Hey, Mary, maybe you could offer to keep the litterbox in your bedroom. Do you know that my 10 year old daughter has one in her room? And my cats both go outside, but prefer to spend most of their time indoors. Helen takes responsibility for keeping the box clean. My cats rarely use it, but it is nice that they each have a place they can "go" if necessary. One is in my bathroom, and the other in Helen's room. Maybe if you offered to keep it clean (and that's not hard with a "pooper scooper", your mom would give in. Maybe you should share some of our responses with her.

I think Leah is right, and I know you agree, that Boogie would be much better off inside most of the time, if not all of the time. My cats go outdoors because that's what they like, but I am lucky and they hang out pretty close to our house all the time.

Good luck...maybe you and Boogie can prove to your mom that it would be much better with a litter box inside. I'll bet he would rarely even use it. But it is nice to know he would have a place to go besides the carpet or floor! You know how it is...when you gotta go, you gotta go!

Hope it all works out, Mary.

Logan, Butter, and Mimi