Thread: Not finishing in the tray...........?

Thankyou both for your advice, he does sometimes seem to be straining/ taking slightly longer to go but also gets distracted very very easily. He doesn't like to be away from his brother and people at the same time so unless his brother is in the litter tray room I think he rushes to get back to everyone. The tray is covered and in their room so no issues with distractions- other than knowing we are downstairs I guess.

We will trim him a little and stick with wipes and comb through as I am at home for the next few weeks anyway. I didn't know whether to change food yet from what the breeder gave them as thought it might be too soon? Plus it does seem to suit his brother well.I have also noticed though that he doesn't seem to drink as much as his brother............ Should I try giving them some wet food do you think? Or stick with the biscuits they have but not give any fresh chicken etc at all for a while? Decisions decisions.............. Thankyou again!

I wouldn't have thought it's too soon to introduce a little bit of wet food.

I don’t know if you have a water fountain, but Casco drank more water when we got ours – compared to when we had a bowl down.

Do you always put the same amount of litter in the tray? If it’s deeper on some days than others, it may be that his arse is closer to the litter so it might be that he’s kinda sitting in it and then it’s gets stuck to his fur– if that makes sense.

I think your right to trim his britches, it could well be the answer.

Best of luck

Hi just thought I'd update- we got the second tray set up first which didn't seem to make any difference so went back to taking him to the tray every 30mins- hour. Luckily I have been off work for a few weeks so have been able to do this. Well he has either grown up a bit or the re-training paid off because he is sorted now- no accidents anywhere else and even recovers his brothers mess lol. We have also put the catflaps onto the covered trays and still no problems so thankyou for your advice everyone :-) He also got used to lots of half baths in the meantime so is now not bothered at al. In fact his new favourite game is playing chase in a slightly wet bath with his brother..........