My cats pee outside clean litter boxes. How do I retrain them?

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I went through a serious case of depression and let my litter boxes get out of hand. My cats started going on the floor by the litter boxes, which I understood because of the state they were in. In an effort to provide better care I bought two self cleaning litter boxes and my cats are still urinating right in front of them even though they are perfectly clean. I think they learned this because I allowed it in the past, but how do I get them to go in clean boxes again? I have 4 cats, 2 boxes.

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

You will need 5 boxes for 4 cats. You can also try to get the see through plastic storage boxes from a department store and use those (with foot-high walls). You can gently put each cat into the litter box and gently take a front leg and scratch the litter with it. It will take effort. The self-cleaning ones may be scary, so turn them off for a while so the cats get used to those boxes first, and then after they start pooping in them and peeing , you can manually turn them on as needed. However cats are very clean and they may not be happy to have old poop near ...

My cats pee outside clean litter boxes. How do I retrain them?

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