Hi. I am new to this forum. 
I found you guys on google and am hoping for some input. I am going to give the long version!! We adopted a male kitten from the animal shelter. He is roughly 12 weeks old and has all his claws. He was neutered on 10-13. We have had him just over two weeks. We did make some mistakes initially when we brought him home. We let him have run of the house and only put him in his bedroom (spare bedroom) at bedtime with his litterbox. The shelter said he was litter trained so we felt it was safe. Within a few days we found he wasn't using it. So, when we left the house or were unable to monitor him, we put him in his bedroom with the litter box and food and water on the other end of the room. This went on for about a week. He was using his litter box (and sometimes the lid that we removed) and seemed fine, but meowed just a little when we shut his door.
Over the weekend he was out all day and pooped on the living room floor. So, we have determined that we need to try and add another litter box on the main floor of the house. ANYWAY, now when he goes into the bedroom he totally freaks out and throws himself at the bedroom door meowing like crazy. This morning we discovered he bloodied his back claw from jumping at the door!! There is tiny spots of blood up the wall and on the door where he had jumped.
The vet has found no medical reason for not using the box. We did not discuss the issue of him wanting out of the bedroom, since it wasn't to the degree that it is now.
I am a new cat owner and honestly don't know what to do. He seems to be a free pooper (doesn't care to cover it with litter, so will poop/pee anywhere). Honestly, even if we are upstairs he will not go to his box -only if he is in his bedroom. Of course, he may hate that room now. We try to keep our closet doors closed (he likes to poop in the laundry and even in the middle of our bed) We have changed litter types twice, but have not tried a "fine" litter. I just read that they sometimes prefer that. We can't leave him out while we are gone if he won't use his box. We can't put him in the bedroom if he is going to hurt himself.
Please help -
I found you guys on google and am hoping for some input. I am going to give the long version!! We adopted a male kitten from the animal shelter. He is roughly 12 weeks old and has all his claws. He was neutered on 10-13. We have had him just over two weeks. We did make some mistakes initially when we brought him home. We let him have run of the house and only put him in his bedroom (spare bedroom) at bedtime with his litterbox. The shelter said he was litter trained so we felt it was safe. Within a few days we found he wasn't using it. So, when we left the house or were unable to monitor him, we put him in his bedroom with the litter box and food and water on the other end of the room. This went on for about a week. He was using his litter box (and sometimes the lid that we removed) and seemed fine, but meowed just a little when we shut his door.Over the weekend he was out all day and pooped on the living room floor. So, we have determined that we need to try and add another litter box on the main floor of the house. ANYWAY, now when he goes into the bedroom he totally freaks out and throws himself at the bedroom door meowing like crazy. This morning we discovered he bloodied his back claw from jumping at the door!! There is tiny spots of blood up the wall and on the door where he had jumped.
The vet has found no medical reason for not using the box. We did not discuss the issue of him wanting out of the bedroom, since it wasn't to the degree that it is now.
I am a new cat owner and honestly don't know what to do. He seems to be a free pooper (doesn't care to cover it with litter, so will poop/pee anywhere). Honestly, even if we are upstairs he will not go to his box -only if he is in his bedroom. Of course, he may hate that room now. We try to keep our closet doors closed (he likes to poop in the laundry and even in the middle of our bed) We have changed litter types twice, but have not tried a "fine" litter. I just read that they sometimes prefer that. We can't leave him out while we are gone if he won't use his box. We can't put him in the bedroom if he is going to hurt himself.
Please help -
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