This issue is kind of split between Behaviour and Care & Grooming, so I posted it here.
A couple of months ago I switched Dori over to a covered litter box. She took to it right away. I started noticing though, that she was standing at the very back of the box to urinate and it would run down the wall of the box and collect in the edges where the top of the box attached to the lower section. I didn't notice it right away, but it began to get quite smelly. For a couple of weeks I just cleaned it all out each day, but that soon became tiresome so I bought her a new box that was identical to the one we used before the covered box, thinking she would quit going at the edge of the box. It was never a problem before the covered box.
She is still standing at the edge of the box to go, so some of the urine is landing right on the edge of the box causing it to trickle down the back and run down onto the carpet. This box is a large size for her, but she keeps wanting to stand on the edge...
Any ideas on what I can do to encourage her not to stand on the edge of the box? Is that even possible? I have put some puppy pads down under her box to protect the carpet for now.
A couple of months ago I switched Dori over to a covered litter box. She took to it right away. I started noticing though, that she was standing at the very back of the box to urinate and it would run down the wall of the box and collect in the edges where the top of the box attached to the lower section. I didn't notice it right away, but it began to get quite smelly. For a couple of weeks I just cleaned it all out each day, but that soon became tiresome so I bought her a new box that was identical to the one we used before the covered box, thinking she would quit going at the edge of the box. It was never a problem before the covered box.
She is still standing at the edge of the box to go, so some of the urine is landing right on the edge of the box causing it to trickle down the back and run down onto the carpet. This box is a large size for her, but she keeps wanting to stand on the edge...
Any ideas on what I can do to encourage her not to stand on the edge of the box? Is that even possible? I have put some puppy pads down under her box to protect the carpet for now.