I have had dogs my entire life, with my recent move in a small apartment I decided it was time for a kitten! I rescued one from the humane society, he was found as an abandoned orphan. I took him to the vet got him all the shots he needed, neutered him, and took care a nasty case of conjunctivitis that he had. This cost about $350, which just made me chuckle because I had spent that much on my pup in the last 4 years. But I didnt mind, he is such a sweet little guy and want to give him a good home. Now to the problems
1) He wont use the litter box, well use it regularly. When he first came home he was using the litter box just fine, he would have an accident here or there but I chalked that up to being a new kitten. I made a HUGE mistake, after about a month, I got him a new litter box, a bigger one with a hood. (First time cat owner cut me a break :/ ) How do I make him use the litter box again, ive tried everything. Obviously, i removed the new litter box and brought the old one back, that didnt work. I made sure the box was super clean, cleaning it multiple times a day. I would take him there multiple times a day especially after eating, and scratch his paw in the litter. It is in a nice quiet place with no kids, loud noises, or other animals. Ive tried switching his litter and ive tried pellets because thats what they used at the humane society, same result. He will use is sometimes..he will pee in it but poop all over the house for a couple of weeks, then sometimes he will poop in it but not pee, despite i clean it basically right after use. he also pees in bed, like he will just be laying in bed and pee the bee and himself. and another weird thing, he eats the litter. im using tidycat small spaces. when i place him in the litter box he will eat the little, not eat poop like dogs sometimes do, but eat his little ive never heard of that..and speaking of diet. He will not eat dry food now, i gave him wet food for about 7 days because we got science diet wet food samples from the vet, i didnt want to waste them. after they ran out i went back to his Iams dry food, he wouldnt eat it, i left it out for days at a time and he wouldnt eat it, so i went and got science diet dry food, he still would eat it. the second i open a can of wet food he was meowing and gobbled it right down. is there a way i can ever get him back on dry food? any advice would be great!!
1) He wont use the litter box, well use it regularly. When he first came home he was using the litter box just fine, he would have an accident here or there but I chalked that up to being a new kitten. I made a HUGE mistake, after about a month, I got him a new litter box, a bigger one with a hood. (First time cat owner cut me a break :/ ) How do I make him use the litter box again, ive tried everything. Obviously, i removed the new litter box and brought the old one back, that didnt work. I made sure the box was super clean, cleaning it multiple times a day. I would take him there multiple times a day especially after eating, and scratch his paw in the litter. It is in a nice quiet place with no kids, loud noises, or other animals. Ive tried switching his litter and ive tried pellets because thats what they used at the humane society, same result. He will use is sometimes..he will pee in it but poop all over the house for a couple of weeks, then sometimes he will poop in it but not pee, despite i clean it basically right after use. he also pees in bed, like he will just be laying in bed and pee the bee and himself. and another weird thing, he eats the litter. im using tidycat small spaces. when i place him in the litter box he will eat the little, not eat poop like dogs sometimes do, but eat his little ive never heard of that..and speaking of diet. He will not eat dry food now, i gave him wet food for about 7 days because we got science diet wet food samples from the vet, i didnt want to waste them. after they ran out i went back to his Iams dry food, he wouldnt eat it, i left it out for days at a time and he wouldnt eat it, so i went and got science diet dry food, he still would eat it. the second i open a can of wet food he was meowing and gobbled it right down. is there a way i can ever get him back on dry food? any advice would be great!!
. Sure hope we can help you. First off, it might be the location of your litter box. Even though you think the location is not a prob., it might be a prob for the kitten. Keep that box there and add another open box somewhere else in the house. Maybe where he is pooping the most. ALSO add another open box next to the original box. Alot of cats like to pee in one box and poop in the other box. Don't know why, but they do.
