Hi all! I'm new to the cat site and am highly enjoying everyone's posts!
I have been feeding the ferals in our neighborhood since we moved here 2 years ago. One feral boy is extra friendly and comes in the house to eat and nap in his own bed. We have unofficially adopted him. He gets his shots, but the veterinarian said it would be a risk to neuter him because he is about 10 years old and seems to always have very swollen lymph nodes and probably has feline aids ....
We love him to bits and are hoping to litter box train him so he stays in the house more.
I lured him into the box a couple times and he just tried eating it then spit it out!!! Then I put some leaves on the litter where I saw him go outside. Still not interested. The box is in the laundry room (which is off the kitchen) tucked between the wall and dryer, so its a little hard to lure him in there. We don't have him go in the bedrooms, as he smells a bit.
I do think someone was taking care of him once upon a time, but he wasn't litter trained.
I could really use help on this, as we are renting now and might move in the next year or two when we are able to buy something. I don't know how to take him with us if he's not litter trained, because I can't put him outside in a new environment where there are other stray cats.
This is killing me and I'm slowly trying to figure out how to get him to use the box. Help!
I have been feeding the ferals in our neighborhood since we moved here 2 years ago. One feral boy is extra friendly and comes in the house to eat and nap in his own bed. We have unofficially adopted him. He gets his shots, but the veterinarian said it would be a risk to neuter him because he is about 10 years old and seems to always have very swollen lymph nodes and probably has feline aids ....
We love him to bits and are hoping to litter box train him so he stays in the house more.
I lured him into the box a couple times and he just tried eating it then spit it out!!! Then I put some leaves on the litter where I saw him go outside. Still not interested. The box is in the laundry room (which is off the kitchen) tucked between the wall and dryer, so its a little hard to lure him in there. We don't have him go in the bedrooms, as he smells a bit.
I do think someone was taking care of him once upon a time, but he wasn't litter trained.
I could really use help on this, as we are renting now and might move in the next year or two when we are able to buy something. I don't know how to take him with us if he's not litter trained, because I can't put him outside in a new environment where there are other stray cats.
This is killing me and I'm slowly trying to figure out how to get him to use the box. Help!