Litter Training Your Kitten

Litter Training Your Kitten

Cats and Kittens are naturally very clean animals and most kittens will be more or less litter trained when you get them. As long as you show your kitten where the tray is and put her in there after meals or if you see her sniffing around then the number of accidents she has should be reasonably few.

Place your kittens litter tray away from her bed and food, as she would naturally want to toilet away from these areas. Ensure you empty the tray regularly as cats do not like to mess in an area already dirty. Wash the litter tray using hot water and a pet friendly detergent. If you are pregnant you should wear gloves and wash your hands thoroughly after handling litter trays.

What if the kitten has an ‘accident’ when toileting

Even a toilet trained kitten is likely to have the odd accident. Do not punish a kitten if she makes a mistake. Animals learn by ignoring inappropriate behaviour and praising the good. If she has an accident, ignore it, clean up and praise her when she does use the litter tray.

When cleaning up the urine make sure you use a product free of ammonia and chlorine. Both of these are found in cats urine and using such products can encourage a cat to urinate in the area again. Use warm water and a biological washing powder to clean the area.

As long as you are persistant with training your kitten and keep the litter tray clean then you should very quickly have a properly house trained kitten and a happy household!