Encouraging cat to do its business outside!

[savuni27]

I have an 18 month old cat who has been going outside for the last 6 months. She never ventures away from my garden and is happy just wandering around or snoozing on the patio.
She spends all day and most of the evening outside but comes in to use the litter tray throughout the day. I would rather she poo outside. Is there any way I can persuade her to start doing it outside?
It would be easier to clean up.

Take the dirty litter throw it in a corner of the garden a don’t let her in the house for longer periods. Remove the litter tray and show her where to go in the garden. Mine all picked it up quickly

No advice, sorry - I was surprised that our boy continued to come in and use the tray after we started letting him out! Our previous cat would only use it in absolute dire straits overnight, and would brave snow or storms to go outside rather than use the tray (although we always had two for her).

We adopted this wee boy after our girl was pts last year, and he was one, he had been a stray kitten living in a lady’s shed so obviously used to doing his business outdoors. In the last few months he has started to mainly toilet outside - but it took him a while to get his confidence up with it. This week I’ve been off work sick (we don’t have a cat flap, so he’s in if we’re out and always overnight) and he’s done one wee in the tray and no poos. So I say give it time!

Oh, and FWIW I disagree with pp, I would never not have a litter tray in the house (or not the let the cat in) even if the cat was 99% toileting outside. I think they need the option of a safe space if the weather’s bad or they feel under the weather.

I cat-sat for our neighbour over Christmas and his cats were used to only toileting outside. One of them just shat all over the house rather than use the (multiple) litter trays when they couldn’t go out. It was not good!

Please don’t take away her safe space to go to the toilet. That’s not good cat ownership IMO.

Thank you everyone.

I will put some of the used litter outside to try and tempt her. I don’t want to get rid of the tray as I don’t want her to make a mess when I’m out all day, she can’t come in and out freely as I don’t have a cat flap so needs to still have somewhere to use the toilet in the house. If I’m out all day then she’s in the house.