We got two new kittens a week and a half ago. They are both male, 16 weeks old (not neutered yet as they are indoor cats) , lovely little things and we adore them.
For the first week they both appeared to be using the litter tray well (we use World Best clumping litter in a hooded tray). Last weekend one of them did a wee on the hard floor and then a separate pile of poo. Later he scratched and did a pee on the carpet (all cleaned up with specialist cat products to remove odour). I went out and bought two more litter trays (another hooded and one open) and filled both with paper litter. All was well for a day. Then the same cat returned to weeing on the carpet started,numerous times. He weed on hard floor too. Sometime he even went to the litter tray, sniffed it then walked away to wee elsewhere.
Following advice online we decided to try to use confinement training to re-litter train the one kitten. He has now been in the bathroom for 3 days with a bed, food bowls, toys and litter tray. The first two days, he used the tray well. This morning, he did a wee on the bathroom floor. I don't know what to do next. I am going to neuter him but this seems to be a wee problem rather than spraying (he squats to wee on the floor and the puddles are large).
Has anyone got any advice at all, please? I am desperate! We keep the litter trays very clean though he had done a poo in the tray this morning before he weed on the floor (it was 7am just as I got up). Problem is with two cats, even with multiple trays it is possible that one will poo in both so you can't guarantee a poo free tray overnight and when you are out, iykwim.
What next for the confinement training, do we just continue and hope it improves? Online advice suggests two weeks confinement for re-training. We mss him and although we are spending lots of time visiting him in the bathroom I feel horrible that he is in a room on his own.
Thank you for reading.