it made him quite nervous.

Thank you for not giving up on your cats. Establishing a pecking order can be difficult. I adopted Bad @$$ Buddy after his owner abandoned him. He had an issue with my other 4 cats and began peeing on my kitchen floor. After a vet visit, ruling out a UTI, the vet gave me Feliway. It worked wonders. That and making sure Buddy knew he was home for good helped the transition. His weight was low and he was bone thin. He's now a healthy, happy, muscular cat with his very own kitty, LuLu.

[Catty1]

Have the cats been checked for a bladder infection? Just wondering.

[sev116]

The cats have been checked out by a vet, definitely seems to be behavioral. :/ I know the story about one of them, Tigger - he was about 8 months old when he was found with his litter, and his poor little paws were chewed up because the kittens were so hungry =( They must have been neglected and confined, otherwise they would have been able to hunt for food. So I'm thinking that he was inside but just not cared for, and never had the pleasure of someone to scoop his litter box. He probably grew up just going the bathroom wherever he wanted or could.

The update is that, we talked more about it tonight, and he decided to purchase the Catgenie! Apparently they have an updated model from when he last looked a few years ago, and it seems a lot better than before. We will see how it goes! Hopefully, with a constantly cleaned and sanitized litter box (that is just about as big as a regular toilet), they will be happier and we can trust them to leave the bathroom! Then they will have more opportunities to roam and socialize! I will let you know how it goes.

Still welcome any other thoughts!! Thanks! I think we still may try to feliway again in the meantime..

[krazyaboutkatz]

Hi and welcome to PT. I've had to use Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract Litter before due to peeing issues and it worked right away for me. My vet recommended it and all I had to do was to put some of it on top of the litter that I was using at the time. You can either buy it online or at Petsmart. I guess they also make a Kitten Attract litter now too.

I now use Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat Ultra Litter which is unscented clumping litter and both I and my cats love it. I have both uncovered litter boxes and a few covered so that my cats have the choice to use the ones they prefer. I use the pet enzyme Simple Solution which you can buy at most pet stores. I scoop at least 2 times a day. I hope that you'll be able to solve this horrible problem once and for all. Here's an excellent link to help solve litter box problems: http://www.catinfo.org/?link=litterbox. Good luck.

[heidiv]

Some people have had great success with Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract Litter. I myself haven't had occasion to try it, but it gets rave reviews.

I had an issue with our little Chloe she was very ill...But the resolve was... I used unscented litter I have 1 litter box/cat + one extra(BIG RUBBERMAID Tote) used the Litter attract (They LOVE IT) Clean, Clean, Clean....But I would have them evaluated by a vet I thought it was behavioral but she was truely sick.... Sounds like you are doing a very good job on keeping an eye on the kitties!!

[Catlady711]

http://www.catinfo.org/?link=litterbox

All you ever wanted to know about litter boxes and cat preferrences.

I for one ended up having to sequester one of my cats to a separate room. Turns out that she simply just did not get along with the other cats. She's been by herself for over 10 months and has had 100% litter box use!!

I also give a rave for Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract litter!!

[sev116]

Well, we did get the CatGenie, and it is pretty awesome! It took the kitties a little while to start using it consistently, but they are now. So now they have a huge litter box for the 2 of them that is always clean and disinfected after every use.

However, we finally gave them some freedom into the bedroom, once they were being consistent with the new litterbox, and after a day, one of them peed on the bed =(