How to persuade cat to stop using the litter tray and go in the garden??

[Shinyandnew1]

Our rescue (6.5m)has just started to go outside for the first time and absolutely loves it but comes crashing back through the cat flap in order to use the litter tray!

We already have an older cat who goes outside and I thought the kitten would just watch and learn but it doesn’t seem to be happening. I’ve tried taking one of his poos and putting it outside on the soil and he watched me do it but he clearly thinks I’m a bit mad!

Is there anything else I can try? He enjoys the digging part of using the litter tray and the soil is a bit hard at the moment, I guess. Would it help if I put some compost out in a particular area to give him something to dig?

Fresh compost and plant out a beautiful flower bed, then he may use it.
Our cat comes in for the litter try unless I have done the above ( just to clarify I don't want him using my flower beds for a toilet). He is very lazy though, doesn't go out much, doesn't do cold, wet. windy etc. He also doesn't go far despite having endless country side straight outside. Some cats just like hanging around at home and prefer a litter. At 6 months they are really too young so it may change.

Having had three cat shits in my front garden this week and knowing who the culprit is as it’s on my cctv but not being able to make the owner come down and clean up after his pet I’m pretty pissed off.

If he supplied a tray for his cats I might not be having to pick up after them.

It’s been a while since I had cats but I always used a tray. I live in a bad area and was scared people would kill my cats, by leaving poisoned meat out for them or antifreeze, if the cats annoyed them. One surefire way to piss of the neighbours is to have cats shitting in their gardens. Hence I tired to avoid that as much as possible and not be lazy.

Actually mine does only go in his own garden. I have 6ft fences all round and the garden has no gaps to get out. It's too much effort to get up the fence for him.

I am though, trying to get him to use a litter tray indoors as he's constantly dug holes all over my borders, digging up bulbs and walking or sitting on plants. He ruins my garden at times.

At the moment he pees only in the tray, only one poo has been deposited, he tends to go out for those.

I will keep persevering though.

Cats should always have access to a litter tray

That ^^

Mine won't even wee outside he likes his home comforts

I used to love cats... Used to.
Between the front/back gardens there are about 5 - 6 poos a day! They even started crapping in the middle of the paths last autumn.
It's all out war now. No more Dreamies from me. Too many cats, too many shits to care. They are like pests everywhere!

New fences coming this spring and they will be spiked. I scare the bejesus out of cats if I see them, if I have something light to hand, it gets flung their direction. The path-shitting stopped once I washed all the paths with citrus-bleach. I'll be doing that regularly. I might test some motion sprinklers but they probably need a manicured, short grass area to function right. Cayenne pepper worked but I can't cover the whole garden in it! Maybe I should get a ton of spices each month and forward the bill to the cat owners, plus interest.

Not that cat owners care about their animals - out of sight, out of mind.
God knows what the other neighbours will do once I have persuaded the cats to stop shitting in my garden. Hopefully they'll be soft-handed like me.

I don't own a car but hate having to constantly clear cat crap out of our garden so that my kids can play outside. As others point out cats don't poo in their own gardens, they'll seek out your neighbours'. Please don't encourage your choice of having a cat becoming someone else's problem.

I do own a car... But not a cat. Stupid autocorrect 🤣