Hello - I found this web board after a search and hope someone can give me some advice.
My girlfriend and I recently got a kitten, about 5 weeks old. It is playful, seems healthy and eats from a bowl. However, despite what the previous owners said, it has NO clue what a litterbox is. It is using the corners of our apartments as its bathroom. We have tried for three days now coaxing it into the box (after play, feeding and when it wakes up - it just stares at it), placing it in the box and following it around waiting for it do to its business and then running with it to the box. It's obvious that it just doesn't know what it is for. When it is in the box, it just tried to eat the litter.
Any suggestions?
My girlfriend and I recently got a kitten, about 5 weeks old. It is playful, seems healthy and eats from a bowl. However, despite what the previous owners said, it has NO clue what a litterbox is. It is using the corners of our apartments as its bathroom. We have tried for three days now coaxing it into the box (after play, feeding and when it wakes up - it just stares at it), placing it in the box and following it around waiting for it do to its business and then running with it to the box. It's obvious that it just doesn't know what it is for. When it is in the box, it just tried to eat the litter.
Any suggestions?