Thread: Litter Kwitting - I've made the classic school girl error.....

Originally Posted by Catlover

I really hope the pooing in the clothes will not become a regular thing!!!

Luckily most cats have an instinct to bury their deposits, so if you provide litter they will prefer that. You may have to put a litter box near where they have gone on the clothes though for a few days--and not leave piles of clothes on the floor for a couple of weeks. Good luck!

We started our 14 week old kitten on the litter kwitter as soon as he arrived in his new home last March 2010!
We moved too fast in the beginning and went back to the old stage and took it VERY SLOWLY...so slow, that in fact we are still on the green stage for now .We tried the last stage and it didn't work out too well so just went back again to green.
We are just happy that we don't have to use a litter box he gets up on the toilet and does his business with no smells etc......so all is well. Eventually we hope to have him fully trained!
Will try and upload a video to show his progress.

One bit of advise: This will really only work if you are free to keep an eye on kitty as he is being trained . If you work I could see this being very difficult for kitty and you. My husband and I work different shifts so there was always somebody on hand to "send" him to the bathroom

Originally Posted by IrishKitty

We started our 14 week old kitten on the litter kwitter as soon as he arrived in his new home last March 2010!
We moved too fast in the beginning and went back to the old stage and took it VERY SLOWLY...so slow, that in fact we are still on the green stage for now .We tried the last stage and it didn't work out too well so just went back again to green.
We are just happy that we don't have to use a litter box he gets up on the toilet and does his business with no smells etc......so all is well. Eventually we hope to have him fully trained!
Will try and upload a video to show his progress.

One bit of advise: This will really only work if you are free to keep an eye on kitty as he is being trained . If you work I could see this being very difficult for kitty and you. My husband and I work different shifts so there was always somebody on hand to "send" him to the bathroom

I definitely think it's worth persevering at. As you say, even if you get stuck at the green stage, tge cats are still 'going' in the toilet. We're back to red and the cats have no problem with this, as long as it is kept absolutely clean. My partner has been home this past week so it's a case of cleaning the entire thing out after every number one or two. We're desperate to move on to Amber but we won't make the same mistake again!!

Dave really wants to try this but I'm not so sure. Our flat only has one toilet. We're both at home most of the time for the first few months Teddy is here so that's probably the best time to do it. I'd just be worried about messing with his toilet routine. :/

It would never work in our house,with five cats & only one loo,very often more than one litter tray has got someone sitting there reading the paper at any one time,it seems as if when one goes it has that knock on effect of "Oh thats what I meant to do" don't know when we would get a look in,also what do you do if you are sitting on there & a cat comes in with its legs crossed,very interesting situation.
Reckon bag & shovel is going to carry on being my lot but loving reading the different posts on other peoples training stages....