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The litter tray

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my cat communing with nature

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midlifecrash · 30/08/2019 22:20

Just lately, cat has decided not to use her indoor tray (previously used it quite happily and it was scooped every time she went). She's found a nice spot under the jasmine bush in the only bed in our dark small back yard and is going there instead. I'd prefer she didn't (pain to clean up, flies etc) so cut some branches and covered the place up.

She came to me this evening and asked me sweetly (blink blink love love) to come out to the yard, and then asked me (more blinking) could I not move the leafy twigs in her way .... so I did... I'm a big eejit...

How can I encourage her to use her indoor tray again? It is kept very clean, with an odourlock granule litter she seemed perfectly happy with...

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TwatCat · 30/08/2019 22:28

Cats are twats and we are their servants. And you are a very obedient servant.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 30/08/2019 23:25

Mine are the opposite

They will happily leap in through the catdoor to use their tray (which is in the cupboard under the stairs )
Then do that scrapey scrapey paw thing "I've done a turd can you sort it ? Anytime soon, yeah?"

There's a decent sized dirt patch that we need to dig over and they can use that , or our male will use one of my plant pots as a loo.

He's just rolled in at 11.20, no doubt communing with nature

Fluffycloudland77 · 31/08/2019 07:23

Which litter do you use?.

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midlifecrash · 31/08/2019 09:30

It's actually called Odourlock, you just leave it in the tray and scoop out contaminated litter as and when. Every week or so I pour out the remaining clean litter, wash the tray, and put it back in again with a top up. She'd always been quite happy with this and liked the granule size better than other ones we'd tried - dug in it more

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DeborahAnnabelToo · 31/08/2019 09:31

But that is so cute! She led you to her spot and was so polite.

Sooverthemill · 31/08/2019 09:32

I think you know the answer. You are merely his slave. My 2 adult cats are chalk and cheese. 1 begs to be allowed out and has a 'spot' for doing his business. The other comes in for a wee and then rushes straight back out

MitziK · 31/08/2019 11:27

Go with it.

Resistance is futile.

(currently glaring at DTwatCat #2, as she's done her usual constitutional and then come back in to take a dump in the tray).

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