My cousin and I were discussing our cats tonight and I was telling her how I get annoyed with my two boys still chewing on my blinds from time to time which leave little teeth marks on them. She was telling me how she is having trouble with her one cat going outside the litter box. <knocking on wood> I will take my little guys chewing on the blinds from time to time (10 months old) over a cat urinating outside the litter box. Other than the day they came home from getting neutered when I caught one of them pooping on the carpet, they have never once urinated or pooped outside the litter box. As much as I get frustrated with the chewing and their wild cat (or still kitten) behavior, I can only stop to think how thankful I am that they use their box each and every time!!!!! I've had a cat in the past who didn't care for the litter box and man talk about ANNOYING and FRUSTRATING! Now I can only hope that the chewing phase will soon subside.