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I need some advice please. I have a standard lockable cat door in the laundry, where my young cat Tammy sleeps! I leave the cat door unlocked at night, so she can get outside! Up until I had the cat door installed, she was using a litter tray in the laundry, and she always used it! Since then she's always gone outside, and not used the tray at all. Never a mishap, but I've left the litter tray in there for her just in case. The door from the laundry into the kitchen is also closed at night!
Recently there has been another cat coming in through the existing car door, which is not microchip friendly! I will get one soon (when I win the lottery as they're very expensive), I've been trying to encourage my Tammy use the tray in the meantime, so I can lock the cat door, particularly at night, but no, she's not having a bar of that at the moment! Maybe she's forgotten how, now that she's a big girl! When the other cat comes in, I hear a ruckus going on in the laundry, bumping and yowling, occasionally sometimes during the day, but usually late at night, or when I am in bed asleep myself, it wakes me up. It's a nuisance that I have to get up and try to get the other cat back outside without upsetting it too much. I kid it along a bit, and try to calm it down, before taking it back outside. Then I'm back inside to calm Tammy back down, and move her from the high shelf she's chosen for her refuge. Then I check her out to make sure she's OK!
She's had a few little wounds, and scratches, but they don't seem to have bothered her much.
Now, my question is - has anyone got any suggestions as to how best I can encourage Tammy to use her litter tray again! If she's using that at night in the meantime, at least until I get the new door, that means I can lock the existing cat door until I get the microchip one!
I'd be very grateful for any thoughts and suggestions! No mad hurry, as it's now 2.27am here in NZ, and as I have the cat settled back down, it's back to bed for me!
Thank You
Jeanne
Recently there has been another cat coming in through the existing car door, which is not microchip friendly! I will get one soon (when I win the lottery as they're very expensive), I've been trying to encourage my Tammy use the tray in the meantime, so I can lock the cat door, particularly at night, but no, she's not having a bar of that at the moment! Maybe she's forgotten how, now that she's a big girl! When the other cat comes in, I hear a ruckus going on in the laundry, bumping and yowling, occasionally sometimes during the day, but usually late at night, or when I am in bed asleep myself, it wakes me up. It's a nuisance that I have to get up and try to get the other cat back outside without upsetting it too much. I kid it along a bit, and try to calm it down, before taking it back outside. Then I'm back inside to calm Tammy back down, and move her from the high shelf she's chosen for her refuge. Then I check her out to make sure she's OK!
She's had a few little wounds, and scratches, but they don't seem to have bothered her much.
Now, my question is - has anyone got any suggestions as to how best I can encourage Tammy to use her litter tray again! If she's using that at night in the meantime, at least until I get the new door, that means I can lock the existing cat door until I get the microchip one!
I'd be very grateful for any thoughts and suggestions! No mad hurry, as it's now 2.27am here in NZ, and as I have the cat settled back down, it's back to bed for me!
Thank You
Jeanne