Post by smilesbetter on May 3, 2014 15:15:35 GMT
Heya, so Carlotta has never been 100% on litter box usage, often peeing elsewhere if it's not clean enough. However today she just used the litter box and has also peed on my mans desk within minutes of being in the box. I suspect she is scared to use the box after Rosa shoved her head in (she loooves cat poo). She won't go in the box if Rosa is near it and will quickly go elsewhere.
What can I do? I was going to get a wee puppy pen (the tiny ones) and put it around the box so that the dog can't get in, but I'm worried this would put the cats off using it, and my man is on the verge of telling me to get rid of Carlotta I think ("I can't have a cat that pees everywhere!"). She peed on his keyboard recently which had to get thrown out, and also peed into a box of an electronic grill we were borrowing off someone, we'll have to buy them a new one. She always lets me know where she's peed at least, but I need to fix this problem before my man completely loses it. Eek he's coming up the stairs now, will have to tell him about his desk...
I think if she didn't have the worry of the dog, she'd use it fine, but she's easily put off from using it and won't let me know she needs before going elsewhere. I can't think where to put it that the dog can't get to it really and that the cats will be comfortable using it. We're trying to train Rosa not to put her head in, but the reward for doing it is apparently super tasty and it's a lot to compete with haha. Even when there's none in there, she'll still have a look, much to the horror of the cats (understandably, if someone put their head up the toilet while I was using it, I'd never be able to use a toilet again!).
What can I do? I was going to get a wee puppy pen (the tiny ones) and put it around the box so that the dog can't get in, but I'm worried this would put the cats off using it, and my man is on the verge of telling me to get rid of Carlotta I think ("I can't have a cat that pees everywhere!"). She peed on his keyboard recently which had to get thrown out, and also peed into a box of an electronic grill we were borrowing off someone, we'll have to buy them a new one. She always lets me know where she's peed at least, but I need to fix this problem before my man completely loses it. Eek he's coming up the stairs now, will have to tell him about his desk...
I think if she didn't have the worry of the dog, she'd use it fine, but she's easily put off from using it and won't let me know she needs before going elsewhere. I can't think where to put it that the dog can't get to it really and that the cats will be comfortable using it. We're trying to train Rosa not to put her head in, but the reward for doing it is apparently super tasty and it's a lot to compete with haha. Even when there's none in there, she'll still have a look, much to the horror of the cats (understandably, if someone put their head up the toilet while I was using it, I'd never be able to use a toilet again!).
