I have a nine year girl who has always used her litter box. She always likes to step into the box and pee. But in the last year, she's gotten into the annoying habit of stepping in just enough and half the time, the pee just about stays in the box. The other half, some or all of the stream ends up just outside the box.
She has two high sided boxes with lips that are lowered for her to step in. The lip is where she aims. These boxes are extra large and she has room to move further into the boxes. Nothing has changed--same litter and same boxes over the years. I do not scoop any less or more than usual. I swear if she would just move TWO inches forward, the pee would stay in the box. Once I tried to gently move her forward and all that did was stop her from peeing and leaving the box. Obviously, I didn't try it twice. I don't want to discourage her from using her boxes and technically she is, but how can I get her to return to her old ways when she managed to pee inside her boxes all the time? Again, the difference is literally a couple of inches.
She has two high sided boxes with lips that are lowered for her to step in. The lip is where she aims. These boxes are extra large and she has room to move further into the boxes. Nothing has changed--same litter and same boxes over the years. I do not scoop any less or more than usual. I swear if she would just move TWO inches forward, the pee would stay in the box. Once I tried to gently move her forward and all that did was stop her from peeing and leaving the box. Obviously, I didn't try it twice. I don't want to discourage her from using her boxes and technically she is, but how can I get her to return to her old ways when she managed to pee inside her boxes all the time? Again, the difference is literally a couple of inches.