We are in the midst of moving from an rural area in Charles County to Wildewood. We have a wonderful cat, however, he spends more time outside than inside. He has never learned to use a litter box and when he has to go he goes outside somewhere. My concern is letting him wander around instead of staying inside. He'll go just about bananas if he has to stay in and I'm concerned that he won't use a litter box. Anyone have an idea about how to convert him . . . gently?
Indoor/Outdoor Cat
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Inkpen
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First off..Welcome to the Forum...
Second..try this for a litter box..
Got to Lowes, go to the masonary section and buy a cement mixing pan...black plastic, big, slated ends...nice and deep....
Buy a bag of mulch.....
pour mulch into big plastic pan and let him use that as his "outdoor" litter box.
Clean out mulch and toss into woods, etc..all is bio-degradable....
Before you let him outside, please be sure he is microchipped and had a collar with name and address on it and you have updated photos.
Hopefully you will not let put ever..too dangerous....
Screen in an area and make a cat enclosure for him....
Second..try this for a litter box..
Got to Lowes, go to the masonary section and buy a cement mixing pan...black plastic, big, slated ends...nice and deep....
Buy a bag of mulch.....
pour mulch into big plastic pan and let him use that as his "outdoor" litter box.
Clean out mulch and toss into woods, etc..all is bio-degradable....
Before you let him outside, please be sure he is microchipped and had a collar with name and address on it and you have updated photos.
Hopefully you will not let put ever..too dangerous....
Screen in an area and make a cat enclosure for him....
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jp2854
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Inkpen has some good ideas. I never thought about the cat litterbox option you just gave him/her. I wouldn't let the cat out as the roads around wildewood are too darn busy and would hate for you to find him dead one day. I have 2 indoor cats they don't go out and they do just fine. I think once the cat gets the idea he isn't going out anymore he will take up sleeping on the sofa or watching the birds go by the door and go bonkers trying to attack them from inside. My male cat talks to the birds as they fly by. We have a birds nest in one of our potted plants and a mother made herself at home so every time she exits and another goes in he chatters up a storm.