April 8th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
If you’re transitioning an outdoor cat to indoor life, you may be initially concerned with how to train the cat to now start using an indoor litter box. For some cats, the transition to a litter box will be very easy but for others, it may take a little more finesse on your part. Start [...]
April 2nd, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Aversion, Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Uncategorized |
When it comes to a litter box problem in a multicat household, the first, and often most difficult, step is to identify the furry little culprit. You may think you know which cat peed on the carpet but if you’re wrong, you could create major setbacks in the behavior modification plan. So how do you [...]
March 19th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
When it comes to choosing a litter box, it’s important to match the size of the box to the size of your cat. It’s easy to get influenced by a desire to choose a box based on whether it will fit in a certain location. In some cases that may still work out fine for your [...]
January 21st, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
Cats don’t like change and if you want to avoid creating unnecessary stress in your kitty’s life, it’s important to keep that in mind when you’re planning on introducing anything unfamiliar. You may think I’m only referring to major changes but for many cats, even a minor change can be upsetting. The type of litter [...]
November 20th, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Aversion, Featured Posts, Litter Box 101 |
Your cat has faithfully used the litter box for years and then suddenly has begun eliminating on the carpet in your bedroom. Sometimes you’ve even found cat pee in the bathroom sink and the tub. What’s up with that? There are several reasons why a cat may suddenly stop using the litter box such as: [...]
September 4th, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Cleaning, Featured Posts, Litter Box 101 |
Scooping the litter box on a daily basis (actually, twice daily is better) is not only important for keeping the box clean and your cat happy – it’s a valuable diagnostic tool. Too many cat parents are missing this valuable opportunity to catch potential medical problems in the early stages because they’re not keeping up [...]
August 23rd, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Aversion, Featured Posts, Litter Box 101 |
To a cat parent, one litter substrate may be just as good as another. In fact, what humans may find attractive about a particular brand or type of litter may actually be highly disliked by cats. There are also other factors that come into play when trying to evaluate whether your cat has a litter [...]
August 21st, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
If you have an indoor/outdoor cat and you’ve trained that kitty to eliminate exclusively outdoors, you may be setting yourself up for a behavior problem down the road. Some cat parents who allow their cats outdoors have tried to totally do without having an indoor litter box. They may have trained their cats to scratch [...]
August 16th, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
When it comes to litter substrate there are many choices. Many of those choices are designed to appeal to the human family member and not necessarily the cat who will be the one using the box. Cats Can Have Preferences In general, the most appealing type of litter to use is one that has a [...]
July 12th, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
When it comes to choosing a litter box for your cat, you may think a covered one is a good choice because it offers privacy for the cat and hides all those things you don’t want to see or smell but there are some facts to consider before making that purchase. Much of the success [...]
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