We have two 7 month old kittens, brother and sister (neutered and spayed). We want them to be house cats although where we live is relatively safe for cats and they have had the right vaccines to go out.
The kittens get on well, play alot, groom each other, sleep together. If anything I would say the little girl cat is dominant (braver, faster, sleeps in higher places during the day, dominates new toys and boxes etc) although the males is bigger.
Boy cat has always used the litter tray perfectly, but also is clealy possessive of them. He pees in them as soon as they are clean and often goes to look at the girl if she's going.
Girl cat has always been erratic, mostly because of him we think. Sometimes she's spot on with them, but often not. She's clearly a bit weird about them. For example, she'll often go into a corner she pees in and look at me until I take her out and put her in a tray, where she will then pee. Usually it's just peeing that's the problem but I came down to a poo in the corner this morning, and it looks like the problem is just not going to resolve itself. We've had the kittens since 6 weeks old as there mother was killed and it's been like this off and on.
We clean the trays frequently. I remove poo pretty much instantly. We can't put a tray in her favourite peeing corner as it's inaccessible and too small. We have three in different locations. We had four before but it made no difference.
We're starting to think we'll have to make them outdoor cats, but I would like to feel confident we had tried everything else first.
Any ideas?
Compulsory Kitty pic attached!