Hi everyone,
I am hoping you can offer some suggestions as we are at our wits end. Forgive me, this will be long.
We got a kitten from a shelter and brought her home (we already have 2 small dogs). I believe she and her brothers and sisters were left there at a very young age without their mother. She was spayed as part of the agreement with the shelter. She is fairly social until you try to touch her - she is not fond of being held for very long. We decided to try and train the kitten to use the toilet using LitterKwitter. This was working fine until we moved to one of the smaller trays. She then started using the bathtub. We immediately went back to the larger ring and filled the tub with a little bit of water. She continued to use the tray to defecate, but was urinating on my wife's chair. We tried to clean the chair as best we could, but she would continue to urinate on it. We abandoned the toilet and switched to using a covered litter box, but she still used the chair. We ended up throwing the chair out (we wanted a new one anyways
). We have tried moving the litter box to a more secluded area where the dogs can not get to and she continues to defecate in the box, but does not cover it. She *has* used the litter box to urinate a couple times, but found out this morning that she has been using our leather couch and loveseat. I saw her pawing at the couch this morning and upon investigating, realized this is where she has been going.
We have been given a good bill of health from our vet, we've tried different types if litter, tried to praise her when we see her using the litter box (which is rare as we both work), but we can not seem to get her to use her litter box.
I am not against getting a litter robot or other automatic litter box to ensure it is as clean as possible for her, but I really don't want a pet that ruins all of our furniture.
Please help!!
I am hoping you can offer some suggestions as we are at our wits end. Forgive me, this will be long.
We got a kitten from a shelter and brought her home (we already have 2 small dogs). I believe she and her brothers and sisters were left there at a very young age without their mother. She was spayed as part of the agreement with the shelter. She is fairly social until you try to touch her - she is not fond of being held for very long. We decided to try and train the kitten to use the toilet using LitterKwitter. This was working fine until we moved to one of the smaller trays. She then started using the bathtub. We immediately went back to the larger ring and filled the tub with a little bit of water. She continued to use the tray to defecate, but was urinating on my wife's chair. We tried to clean the chair as best we could, but she would continue to urinate on it. We abandoned the toilet and switched to using a covered litter box, but she still used the chair. We ended up throwing the chair out (we wanted a new one anyways
We have been given a good bill of health from our vet, we've tried different types if litter, tried to praise her when we see her using the litter box (which is rare as we both work), but we can not seem to get her to use her litter box.
I am not against getting a litter robot or other automatic litter box to ensure it is as clean as possible for her, but I really don't want a pet that ruins all of our furniture.
Please help!!