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So, my two kittens, Fork (brother) and Spoon (sister) are both three months old (born on election day). Despite the fact that most kittens seem to start litterbox training at 3-5 weeks, and despite Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum here being 13 weeks or so, they will not use the litterbox. They live in my room with two of my other cats (their mother and grandmother). Unfortunately, my room has carpet. They started peeing and pooping in two spots next to the litterbox, directly next to it and about four feet away. So, I figured maybe because it was a higher litterbox with a lid, they just couldn't get into it. So, I got an old, plastic, two foot long long shelf that's only four inches off the ground on one side and filled it with litter. I put this litterbox right next to the other litterbox, where they had been pooping. Again, instead of using the litter, Fork continued pooping next to the box (a little over a foot away from the new one), and Spoon found a spot behind some shelves which are FULL and under a table COVERED in clutter that's boxed in on both sides that I (a pregnant 5'1 woman with the upper body strength of a toddler) can't move to clean behind. The smell is hellish. I can't have anyone come in my room and the second they do, they leave immediately. The smell makes me feel sicker than I already do, too. I feel like it's probably hazardous in some way, too, with me being pregnant and all. My last resort will be using a spray that deters cats from peeing in certain areas (I can't even find what brand it is online and I don't really know where it is right now to look and see. All I know is it's a red bottle). I have some issues with this. Is this really a safe product to use around my cats/ kittens? And whats gonna stop them from just finding another spot on the floor to claim as their toilet. I mean, I've tried putting their poop in the litterbox to encourage them to go there. Nothing. They stand around and just watch the other cats use the litterbox. Nothing. I've tried quickly tossing them in the box when they're in the process of pooping or peeing. They finish what they're doing, scratch the side of the box or wall (All three generations of these cats will not bury their poop. I have to bury it for them. They just claw at the walls of the litterbox for a long time), then jump out. But when they have to go again, they'll go right back to the spot on the floor. I caught one of my adult cats starting to go on the floor where they've been going too, the other day. She hasn't done it since, but it's still just a huge pain. I'm getting tired of my room smelling like a hazardous waste zone. Like, imagine a really bad petting zoo in a really hot barn in a bad part of town. That's exactly what my room smells like.
Also, since i don't have a phone, I have no recent pictures of them. The best I have is a picture from when they were a month and a half old (Fork on the left, Spoon on the right).
This picture of Fork at a month and a half old napping.
And this picture of spoon when she was a month and a half old when she got mad at me for discovering her hiding spot.
Those are the shelves she poops behind, by the way. They look so cute and nice. They're super clingy and sweet and playful and great. But oh my god why do they have too poop and pee in the carpet. Why.
Also, since i don't have a phone, I have no recent pictures of them. The best I have is a picture from when they were a month and a half old (Fork on the left, Spoon on the right).
This picture of Fork at a month and a half old napping.
And this picture of spoon when she was a month and a half old when she got mad at me for discovering her hiding spot.
Those are the shelves she poops behind, by the way. They look so cute and nice. They're super clingy and sweet and playful and great. But oh my god why do they have too poop and pee in the carpet. Why.