The thing that is very troublesome about raising pets is that cats always urinate and defecate anywhere. In fact, as long as they start training when they are young, they can completely let them excrete in a fixed position. Cats are very smart animals with strong learning ability. As long as they go through correct training, they can learn to go to the toilet by themselves.
1. Teach cats to use sandbags to excrete
1. Reasons not to use sandbags
Why do some cats not use cat litter boxes? Because the cat litter boxes are dirty and not cleaned in time, or the cat litter boxes are inconvenient to use, kittens do not like to use them, or the cat litter boxes are placed where people often pass by, and they do not feel safe and do not use them, or they need to occupy the territory during the estrus period.
2. Principles for placement of sand basins
When placing cat litter box, you should choose a place where the ventilation is good and quiet and private are not often visited by humans. Try to stay away from the cat's nests and food utensils, because cats are unwilling to go to the toilet where they eat. The balcony is an ideal place for placing cat litter box.
3. Teach the cat to excrete sandbasin
If a cat is excreting in a place where it should not be excreted, the owner uses toilet paper to bring the excrement to the cat's litter box, carry the cat into the sandbasin and let it smell its own excrement and grab the cat's claws with his hands to dig the cat's litter to cover the excrement.
2. Training kittens to use cat litter trays
1. The owner teaches the kitten
At the beginning, the kitten will urinate everywhere, so the owner should place its stool on the cat litter tray and bury it shallowly. This is to tell the kitten: it should go to the toilet here. When you first train, you can place newspapers on the kitten’s activity, just in case.
Young cats have strong acceptance ability, so training kittens to use the toilet at this time will be better.
2. Training for a designated toilet
If a kitten is brought from someone else's house, you can take some cat litter from the original owner's cat litter tray and put it on your own cat litter tray, and then take the kitten to the cat litter tray. When the cat smells this, it will know that the toilet is here.
3. Fixed smell and defecation
If a kitten always urinates outside, it can be observed that the cats go to a relatively fixed place. At this time, the owner can put some cat litter in a small plate there. The smell of cat litter will induce the cat to urinate and defecate.
The owner can slowly move the position of this tray every day until he reaches the cat litter tray and develop the habit of using it.
4. Clean the sand tray regularly
If the kitten has learned to go to the toilet and wants to go to the cat litter tray, but suddenly he refuses to use it for a day, then there is only one reason, that is, the cat litter tray is too dirty. It is recommended that the owner clean it at least once a day, preferably once in the morning and once in the evening. Cats love to clean it very much.
5. Do not use cat litter, which can be clumped, because kittens will eat randomly, and cat litter that can be clumped contains ingredients similar to cement. If
3. Training adult cats to learn to use toilets
1. Benefits of using toilets
Cat litter is not very good for cats, training cats to use toilets can reduce the harm of cat litter and save the owner a lot of money for purchasing cat litter. Cats have good physical strength and jumping ability after adulthood, so they should use toilets to make the environment cleaner.
2. Place the sand tray next to the toilet. Move the cat litter tray next to the toilet. At this time, you must take the cat to see the location of the litter tray. It is best to use an open cat litter tray, which tells them that the toilet has changed now.
3. Adapt to gradually raise the cat litter tray
After the cat adapts to the new toilet position, then raise the cat litter tray about 3 cm. It is best to use a cardboard box, because the cardboard box is non-slip and can prevent the cat litter tray from falling off. Cats need a sense of security, so everything needs to be stable.
4. Put the sand tray on the toilet
Next, put the cat litter tray on the toilet. If your cat is not very adaptable, you may need to divide this step into two: first put half of the litter tray on the toilet, and then put the entire cat litter tray on the toilet after a while.
5. Gradually reduce the amount of sand
Training cats should proceed step by step, and train cats to use toilets by slowly reducing the amount of litter used. At the beginning, it will reduce it little by little until the cat litter tray is removed in the end. When cats use toilets consciously, praise them more.