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Hello all!!
I am new to this site so I hope I'm doing this right!! ha
I have a fairly new kitty his name is Milo and I adopted him from the Humane Society at the beginning of Dec. Hes about 7 months old now. First let me note that this humane society does not adopt out ANY cats or kittens that aren't litter box trained.
Well anyways... I have had him for a couple months now, and when I very first got him I put his food, water and litter box in the bathroom (this only lasted 2 days, but I just wanted him to get used to the littler box here) well... I let him out and slowly started moving his litter box towards the basement, where it would be kept permanently. He had one accident and went potty on the toilet rug... I understood he was probably just confused because this is the room where he was going potty for the first couple days.... well... that only happened once, no biggy!
So his litter box is down stairs now and I clean it every day or at the very most every other day. He uses it well, theres always potty and poop in there. I had a small rug by my back door that was the same material as the one that is by my toilet and i caught him a few times starting to dig, like he was about to go potty on it, but i stopped him and he went downstairs... so to prevent it from happening when i wasn't there i just took the rug up and put it away. I also have a small rug by my front door, (different material) and it was getting dirty due to muddy shoes so i washed it and put it back out.... HE POTTIED ON IT!!! So i showed him that was bad, and that wasn't where he should go and i washed it again and put it back....HE DID IT AGAIN!!! I once more showed him this was wrong and tried one more time... washed it and put it back out! HE DID IT AGAIN!!! So finally i just washed it and haven't put it back down... so thinking this would solve the problem. Today was the worst!! I had done many loads of laundry but didn't have time to put them away yet, so i placed them on a guest bed... well today when i went to go fold it, I come to find HE HAD POTTIED ON MY CLEAN CLOTHES ON THE BED!!! URGH!!! SO i showed him this was VERY NAUGHTY and put him in the room with his litter box for a time out! (ha, its hard being a parent of something so cute, its hard to stay firm) so now i have to rewash the whole bed, and clothes....
Why is he doing this.... I know hes still using his litter box because, theres ALWAYS both potty and poop in it!! SO why these random acts??? ANYONE PLEASE HELP!!! Have you dealt with this, or how do i fix it???
Thanks Much!!!
Mighty Lil Milo
I am new to this site so I hope I'm doing this right!! ha
I have a fairly new kitty his name is Milo and I adopted him from the Humane Society at the beginning of Dec. Hes about 7 months old now. First let me note that this humane society does not adopt out ANY cats or kittens that aren't litter box trained.
Well anyways... I have had him for a couple months now, and when I very first got him I put his food, water and litter box in the bathroom (this only lasted 2 days, but I just wanted him to get used to the littler box here) well... I let him out and slowly started moving his litter box towards the basement, where it would be kept permanently. He had one accident and went potty on the toilet rug... I understood he was probably just confused because this is the room where he was going potty for the first couple days.... well... that only happened once, no biggy!
So his litter box is down stairs now and I clean it every day or at the very most every other day. He uses it well, theres always potty and poop in there. I had a small rug by my back door that was the same material as the one that is by my toilet and i caught him a few times starting to dig, like he was about to go potty on it, but i stopped him and he went downstairs... so to prevent it from happening when i wasn't there i just took the rug up and put it away. I also have a small rug by my front door, (different material) and it was getting dirty due to muddy shoes so i washed it and put it back out.... HE POTTIED ON IT!!! So i showed him that was bad, and that wasn't where he should go and i washed it again and put it back....HE DID IT AGAIN!!! I once more showed him this was wrong and tried one more time... washed it and put it back out! HE DID IT AGAIN!!! So finally i just washed it and haven't put it back down... so thinking this would solve the problem. Today was the worst!! I had done many loads of laundry but didn't have time to put them away yet, so i placed them on a guest bed... well today when i went to go fold it, I come to find HE HAD POTTIED ON MY CLEAN CLOTHES ON THE BED!!! URGH!!! SO i showed him this was VERY NAUGHTY and put him in the room with his litter box for a time out! (ha, its hard being a parent of something so cute, its hard to stay firm) so now i have to rewash the whole bed, and clothes....
Why is he doing this.... I know hes still using his litter box because, theres ALWAYS both potty and poop in it!! SO why these random acts??? ANYONE PLEASE HELP!!! Have you dealt with this, or how do i fix it???
Thanks Much!!!
Mighty Lil Milo