Last March we took in two 3 month old brothers who were surprisingly easy to train. They immediately took to the scratching post, they liked the first kittly litter we bought (the cheap store brand clumping kind
), and they took well to a lot of the toys we bought them.
We always had an additional tiny back-up litter box for use in their "time-out" cage in case of emergencies. Every once in a while they would use the small one in place of the normal size one, which would get messy when they'd cover.
One day my girlfriend pulled the bigger long-furred brother out of the small litter box before he had covered to save us the inevitable clean up. And that was that. From that day forward he almost never covers, but instead just scrapes his paws on the walls of the litter box. Often his brother will come by and cover up for him. How could 4 1/2 months of good habits be lost forever? Can he be re-trained?
We always had an additional tiny back-up litter box for use in their "time-out" cage in case of emergencies. Every once in a while they would use the small one in place of the normal size one, which would get messy when they'd cover.
One day my girlfriend pulled the bigger long-furred brother out of the small litter box before he had covered to save us the inevitable clean up. And that was that. From that day forward he almost never covers, but instead just scrapes his paws on the walls of the litter box. Often his brother will come by and cover up for him. How could 4 1/2 months of good habits be lost forever? Can he be re-trained?