Things You'll Need:
- A litter box
- Lots of clean litter
- Cat treats
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Step 1
Place a clean litter box and your cat in a room that with a non-porous floor. You should plan on keeping the cat in this room until they are litter boxed trained. You should put the litter box on one side of the room and a blanket and food and water bowl on the other side of the room. Your cat will have to stay in this room until it is consistently using the litter box.
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Step 2
Put your cat on a regular feeding schedule while you are litter box training it. By feeding your cat at the same time you will be able to determine approximately what time it will have to use the litter box. Each time you see your cat use the litter box, praise it, pet it and give it a cat treat. You want to convince your cat that the litter box is a good thing.
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Step 3
After your cat has gone a few days without any accidents, you can allow it to have the run of the house. When this happens you can set up additional litter boxes in other rooms and let your cat have the run of the house.
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Step 4
Keep the litter box clean. Cat’s are natural neat freaks. They would rather have an accident on the clean floor instead of in a dirty litter box.
Comments
mzwild1 said
on 9/17/2008 I went into a neighbor's house for the first time today and heard a cat crying so I asked where the kitty was and she opened up the basement door and there was a young cat (older kitten) tied to a pole with a very short dog leash! I asked why the cat was tied up like that and she said because it hasn't learned to use the litter box and they can't have it going potty on the carpet. The cat had food and water and a blanket but still, I think this is cruel and may even been animal abuse! What do you think?