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How do I make my cat use the kitty litter?

I just adopted a new cat who is 3 years old and already knows how to use a kitty litter. We have another cat so we got her a whole other kitty littler that she could use but she won't use it. She finally peed on my bed but still won't use the kitty litter.
I've locked her in the bathroom where the litter is and she still won't use it. She'll lie down in it but that's it.
Anyone know how I can make her use the kitty litter because I really can't have her NOT using it.
Thanks in advanced!

Please call you vet today and make an appointment. Peeing outside the litterbox is the #1 symptom of urinary tract problems! FLUTD (Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease), formerly known as FUS (Feline Urinary Syndrome.) causes painful urination, which the cat may associate with the litterbox, thereby avoiding it. It’s also possible that the cat isn’t able to reach the litterbox in time, which explains why they go just outside it. If you ignore this, or, worse, make the mistake of scolding or punishing your cat, the illness can quickly become life-threatening. Take the peeing outside the litterbox as a scream for help and medical care. And if your cat does it in front of you, know that this is the loudest, in your face, cry for help she can give.

If the vet says she is okay, then consider making a few changes. If you use a covered litter box, take off the lid. Many cats refuse to use covered boxes due to concentrated smell. Cats prefer fine grained, low dust, unscented litter. So, you might try changing litter. Make sure you have at least one litter box per cat. Ideally, you should have one per cat plus one extra. Do not place litter boxes right next to each other because they cat might interpret the two boxes as one and then refuse to use the second box if the first box has any old urine or feces in it.

Scoop the litter box daily, preferable three times a day. Cats often refuse to use dirty boxes. It's the same reaction we have to using a toilet that hasn't been flushed. If your litter boxes are more than one year old, they may have absorbed odors even if you regularly clean them. This smell is offensive to kitty's sensitive nose. So, try buying new boxes. Make sure your litter boxes are in a place where the cat feels safe while going potty. If she is disturbed in any way while she is trying to potty, she will choose to use a safer location. Put a litter box on each floor of the house.

Finally, make sure you thoroughly clean all old urine spots. If she can smell the old urine she will think that place is a good place to pee. Use a fluorescent black light to find old urine and treat all old spots with an enzymatic cleanser. The black light will make urine fluoresce in the dark, making it much easier to find and clean all of it. The best cleaner to use is Get Serious Pet Stain Remover & Odor Extractor. If you get all of the urine cleaned, it will not be necessary to use detractors sold at pet supply stores.

Cat lovers know all too well that one of the biggest challenges of owning a cat is trying to figure out how to stop your cat from scratching furniture. Nothing can be more frustrating than watching your lovable kitty scratch and claw your new couch to shreds. What to do?

Understand that scratching and clawing are natural behaviors for your cat and you cannot prevent it from happening, but you can train kitty to scratch only in certain areas.

Cats actually scratch for two reasons. The first reason everybody thinks of is your cat's need to sharpen their claws. But the second reason, the one that's not so obvious, is your cat's desire to leave their territorial mark. This is especially true when you catch your cat scratching and clawing the furniture or carpet in particular.

Cats leave their scent from the sweat glands on and in between the pads of their paws. The scent left behind says, 'Hey there buster, I am here, and this is my territory.' Once their scent is on something, such as your furniture or carpet, they often will return to the object and apply their scent again.

Understanding this about your cat's behavior is valuable information that we can use to our advantage to help train kitty to use a scratching post. If we can get kitty's scent on the post (a little catnip on the post would do the trick), kitty will likely scratch the post then come back to the post later on to replenish the scent. And since cats scratch most frequently right after they wake up it's very important that the scratching post is convenient to where they spend much of their time.

However, since your cat has already scratched your furniture, you will have to use an enzyme cleaner to eliminate the cat's scent or kitty will keep returning to the scratching spot. Then you must spray daily with one of the products designed to keep pets away by leaving an odor they prefer not to be around (but is OK for you and I ) like those Citronella sprays.

Finally, when your cat uses the scratching post, provide lots of positive reinforcement and jump up and down and shout Hooray! Kitty is now using her furniture instead of yours.

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