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I have a 4 year old cat (Lillie) that will not litter box train. She is spayed and does not have health problems and we have tried a variety of boxes, litters, and locations. I have also tried isolating her in a room by herself to retrain, and it does not work. Even in her own space with a litterbox all to herself she will not use it. We have a baby who will be crawling very soon and we cannot have a cat pooping all over the house anymore. That said, I have been trying to find someone who might be interested in her, but have had no luck due to her issues. I would rather try her as an outside cat before we relinquish her to a shelter. At this point I have exhausted all options as far as keeping her inside and am not able to try anything further on that so it's either outside or the humane society unfortunately.
I would like some advice however on the best way to transition her to life outside to see if that would be an option! She can't keep living in the upstairs bedroom so a very slow transition isn't an option, but I want to make sure she's as comfortable as possible especially since it's the middle of winter.
We currently have an elderly outdoor cat named Murphy. He's a stray who showed up a few years ago. He lived inside about 2 years and absolutely hated it. Finally we gave in and set him up outside with a really nice insulated, shingled, dog house with a heat lamp and he is so much happier! I'm thinking I would do a similar set up for her but perhaps a slightly smaller house since she's a smaller cat. That way they have the option to combine and go in one house if they want, but still have their own space if they'd prefer.
Anyone have experience with this? Thanks in advance!
I would like some advice however on the best way to transition her to life outside to see if that would be an option! She can't keep living in the upstairs bedroom so a very slow transition isn't an option, but I want to make sure she's as comfortable as possible especially since it's the middle of winter.
We currently have an elderly outdoor cat named Murphy. He's a stray who showed up a few years ago. He lived inside about 2 years and absolutely hated it. Finally we gave in and set him up outside with a really nice insulated, shingled, dog house with a heat lamp and he is so much happier! I'm thinking I would do a similar set up for her but perhaps a slightly smaller house since she's a smaller cat. That way they have the option to combine and go in one house if they want, but still have their own space if they'd prefer.
Anyone have experience with this? Thanks in advance!