I don't know what to do, cause she knows to use it, but isn't all the time for whatever reason. She's litter trained and was trained by her mother and her sister uses the box fine. Any advice would be appreciated.
It'll soon learn not to. 
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Mortious obviously shouldn't have said:
Every time it does it somewhere other than the litter tray, kick it across the room.It'll soon learn not to.
The cat, or the poops?
And yeah, how many litter boxes do you have? We have 3 cats in the house, and my cat Turtle will shit in the bathroom sink if she doesn't have her own box.
quote:Ironically, this is not far from the truth.
Mortious needs to hitch a ride with a Vogon constructor fleet.
Every time it does it somewhere other than the litter tray, kick it across the room.It'll soon learn not to.
Fill a spray bottle or squirt gun with water. Every time you catch the kitten doing its business outside the litterbox, squirt the kitten. You must squirt the kitten while it is taking the offending action, or it will not make the connection between crime and punishment. If you had a puppy, and didn't catch it in the act, you could hold its nose to the poop and scold it. I don't know if that works on kittens. `Doc fucked around with this message on 08-07-2007 at 04:05 PM.
Now only if we could keep him out of his own shit. D: Willias fucked around with this message on 08-07-2007 at 04:06 PM.
We're getting another box tonight for her, to see if that helps.
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Karnaj had this to say about Robocop:
When the cat shits in the appropriate spot, reward it with a treat. Other than that, you can only hope to catch it shitting in the wrong spot, so you can throw a brick at it.
That's a good idea. Thankfully she's the one who knows what treats are.... The other one just bats them around like a toy.
I hate cats, can you tell? 
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Mortious wrote this stupid crap:
A treat is not getting booted in the face until you bleed.I hate cats, can you tell?
My kittens are cute!!! Except for when they wake me up by digging their claws into my legs.
Oh.. and while the watergun trick might work on older cats(dont use a direct shot of water, it's more traumatic. Use a mist or spray bottle), on a kitten it only enforces the fact that what it is doing is bad. period. Cat might end up developing a complex, thinking that its going to get sprayed everytime it goes to the bathroom, in which case... it'll go in places you *don't* see.
I don't like it either but nature's rough
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Karnaj wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
When the cat shits in the appropriate spot, reward it with a treat.
E.g. a sock drawer.
We have two boxes now, Except my BF bought non-clumping cheap litter which pissed me off... oh well.
I woke up without poop beside me, but the day is still young!
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Ares attempted to be funny by writing:
We have two boxes now, Except my BF bought non-clumping cheap litter which pissed me off... oh well.
It's harder to clean up, but kittens might prefer it.
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We were all impressed when Willias wrote:
It's harder to clean up, but kittens might prefer it.
It's going to start to smell fast, and in a small apartment, that's not good. Plus, it's really hard on the feets. They've always had the clumping soft all natural stuff.
He says it's not his fault, cause the shop guy told him it was the same as the other litter he was going to get, but cheaper.
May sound strange, but some cats like privacy when using their litter box, and can stop using it when it's in a too public place.
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Cherveny attempted to be funny by writing:
Another thing to try, try moving the litter box to a "hidden" location, so that people can't see the cat using the box when he decides to use it.May sound strange, but some cats like privacy when using their litter box, and can stop using it when it's in a too public place.
Yea, we did that with the additional box. It's in the corner under a desk where she had gone to the washroom once. She used it to go pee, but nothing else yet...hoping for the best.
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Verily, Naimah doth proclaim:
This is why cats are horrible pets. Anything that wants to shit where you live can't be high on your list of thing to have in the house.
They are kittens, and are learning. Just like human children. Cats make great pets. Little fuss, you can leave them alone, they are intelligent and extremely adaptable to their surroundings.
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Ares said:
Just like human children. Cats make great pets.
Out of context ftw.
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Naimah had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
This is why cats are horrible pets. Anything that wants to shit where you live can't be high on your list of thing to have in the house.
wait, this sounds like most pets except for maybe fish
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Willias wrote this stupid crap:
wait, this sounds like most pets except for maybe fish
Dogs can be trained to shit outside. Cats end up shitting in a box, in your house. Completely different.
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x--NaimahO-('-'Q) :
Dogs can be trained to shit outside. Cats end up shitting in a box, in your house. Completely different.
My gram had two cats that pooped outside under a pine tree and nowhere else. They both ended up dying in Mortal Kitty Kombat, though, as outdoor cats are wont to do.
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Naimah had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Dogs can be trained to shit outside. Cats end up shitting in a box, in your house. Completely different.
As long as they shit in such designated boxes, I don't see the problem.
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Willias enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
As long as they shit in such designated boxes, I don't see the problem.
You mean besides the smell of shit in your house?
Made a nice house smell like an open sewer.
I fucking hate cats.
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Nobody really understood why Naimah wrote:
You mean besides the smell of shit in your house?
The litter we've used so far seems to have eliminated the odor pretty well. Had company over the other day, and no complaints of cat poop stench. Willias fucked around with this message on 08-09-2007 at 11:35 AM.
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Ares said:
My little apartment doesn't smell. I keep the boxes clean and I keep my degu cage clean. No smell.
It's a scientific fact that when you get used to a smell.. you stop smelling it.
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Willias had this to say about the Spice Girls:
The litter we've used so far seems to have eliminated the odor pretty well. Had company over the other day, and no complaints of cat poop stench.
That's what I would say when I go over to someones place, "Man your house smells like shit!"
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Naimah had this to say about Knight Rider:
That's what I would say when I go over to someones place, "Man your house smells like shit!"
Yes, my niece and nephew would have done just that.
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From the book of Mortious, chapter 3, verse 16:
It's a scientific fact that when you get used to a smell.. you stop smelling it.
Actually, i specifically asked me friend who expectedly dropped by yesterday if my placed smelled like animals.
