Many pet owners want to change their cat’s habit of urinating and defecating at will 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 training cats to use the toilet from an early age so that they can more easily develop good habits.

1. Cats go to the toilet from an early age

1. Develop habits as early as possible

One to three months after birth, when the kitten starts to eat solid food, it can start defecation training; as long as the training time is grasped, it can easily remember it. During this period, cats must learn to use the toilet and go to the toilet in designated places.

2. Provide toilet concepts

At first, the kitten will defecate everywhere, so the owner should put the cat's poop on the litter tray and bury it shallowly. This is to tell the kitten that it should go to the toilet here. When first training, you can put newspapers on the place where the kitten moves, just in case.

3. Reminder of toilet time

Fifteen minutes after the kitten is full, place the cat on the litter tray to remind the cat to go to the toilet. The initial litter tray should not be higher than 2.5cm to make it easier for kittens to get in and out. If the cat urinates anywhere, do not use harsh measures, but encourage it.

4. Cats don’t use litter trays

If the kitten has learned to use the litter tray when going to the toilet, but suddenly refuses to use it one day, there is only one reason: the litter tray is too dirty. It is recommended that owners clean up at least once a day, preferably once in the morning and once in the evening. Cats love to be clean.

5. Choose the quality of cat litter carefully

Do not use clumping cat litter, because kittens will eat randomly, and clumping cat litter contains ingredients similar to cement, which may block their intestines and cause major problems if eaten.

2. Training kittens to use the toilet at designated locations

1. Get used to using cat litter

If the kitten was brought from someone else's home, 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. The cat will smell the smell. I knew the toilet was here.

2. Move the position slowly

The owner can use a small plate to fill some cat litter and place it in the original toilet place. The smell of the cat litter will induce the cat to go in and use the toilet. Then the owner can slowly move the small plate 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 to urinate and defecate.

3. Encouragement replaces punishment

If a cat urinates anywhere, do not use harsh methods to teach it a lesson. This will get twice the result with half the effort, because the cat will be attracted by the smell.Hmm, the cat thinks you want to tell it that there is a fixed toilet.

4. Eliminate the original smell

Cats will follow the smell to go to the toilet. If they go to the toilet in the wrong place from the beginning, you should thoroughly clean the place where the cat urinates to eliminate the smell. At the same time, be patient and continue to train the cat to go to the fixed potty area for convenience.

Kittens who are led by their mother cat don’t need to worry much.

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 should also be avoided from being noisy because there are many people. Cats may feel insecure in a place that is too public, and may be frightened by a place that is too noisy.

6. Habits become natural

When the kitten’s tail is raised and the kitten squats down, it means that the kitten is about to be liberated. Quickly put the kitten in the litter box and let the cat know that the place to poop is here. Soon, after repeating it two or three times, the cat will learn where to go to relax when it is liberated.

3. Teach your cat how to go to the toilet

1. Change the location of cat litter

Move the cat litter tray next to the toilet. At this time, be sure to take the cat to see the location of the litter tray (it is best to use an open litter tray). This is to tell the cat that the place where they go to the toilet has changed.

2. Increase the height of cat litter

After the cat adapts to the new toilet position, raise the 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. Cats need a sense of security, so everything must be stable.

3. Progressive change

Gradually raise the cat 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 litter tray, and then jump into the litter tray, so the cat needs a lot of physical strength.

4. Put cat litter on the toilet

Place the cat litter tray on the toilet. If the cat is not used to it, you need to divide the steps into two. First place half of the litter box on the toilet, and then place the entire litter box on the toilet after a while. Remove everything that was originally placed under the cat litter box.

Extended reading: How to train a cat to go to the toilet

5. Reduce the amount of cat litter to none

Reduce the amount of cat litter every day until there is no cat litter at all, and remove the cat litter tray. When you first start training, whenever you see a cat sitting on the toilet to defecate, you must praise it immediately. This will encourage the cat to sit on the toilet spontaneously next time.

6. Remember to open the toilet lid

During the entire training process, the toilet must be opened. This habit is shared by the owner and his family.To develop. Once a 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 without peeing, which is not good for the cat.

7. Taking the cat to the toilet repeatedly

Good habits cannot be trained in one day. Taking a cat to the toilet can only be trained after repeated repetitions. Especially at the beginning, you should 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 your cat does something right, praise it a lot.