It is one thing that many pet owners want to do to change their cat's urination and defecation and develop the habit of using the toilet. In fact, as long as you use the right method and train slowly, this goal is completely achievable. Of course, it is best to start education from an early age to train cats to go to the toilet, so that it is easier to develop good habits.
1. The cat starts going to the toilet at an early age
1. Early training habits
After one to three months of life, when the kitten starts to eat solid food, You can start the training of defecation; as long as you grasp the timing of the training, it can be easily remembered. During this period, cats should learn to use the toilet and go to the toilet at a fixed point.
2. Provide toilet concept
At the beginning, kittens and cats will urinate everywhere, so the owner should bury the cat's poo on the cat litter tray shallowly. Tell the kitten that it should go to the bathroom here. You can put newspapers where the kitten is active when you are just training, just in case.
3. Remind the toilet time
When the cat is full for fifteen minutes, put the cat on the litter tray to remind the cat to go to the toilet. At the beginning, the cat litter tray should not be higher than 2.5CM, so that the kitten can enter and exit easily. If the cat is going to urinate, don't use harsh measures, but encourage more.
4. Cats don't need litter trays
If the kitten has learned to use the litter tray to go to the toilet, but suddenly refuses to use it one day, then there is only one reason, that is, the cat The sand tray is too dirty. It is recommended that the owner clean up at least once a day, preferably once in the morning and once in the evening. Cats love to clean.
5. Carefully choose the quality of cat litter
Do not use caking cat litter, because kittens will eat indiscriminately, and caking cat litter contains cement-like ingredients , if eaten it can clog their intestines and cause big problems.
2. Train the kitten to go to the toilet at a fixed point
1. Use cat litter habitually
If the kitten is brought from someone else's house, it can be taken from The original owner's cat litter tray took some cat litter and put it on the cat litter tray, and then brought the kitten to the cat litter tray. The cat smelled this smell and knew that the toilet was here.
2. Move the position slowly
The owner can put some cat litter in a small plate and put it in the place where the toilet was originally used. The smell of the cat litter will induce the cat to go to the toilet. Then the owner can move the small plate slowly every day until it is in the correct position.
During this process, the cat has also adapted to the cat litter and developed the habit of going to the cat litter tray.
3. Encourage and punish
If the cat is defecate, don't use severe means to teach it to be unruly, this will only get twice the result with half the effort, because the cat will Attracted by the smell, the cat thinks you are going to tell it that there is a permanent toilet.
4. Eliminate the original smell
The cat will go to the toilet according to the smell. At the same time, it is convenient to train the cat to a fixed bedpan area continuously.
A kitten with a female cat takes less headaches.
5. Find a good place to go to the toilet
The bedpan should be placed in a fixed and secret place. In addition to paying attention to cleanliness, it is also necessary to avoid noise because there are many people. Too public places the cat will feel insecure, and too loud chowder will frighten the cat.
6. Habits become natural
When the kitten's tail is raised and there is a squatting movement, it means that the kitten is about to be liberated. Quickly put the kitten in the potty, let the cat know that the place to poop is here, and soon, after two or three times, the cat will learn where to relax when it is released.
3. Teach cats how to go to the toilet
1. Change the location of the cat litter
Move the cat litter tray to the toilet, be sure to bring the cat at this time The cat looks at the location of the litter tray (it is best to use an open litter tray), which tells the cat that the place where the cat is going to the toilet has changed.
2. Raise the height of the cat litter
When the cat adapts to the new toilet position, put the cat litter tray at a height of about 3 cm. It is best to use a cardboard box, because the cardboard box Non-slip, can prevent the cat litter tray from falling off. Cats need a sense of security, so everything needs to be secure.
3. Gradual changes
Gradually raise the litter tray to the same height as the toilet. This process should be carried out slowly so that the cat can slowly adapt. At the beginning, the cat may step into the cat litter tray, and then jump into the cat litter tray, so the cat needs a good physical strength.
4. Put the cat litter on the toilet
Put the cat litter tray on the toilet. If the cat is not used to it, you need to divide the steps into two. Put half of the litter box on the toilet first, and then put the entire litter box on the toilet after a while. Remove everything that was originally under the litter box.
Extended reading: Training methods for teaching cats to go to the toilet
5. Reduce the amount of cat litter to no litter
Reduce the amount of cat litter every day until there is no cat litter at all , remove the cat litter tray. At the beginning of training, whenever you see a cat sitting on the toilet to defecate, you must praise it immediately, so that the cat will be encouraged to sit on the toilet spontaneously next time.
6. Remember to open the toilet lid
During the whole training process, the toilet should be opened. This habit should be cultivated by both the owner and the family. Once the cat learns to use the toilet, if the cat wants to go to the toilet, but finds that the toilet is covered, the cat may hold it in and stop urinating, which is not good for the cat.
7. Repeatedly taking a cat to the toilet
A good habit cannot be trained in one day. Taking a cat to the toilet requires repeated training. Especially at the beginning, put something with the cat's own smell in the toilet, such as paper towels or sand, to make it feel at ease. Of course, if the cat loves it right, praise it a lot.