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| 3817.1 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Tue Jul 24 1990 15:21 | 6 |
| The time to start training a kitten is when they first start walking!
:^)
Better start now, you have a lot of catching up to do.
Jo
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| 3817.2 | good luck | FORTSC::WILDE | Ask yourself..am I a happy cow? | Tue Jul 24 1990 15:41 | 4 |
| time to get out the old trusty spray bottle - cats tend to strongly dislike
unscheduled showers...it might work. 8^}
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| 3817.3 | Training to do duty outside... | DECXPS::LCOBURN | If it works, break it. | Tue Jul 24 1990 16:43 | 18 |
| Along these lines, I have a question as well....my 10 week old kitten
is litter trained quite nicely, the problem is I do not want him
using a litter box in the house. He is an indoor/outdoor kitty,
already knows to meow at the door when he wants to come in/go out,
and chooses to spend about half the time outside with his "big
brothers", my 2 year old German Shepard, and a 6 year old male cat.
But despite all the time he spends outside, he will hold it until
he comes in and go running to the litter box right away! How can
I train him to do his duty outdoors?? I will keep the litter box
available to him inside for as long as neccessary, of course. PLEASE
no flames about the indoor/outdoor issue, I am adamant that my cats
be allowed free choice, being deprived of neither, and I DO have
7 acres of my own land bordering on a very large town forest, and
live on a little traveled road with no neighbors in sight....thanks
for any (non-keep the cats indoors!) suggestions! :-)
Linda
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| 3817.4 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Tue Jul 24 1990 17:09 | 4 |
| It looks like his free choice is that he wants to do his business
inside, in his litter box! :^)
Jo
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| 3817.5 | move his box outside | IOWAIT::WILDE | Ask yourself..am I a happy cow? | Tue Jul 24 1990 18:19 | 4 |
| suggestion:
he may like the texture of the litter better than available dirt....try
moving the box outside.
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| 3817.6 | Make way.... | MAMIE::IVES | | Wed Jul 25 1990 11:51 | 8 |
| I have seen Mocha do the same thing. Be out doors for ages
open the door and he rushes for the litter box to do what
ever he needs to do, then run back out the door to go out.
We have soft sand and bark mulch near by so I don't know what
his problem is.
Barbara
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| 3817.7 | maybe when the cat is larger | IOWAIT::WILDE | Ask yourself..am I a happy cow? | Wed Jul 25 1990 12:59 | 8 |
| as I needed to see my vet last night to pick up C/D for my skinny boy, I
asked about this. She said your cat(s) showing this behavior may be
expressing a sense of vulnerability - in other words, the cat is very
vulnerable to attack when "relieving" him/herself and perhaps the reason
the cat chooses to perform these necessary duties in the house is due to
a need for a sense of security which is not available outside where there
are lots of potential "attackers"...if true, wouldn't the cat become more
secure as it gets larger in size - perhaps time will resolve the problem.
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| 3817.8 | Start now | WILLEE::MERRITT | | Wed Jul 25 1990 13:38 | 10 |
| To answer the question about when to start training...I think you
better start now. They will learn at a very young age what the
word "NO" means.
Regarding the kitty litter box..I better count my blessings. We
have 3 cats and we keep a litter box in the house, but they will
only use it in an emergency situation. They would rather cry
at the door until I let them out.
Sandy (Tamba, Poco, and Barkley)
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| 3817.9 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Thu Jul 26 1990 09:03 | 2 |
| Having had experience with cats not using the litter-box, I'd
count my blessings if I were you. ;-)
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| 3817.10 | | BIGHUN::THOMAS | The Devon Dumpling | Thu Jul 26 1990 13:55 | 24 |
| Re: litter tray,
I started to mix earth (dirt) with the litter, and move the box
closer to the cat-flap.
Eventually it was outside and just earth.
They never missed it when I removed it altogether.
re: kitchen tables etc:
You may not like the idea of this, but it worked. I couldn't keep my
6-month stray off the worktops in the kitchen. As I was out during the
day he had free reign, so the water-bottle trick didn't work.
Well, he had ear-mites, so I decided I could handle cleaning the
worktops with domestos. So, when it came time for the treatment, I'd
hold him on the worktop whilst I put in the drops.
He hasn't been near the worktops or tables since.
Good luck,
Heather
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| 3817.11 | Cat is too good to be true! | HSOMAI::CREBER | | Thu Jul 26 1990 19:16 | 23 |
| re: litter box
Telly is an indoor/outside cat now. He prefers the garden now to a
litter box. All I did was put some of his soiled litter in the spot
that I wanted him to start using and then placed him right along side.
Cats are so amazing. I never had to show him a second time. I did
keep the litterbox for a while, but he never went back to it.
re: tables
Waterguns and spray bottles were kept on every shelf for a few months.
Everytime he was caught doing something like scratching the couch or
jumping up on the tables or kitchen counter he got wet. Fortunatly he
does not like water in his face. Worked perfectly. I now have the
most well behaved Cat that I have ever met.
It seems like a lot of trouble at first but its really worth it!!
regards,
Lynne Creber
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