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Okay so for those who have read my later posts you know i have 3 cats. Two of which are 4 yrs old, and have been living with me for 3 years now and one is almost a year and has been here about 8 months now. Recently we bought brand new litter boxes to replace the old ones.
Ashes hated his old litter box to begin with since it was so tiny so he has taken to the new ones very fast and uses not only his but the other cats' too.
The new litter boxes are those sifting boxes with the lids on top and the cat flap door. Now Mystery and Shadow's old box had a lid on it also and they liked it fine. The new one is sliiightly smaller but not by much so i dont think it makes much of a difference.
My problem is the cat door. Today i noticed both Mystery and Shadow sitting around the litter box staring at it and trying to pull the cat door backwards instead of pushing it in. And after thinking i realized they hadnt used the litter box in over a day and looked like they really had to go. I tried pushing the door inward for them to show them how but they still wouldnt go in it. As soon as i popped the door off though they both ran in.
My mom insists on the cat doors being used though to help with the smell, because Ashes is not yet fixed and he stinks... but these are my first adult cats ive had, in the past i always kept kittens or dogs, but we always had to give the kittens away before adulthood. So i have no idea how to go about handling this situation. Mom says i should just push them through it to teach em like you do to dogs. But i dont want them scared of the litter box.
Does anyone know how i should handle this? Is it because theyve gone so long with no door? At the moment the door is still off until i know how to handle the situation better. Any help is welcome thank you ^_^
Ashes hated his old litter box to begin with since it was so tiny so he has taken to the new ones very fast and uses not only his but the other cats' too.
The new litter boxes are those sifting boxes with the lids on top and the cat flap door. Now Mystery and Shadow's old box had a lid on it also and they liked it fine. The new one is sliiightly smaller but not by much so i dont think it makes much of a difference.
My problem is the cat door. Today i noticed both Mystery and Shadow sitting around the litter box staring at it and trying to pull the cat door backwards instead of pushing it in. And after thinking i realized they hadnt used the litter box in over a day and looked like they really had to go. I tried pushing the door inward for them to show them how but they still wouldnt go in it. As soon as i popped the door off though they both ran in.
My mom insists on the cat doors being used though to help with the smell, because Ashes is not yet fixed and he stinks... but these are my first adult cats ive had, in the past i always kept kittens or dogs, but we always had to give the kittens away before adulthood. So i have no idea how to go about handling this situation. Mom says i should just push them through it to teach em like you do to dogs. But i dont want them scared of the litter box.
Does anyone know how i should handle this? Is it because theyve gone so long with no door? At the moment the door is still off until i know how to handle the situation better. Any help is welcome thank you ^_^