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I hope someone can give me some solid advice. I have a 16-year old male kitty He is very sweet and I love him. He's medium-sized and weighs about 9 pounds. .But for several months - nearly a year - he has been stepping inside his covered littler box, turning around a full 360 degrees with this rear facing the front opening, lifting his little tail up high, and peeing over the edge of the opening out into a little square littler-catcher tray that I have just outside of the box. I wind up having to clean up after him two and sometimes three times a day. I don't know why he faces the back of the box or why he raises his tail so high that it goes outside of the box. I've tried a box with a clear door, but he steps out of it with his paws covered with wet cat litter. The boxes are the jumbo size, and certainly large enough, so that's not the problem. But I can tell you that I have been driven to tears at having to wash out that litter catcher for the third time in one day. I got to the point where I had to cover the floor of the hallway closet where the littler box is located with plastic runners so I don't have to clean the carpet underneath.
So, I'm going to try removing the box hood, but i don't think it will do any good. I thought about getting a boodah box (with the steps leading inside) but the hood doesn't really attach and they can knock it off or it can get loose and cause problems. Plus, the interior is too small. He's too old to use one of the boxes with the top opening, though maybe there is a version with steps he might be willing to try.
Does anyone have any suggestions? There is nothing medically wrong with him. He's just getting older.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I hope someone can give me some solid advice. I have a 16-year old male kitty He is very sweet and I love him. He's medium-sized and weighs about 9 pounds. .But for several months - nearly a year - he has been stepping inside his covered littler box, turning around a full 360 degrees with this rear facing the front opening, lifting his little tail up high, and peeing over the edge of the opening out into a little square littler-catcher tray that I have just outside of the box. I wind up having to clean up after him two and sometimes three times a day. I don't know why he faces the back of the box or why he raises his tail so high that it goes outside of the box. I've tried a box with a clear door, but he steps out of it with his paws covered with wet cat litter. The boxes are the jumbo size, and certainly large enough, so that's not the problem. But I can tell you that I have been driven to tears at having to wash out that litter catcher for the third time in one day. I got to the point where I had to cover the floor of the hallway closet where the littler box is located with plastic runners so I don't have to clean the carpet underneath.
So, I'm going to try removing the box hood, but i don't think it will do any good. I thought about getting a boodah box (with the steps leading inside) but the hood doesn't really attach and they can knock it off or it can get loose and cause problems. Plus, the interior is too small. He's too old to use one of the boxes with the top opening, though maybe there is a version with steps he might be willing to try.
Does anyone have any suggestions? There is nothing medically wrong with him. He's just getting older.
Any advice would be appreciated.